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AFI International was recently contacted by a long-time client as they had serious concerns about one of their employees and their work practices. As a result, AFI International consulted with their client and developed a sound investigative strategy which started with a due diligence background search in the name of the subject.
After discovering information regarding a criminal history by conducting open source database searches in the name of the subject we decided to investigate further. We conducted a forensic analysis of the employee's work computer which determined that over 10,000 files had been shredded from the employee's hard drive and the company's server. We further identified that the company owner's business partner had installed 'sniffing' software to monitor the company's business activities which was a breach of trust. An IT technician in our client's employ was found to be an accomplice to the employee and was instrumental in their attempt to cover their tracks.
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Friend of the site Jaranosh comments in a Fanpost about retiring Larry Fitzgerald's number at Pitt. What do you think?
At what point do we start talking abut retiring number "1"? I know his career numbers are diminished due to his early leave. But he SHOULD have won the Heisman, was a class act and continues to be an Ambassador for the University of Pittsburgh. In today's NCAA/NFL, it will be rare for someone to put up Marino/Dorsett type numbers. Just thinkingout loud. I do not ever remember hearing this topic debated, maybe it is time.


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The New York Giants held their Friday practice at their home field while continuing to tune up for Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5 in Indianapolis. The Giants appear to be a bit banged up this week, with some key players not participating in the Friday session.
Giants beat writer Mike Garafolo reported on Friday from the New York practice session via Twitter. He noted that wide receiver Hakeem Nicks (shoulder), cornerback Corey Webster (hamstring), linebacker Jacquian Williams (foot) and linebacker Will Blackmon (knee) were all out of action in Friday's session. He noted that Nicks was not even on the field. Running back Ahmad Bradshaw was throwing passes during individual practices and may have suited up for that.
All of the players who missed practice, with the exception of Bradshaw, had been expected to participate in Friday's session.
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Ben Coker previews one of the most stacked district in six-man division one.
Tonight's sportscast includes stops in Graham, Seymour, Olney and Knox City for basketball highlights.
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Ben Coker previews the Throckmorton and Knox City Greyhounds.
Tonight's sportscast includes girls basketball playoffs, high school soccer, Wildcats hockey and action from the MSU Invitational.
It's win or go home for many high school basketball teams across Texoma. Plus high school soccer and softball highlights!
Friday Night Football: Segment Two - November 12, 2010
Segment two features the Game of the Week: Knox City vs. Throckmorton. As well as Wichita Christian vs. Notre Dame
The fourth segment of Friday Night Football includes highlights from Texoma's 1A and 6-Man action including Windthorst, Olney, Electra, Throckmorton, Knox City and Harrold.
Tonight's volleyball highlights include: Iowa Park, Notre Dame, Nocona, Windthorst, Burkburnett, Holliday, Knox City, Wichita Christian, Chillicothe and Christ Academy.
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Hey Ya'll. I'm from BCC, your Jacksonville Jaguars Blog. Sorry this is a little late, I got a little busy the past few days. I know that both teams lost in week 15, but you lost to a better team, The San Francisco 49ers, while we lost to the Miami Dolphins 24-3. Chad Henne was not that good the last three weeks. Interceptions, penalties, and more limited our success. Justin Blackmon had a TD, but it was taken away due to a penalty.
Just a few questions for you all:
1. Injuries?
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Whether your pets are furry, scaly or feathery, you always want the best for them. In fact, some pets might even be like family members. In a world thats striving to be environmentally friendly and conscious from organic foods to chemical-free products people may be overlooking what they can do for both their pets and the environment.
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Our editorial process explained
The Transition editorial system is a service provided by the web project to keep Transitioners and others up to date on a variety of news and discussion streams that flow around Transition on the web.
The recent explosion of ('free') web publishing opportunities has lead to a massive step change in the power relationships inherent in who can have their voices heard in the world, taking much of the power from the 'publishers' and handing it to us 'users'. This is an immensely liberating process for many and has enabled all manner of new voices to share their opinions and be heard.
Being part of a bottom up movement, we find this a very exciting opportunity. We are also aware that it is a very messy process, requiring new skills in 'filtering' this tsunami of information so that we are not ridiculously overwhelmed with the sheer size of the wave. There is a dazzling and sometimes baffling array of different opinions, information sources, meeting of minds and web punch ups in equal measure. It can be intimidating.
We are told by enthusiasts who know how to filter this information (it's their competence, job etc.) that it is simply wonderful and the answer to all our problems. But, wow, it's messy and busy, and shouty and distracting and confusing, isn't it?
So how can the web project help make sense of it all?
We have designed the Transition editorial system in order to provide a clear and transparent process through which news and discussion can pass equally and fairly. We are publishing items ourselves and 'aggregating' and re-publishing items from around the web. This represents our focus on supporting 'internal' communications as well as listening out for 'external' ripples and thoughts and news.
We refer to the basic elements as 'Streams':
- News: editorialised and fact-based analysis and reporting on Transition Network and the movement
- Voices: personal comment, opinion, reflection on issues owned by the bloggers themselves
Diagram illustrating the editorial process on the Network website
The News stream
The news system is an editorial 'hierachy' made up of the following:
Standard news streams: all items are considered equal
- Network news: created by editors on the Transition Network website: '...transitionnetwork.org/news/network/date/title'
- Community news: created by 'community microsite' users on the Transition Network website: '...transitionnetwork.org/news/community/date/title'
- Community news: created by initiatives on their own websites which is aggregated via the Sharing Engine: '...transitionnetwork.org/news/community/date/title'
All of these news items live in the URLs linked to above. You will notice that they are all '.../news/[either network or community]/date/title'. This is because they are all considered equal in the system. No one news type immediately gets 'promoted' status. Because we think that introduces a skewed Rank. Promoting items requires an editor, who can be from the network, or community, or a guest - hopefully enabling a democratic platform.
Promoted news streams: editorially selected items
This is the editor's pick, or front page news if you like. It represents the most relevant news items the editors have seen go through the system, and is thus our 'most important' news link.
In order for a news item to be promoted to '.../news/date/title' and be in the promoted stream, an editor, when logged in, does the following:
1. Click on the edit link for any news item
2. In the edit page, click on the 'node queue' tab
3. In the node queue editing page, the editor will see (at the time of writing) 2 options: "Current newsletter articles" and "News" - clicking these will either/or add the news item to either of these two 'promoted' streams.
4. Editor clicks save and the news item will appear in '.../news/'.
This process is the same for newsletter editors - they add items from the site to the newsletter list in this way before they create a new 'newsletter' content type (there are separate instructions for this elsewhere).
The Voices stream
For a long time, Rob Hopkins and his dedication to the amazing Transition Culture blog has carried the flame of 'what is Transition Culture?' through the web, carefully thinking about transition issues, responding fairly to critiques, reporting on external incidents, and raising points on issues as varied as talking at government peak oil meetings to the pros and cons of making jumpers out of runner beans.
The Transition Voices experiment is a gentle toe in the water of how we can share this responsibility, alleviating the pressure on the Transition Culture blog (we can't sit back and let Rob do all the work), and encouraging more suitable writers to 'step up', sharing the role of carrying the flame.
The blogs system is similar to the news system in that there is an editorial hierachy made up of equal streams (called .../blogs/) and one 'promoted' stream which only an editor can use (called .../voices/). It is slightly different to news in that all 'blog posts' are fed directly into one 'blogs stream' (and not 'network' and 'community' separations).
Standard blogs stream: all items
- Blog posts created by bloggers on the Transition Network website: '...transitionnetwork.org/blogs/username/date/title'
- Blog posts created by respected bloggers on their own websites and aggregated via the Sharing Engine: '...transitionnetwork.org/blogs/username/date/title'
Promoted blog posts: Voices
As with '.../news' this is the editor's pick of individual blog posts which are 'Transition Voices' - those items of particular significance to the ongoing discourse that is 'Transition Culture'. In order for a blog post to be promoted to '.../voices/', an editor, when logged in, does the following:
1. Click on the edit link for any blog post
2. In the edit page, click on the 'node queue' tab
3. In the node queue editing page, the editor will see (at the time of writing) 1 option: "Voices" - clicking this will add the individual blog post to this 'promoted' or 'voice' stream.
4. Editor clicks save and the news item will appear in '.../voices/'.
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A recommendation (well two actually...)31 March 2010 - 7:23pm — Anonymous
Hi Ed,
Not quite sure how things get drawn into the sharing engine if they aren't directly linked to the site - I'm assuming there's some sort of referal process: However it works I'm going to recommend two East Anglian blogs - one for the voice stream and one for news.
The first is run by Transition Norwich, or more specifically the Norwich Transition Circles - small groups of people working through many of the practical aspects of a low carbon, low consumption life whilst at the same time addressing inner changes and challenges through very open conversations and reflections:
This Low Carbon Life - The Norwich Transitioner's Blog: http://transitionnorwich.blogspot.com/
The second is a news blog run by and for Transition East our regional support group. Postings are less frequent.
Transition Circle East: http://transitioncircleeast.blogspot.com/
Probably the best contact for both is Charlotte Du Cann: theseakaleproject [ at ] hotmail.co.uk
Thanks6 April 2010 - 10:56am — Ed Mitchell
Thanks Josiah,
we are already aggregating the Norwich blog in our 'community news' stream here: http://www.transitionnetwork.org/news/community - this is not yet much harped on about as it's in alpha trials and being discussed at the editorial steering group (seems to work great so far, but needs tidying)...
Content-wise I would say it is 'community news' rather than a 'voice' as it's related to initiative activities and ongoings around Norwich - 'voices' will be more about thought development and experiential work - but I'm happy to discuss.
Also happy to add Transition Circles East to the community news (?).
The process is (currently) that the feeds are added manually. It's a bit fiddly, but we wanted to trial it out and get an idea of the issues we will face before investing more time and energy (both very limited) into proceeding...


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Authorities have identified the driver fatally shot by a Dunwoody police officer who was directing traffic near Perimeter Mall during the height of Wednesday's evening commute.
According to the DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office, the deceased is Bradley Almy, 34, of Dunwoody.
The incident unfolded just after 6 p.m.
Officer Tim Fecht, a Dunwoody Police Department spokesman, told CBS Atlanta News that officers coming out of the evening roll call noticed a driver in the Dunwoody Police Headquarters parking lot driving recklessly.
They followed the black minivan. It pulled into the Exxon gas station parking lot, police said, and struck a number of cars before it drove off and headed northbound on Ashford-Dunwoody Road.
The driver then made a U-turn and headed southbound, where he approached a congested intersection, police said.
"The vehicle then pushed its way through traffic," said Fecht.
"I was so scared because the driver of the vehicle was physically stopped onto my car," said a witness who did not want to be identified. "They (the driver) were going back and forth and back and forth until they got loose."
"It pushed my car over," said another witness who also asked to remain anonymous.
"We had two officers directing traffic due to holiday traffic at the intersection near McDonald's," said Fecht.
The officers saw what was happening and rushed over. Sergeant Jason Dove positioned himself in front of the minivan as it was stopped and shouted commands at Almy, but Almy lurched forward, Fecht said.
"He felt that he was in imminent danger and shot one time," said Fecht."I heard a pop," said the second witness. "And then I jumped on the ground."
Dove's bullet struck Almy in the torso, but he kept driving, police said. Almy's van finally came to a stop near an apartment complex on Perimeter Center East.
DeKalb County paramedics rushed Almy to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Dove, who has served with the Dunwoody Police Department since its inception in March 2009, was placed on routine administrative leave as the shooting is investigated. Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation assisted with the case.Copyright 2012 WGCL-TV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.


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Under terms of the settlement, which was announced May 3, the BSA Cradle of Liberty Council will leave the facility by June 30.
A retail store that sells items associated with Scouting will vacate the premises by Oct. 31.
In return, the city will give Cradle $825,000 for improvements to the building that Cradle reportedly made over the years.
Mark McDonald, a spokesperson for the Nutter administration, said the money will come from the city's general fund, which is supported by tax dollars.
"I don't have any idea when [Cradle] gets the money," he said.
He said the Nutter administration was pleased with the settlement.
"We think this is the best course," McDonald added. "It's a good result."
R. Duane Perry, an LGBT advocate, expressed mixed feelings about the settlement.
"The Scouts don't get to discriminate on city property," Perry noted. "That's a good outcome. But the city is paying $825,000 for improvements that it was not obligated to pay for. So it's a sweetheart deal. It's not right for city taxpayers to give $825,000 to an organization that discriminates."
Perry also expressed hope that the city would sell the building through a public-bidding process.
"Wouldn't it be nice if the proceeds went to organizations that fight homophobia?" Perry posed.
McDonald had no comment about the possibility of selling the building.
"What happens to the property at 22nd and Winter streets is a subject for another day," he said.
McDonald said the settlement allows Cradle to remove some items associated with Scouting.
"They do get to take a statue in front of the building and a couple of other little things that are adornments related to Scouting," McDonald said.
Cradle filed a federal suit against the city in 2008, claiming its civil rights were violated due to the city's eviction effort.
Two years later, a federal jury issued a mixed verdict: Jurors decided that the city's overall eviction effort was reasonable, but that the city acted unreasonably when asking Cradle to repudiate BSA's antigay policy in order to remain in the building rent-free.
After the verdict was handed down, Cradle claimed the city owed it about $1 million in legal fees.
But Perry said the city had a strong chance of prevailing on appeal, in which case it wouldn't have to pay Cradle's legal fees.
The matter was pending in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals when the settlement was announced.
The Scouts have occupied the building since 1928, but they've been in conflict with the city's antibias rules for decades because they refuse to allow lesbian, gay and atheist participants.
Cradle issued this statement about the settlement: "The Cradle of Liberty Council is glad to bring this litigation to an end in Philadelphia. Ultimately, Scouting doesn't happen in an office. Scouting happens in neighborhoods, community centers and church basements. With that in mind, we felt it was time to put an end to the litigation and turn our attention back to our core mission of serving Philadelphia's youth."
Margaret A. Downey, president of the Freethought Society, expressed concern with the settlement.
"It's outrageous that Cradle is getting any of our tax dollars because they blatantly violate the law and discriminate against many groups, including nontheists," Downey said. "But at least they're getting out of the building, which they should have done a long time ago."
Downey added: "The Parkway building should become a community center that houses many different organizations that fight discrimination, including discrimination against nontheists."
Will Cradle return to the city?
According to published reports, Cradle intends to relocate to an alternate site in the city.
But some LGBT advocates have expressed concern about that possibility, noting that Cradle allegedly uses a job application form that forbids the hiring of gays, atheists and/or agnostics.
"I question whether Cradle should be permitted to do business in a private facility in the city, if doing business includes use of an employment application that explicitly discriminates against gays, atheists and agnostics," said LGBT advocate Arthur Kaplan.
Kaplan also questioned whether the Nutter administration enforces the city's antibias rules in an equitable manner.
"If another employer were using an employment application that said no Jews, no Catholics or no people of color — and they were doing business in Philadelphia — you can be sure the city would be on their backs," Kaplan noted.
Kera Armstrong, a Cradle spokesperson, declined to say whether Cradle would stop using the job application form if it returned to the city.
Kaplan expressed strong displeasure with the Cradle settlement.
"The mayor and city solicitor have forced the taxpayers of Philadelphia to pay a subsidy to an organization that openly discriminates," Kaplan continued. "There's no way of knowing what the city is going to do with that building. The city could have gotten $2 million from Mel Heifetz for the building and won the lawsuit. Instead of the taxpayers being $2-million richer, the taxpayers are now $825,000 poorer."
Details of the entire settlement should be released to the public, Kaplan added.
"Of course the LGBT community should see the settlement agreement because the devil is in the details."
David W. Adamany, former president of Temple University, said the city had a strong likelihood of prevailing if it pursued the appeal.
"This settlement is a serious setback for equal rights in Philadelphia. and really is very contrary to Philadelphia's long history of being a city concerned about equal rights," Adamany said. "I think the Nutter administration has pulled an end-run around City Council, which previously declined to approve a subsidy for the Scouts. Now, with this settlement, the Scouts are getting a substantial amount of city tax dollars."
But Thomas W. Ude Jr., senior staff attorney at Lambda Legal, was more supportive of the settlement.
"This is not a perfect settlement but it allows the city to make a clean break that ends a subsidy of discrimination," Ude said. "As with many advances, this outcome is the product of long, hard work by many activists and city officials."
David M. Rosenblum, legal director at Mazzoni Center, echoed Ude's sentiments.
"Though their decision to vacate the premises may not be an ideal resolution for [Cradle], the agreement between the parties ensures that the city will not subsidize organizations that find it necessary to discriminate, in this day and age," Rosenblum said. "We applaud the city for enforcing its strong Fair Practices Ordinance and ensuring that all are treated equally, regardless of their sexual orientation."


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Some of you have been asking me to make a tutorial explaining how I paint. I've found it actually difficult. I've never really sat and thought about how I do it. Either way, I've strung together a few sentences that are what you would call lousy tips.
- I usually open a new A4 or A3 canvas when starting a painting.
Always make sure you have enough room to put in further details if you want - don't make your canvas too small. Adding the small details to a painting is the best part of all and it's just completely ruined if your canvas is like 600 pixels wide.
- Work in layers.
It makes everything easier, especially when you want to redraw or correct mistakes.
- For painting in general, I use pretty much just one brush. 100% opacity/flow/hardness is what I would recommend. Blending colours together can be made easier by lowering the brush's opacity, though. Because I use a tablet, it automatically sets the brush tool to pen pressure, which allows better control when painting.
- I create colour palettes by using the eyedropper tool and selecting colours (either from reference or the colour picker), and dabbing them on my canvas. This just makes it quicker to grab different shades later.
- If you're using a brush with low opacity or with pen pressure enabled, your brush strokes are going to be different tones of colour. Instead of choosing each individual colour from the colour picker, I just eyedropper spots of colour next to where I'm intending to paint. I still have to go back to the colour picker when I want to change the hue, but it's still a pretty handy thing to know.
- Instead of taking the time to blend every brush stroke, I can use the smudge tool to smooth out sections. For example, Hermione's face:
- When painting hair, I use a standard brush set as small as 1px, and I just paint each strand over and over. I begin by blocking in with a medium shade, before adding the darker strands and then lighter. I use plain white to add in a few highlights here and there. It takes a while to finish a full head of hair, but the result looks cool as.
- To add further detail to skin, I use skin brushes that you can download here. I would recommend searching Deviantart for other various PS brushes, too.
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- Open your image in Photoshop. Duplicate it once. Select the duplicate image on your layer palette and set the blending mode to Soft Light.
- Now, go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Choose a really dark blue. I use #070142. Set this Fill Layer to Exclusion.
- Then, go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels. Slide the black slider to the right a little bit to increase the intensity of the coloring. You can stop here if you already got the result you want. Or continue with the rest of the tutorial to see if you can get something a little bit more awesome.
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- Add another Color Fill Layer. Go to Layer > New Fill Layer > Solid Color. Select a dark blue. I use #070044. Set this Color Fill Layer to Exclusion, opacity 100%.
- Duplicate your original image. And bring this duplicate layer on top of all the layers. Set it to Soft Light. It should look awesome…
And because we are all lazy, I just have made the photoshop action for all of this… When you want to download it, just go on…


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In this world some people follow the rules of scoring fights, where 90% of a score is based on clean punching, and some people don't. Scratch that. Most people don't. Consequently many fighters who abide by the rules of the sport are often penalized for it rather than rewarded. We might as well stop calling professional boxing a sport and throw it under the umbrella of "sports entertainment" along with pro wrestling.
Dhafir Smith is not an entertainer to the casual boxing fan (and most are casual, including the people reading this). He hits, doesn't get hit back, and usually just does enough to win. He's not a knockout artist. He's not high volume puncher. And he does not really care about giving ground to his opponent if he can do the same job he was doing anywhere else in the ring.
And why should he be concerned about getting pushed backward? By the book, ring generalship can no more win a fight than defense. Go ahead and penalize a guy for "running" if you want, but you also need to penalize the opponent for missing him with punches. The two categories cancel each other out and they're worth less than 10% of the scoring criteria in the first place. And guess what? If the opponent can't land clean punches then his aggression obviously isn't effective. Thus the effective aggression category becomes null by default. So even if your math is terrible, you only need to concern yourself about who's landing the clean punches anyways. And who landed those punches when Dhafir Smith defended his PA State light heavyweight championship against Anthony Caputo Smith?
It was none other than "Dangerous" Dhafir "No Fear" Smith. Go ahead and look at each fighter's face after their battle:
One guy's face was wrecked. The other didn't have a blemish on him. So why did "The Bull" win? Well, you could say he paid for it.
Anthony's manager David Feldman, who also scored the bout for Dhafir, sat next to me and revealed that his fighter sold nearly 300 tickets single handedly. Those fans passionately thought their man won and booed the judge that had the audacity to score the fight a draw. I wonder what they would have done to me if I was a judge and submitted my 98-92 card for Dhafir. Better yet, what would have happened to Doghouse Boxing's Ken Hissner if he dropped his 100-90 card for Dhafir? Poor Ken isn't even in good enough shape to run away.
The point is simple: the place was packed with Caputo Smith fans, not Dhafir Smith fans. They paid to see their man win, in what may have been his final fight. If so, I'm happy for Anthony that he can retire on a career high note. He's a really nice, humble guy and a good interview. He explained his reasons for mulling retirement after the bout (family related) in the post-fight interview below:
Results and recaps of the complete card:
1. Damon Allen (137.5 lbs) TKO4 Joseph Ahaamid (137 lbs)
Joseph Ahaamid fought the entire fight shelled up behind a high guard, offering next to no head movement. He seemed to be hoping that Allen would blow his load and tire out in the later rounds, something that the 4 time national amateur champion and Olympic trials participant has been guilty of in the past. Ahaamid was not so lucky.
Allen punished Ahaamid every minute of every round, especially to the body which turned red. After 3 rounds of pacing himself Dame's corner told him to "turn it all the way up" going into the final round. Dame complied and it led to a mercy stoppage by the referee, official time 1:25.
After the fight Dame said he felt great and appreciated all of his supporters who came out to see him make his pro debut. "Baby Dame" T-shirts were rampant in the audience. Check out my interview with Damon earlier in the week here.
2. Drew Aguilar (125 lbs) UD4 Arthur Parker (125.25 lbs)
Aguilar, an active MMA fighter making his pro boxing debut, pitched a shutout on all judges' cards (40-35, due to the knockdown in the last round). His relentless pressure was too much for the slick Parker to contend with, who was bullied around the ring from start to finish. Parker took such a beating that his corner probably should have thrown in the towel during the 3rd round. Parker fought much of the 4th in survival mode and was still dropped by a right hook to the body. He was thoroughly bloody, beaten, battered, and bruised by the end.
After the fight I caught up with Aguilar in the locker room. Watch the video here and share it with your MMA friends.
3. Julio DeJesus (139.25 lbs) MD6 Ariel Duran (139 lbs)
In a bout where I felt Duran clearly won rounds 2, 3, and 5, he still had to settle for a majority decision defeat (57-57, 58-56, and 58-56). DeJesus, the crowd favorite, was the aggressor but did not work his jab and usually missed wildly with hooks. On the other hand Duran was very effective with his jab and fending off DeJesus on the inside by tying up 1 of his arms. As Duran got more and more confident he landed lead right hands more frequently. DeJesus's corner urged him to jab and follow with the overhand right, but DeJesus wouldn't do it. Honestly the main thing that made the fight even (arguably) was Duran's body language. DeJesus could miss a punch and Duran would respond worse than DeJesus after taking a clean power shot.
On the other hand, it is worth noting that DeJesus twisted his ankle in round 2. Adrenaline must have kept him going because he was limping badly on his way out of the ring once the fight was over.
4. DeCarlo Perez (155.75 lbs) TKO5 Julius Kennedy (156.5 lbs)
In the co-main event of the evening "3mendo" Perez showcased his superior technical skills and pretty much lit Kennedy up for the first 3 rounds. However, Kennedy lived up to his moniker "Relentless" and finally got himself into the fight at the end of round 4, as he rocked Perez with some huge shots. It got so intense in there that both fighters continued to fight well after the bell. For round 5 Perez came out more defensive and used his footwork to keep Kennedy off of him.
However, he eventually let Kennedy "trap" him on the ropes and countered with vicious uppercuts that sent Kennedy reeling. Perez rallied until the referee stopped the fight at an official time of 1:49. The stoppage may have been a tad early. Kennedy's protests were understandable. Perez had shown signs of decline and there was still another 3 rounds scheduled.
You have to feel for Kennedy, who was unlucky to drop a decision to Harry Joe Yorgey a month earlier. That makes back to back fights where he's felt shafted. The 33 year old hasn't won a fight since 2009, the same year he upset Aaron Pryor Jr. Meanwhile the 22 year old Perez advances to 10-2-1 and looks good enough to become a player someday.
5. Anthony Caputo Smith (176.25 lbs) MD10 Dhafir Smith (175.5 lbs)
Going into this bout I caught up with both Dhafir (days before) and Anthony (hours before). I got the sense that Anthony was a little nervous while Dhafir may have been overconfident. Anthony's nervous energy translated into his "bull" like fighting style while Dhafir's lack of concern for his opponent told me he had "no fear" of losing. But when you're Dhafir Smith and you've gotten the short end of the stick as much as Emmanuel Augustus, you should ALWAYS be afraid of losing.
Even though I thought Dhafir clearly deserved to win regardless, he still could have done a lot more. And that was the general sentiment shared by ringside writers, members of his team, and even his trainers. His opponent had no business even being competitive with him. Several thought that Dhafir should have knocked Anthony out. And perhaps if he knew he had to, he would have. But for whatever reason he fought the fight like a man confident the judges would do the right thing.
Nonetheless, I gave Dhafir rounds 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. I did think round 1 was iffy, as was one of the later rounds, but worst case scenario Dhafir won the fight close. Even the rounds I gave Anthony were debatable. I simply could not fathom how to generate a Dhafir loss. "No Fear" gave "The Bull" a jabbing lesson. In many ways it reminded me of Steve Cunningham's rematch with Tomasz Adamek. I half expected the even scorecard to be changed to Caputo's favor, too.
Fortunately things didn't get any more ridiculous and the original cards held (95-95, 96-94, and 96-94). Subsequently Anthony Smith improved to 14-1 and picked up a career best win while "The Rocky of West Philly" fell to 26-24-7. I just wish someone would hurry up and find him an Apollo Creed.
You can watch a replay of this entire event on GFL.TV.
Ryan Bivins is a staff writer for BadLeftHook. You can contact him on twitter (@sweetboxing) or through email (email@example.com).


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MADISON (WKOW) -- As the new school year approaches a national public awareness campaign to educate drivers on the dangers of texting and driving comes to Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin State Patrol will travel to high schools in Wisconsin to show a documentary warning teens about the dangers of texting while driving.
It's the "It Can Wait" campaign featuring a documentary called "The Last Text," which shares real-life stories of lives changed forever because of texting while driving.
One mother featured in the documentary came to Madison this week to share her story. Her daughter was killed while reading a text message and driving.
Mariah West died in 2009, one day before her high school graduation. Her cap and gown were found in the back of her car. She crashed while reading a text message about directions to a baseball game.
"She lost control of her car and went across the center median," said Merry Dye, Mariah's mother. "She clipped the bridge and her car started to roll."
The Wisconsin State Patrol explains why this campaign targets young adults in our state.
"We're starting with young adults because they're so connected to that cell phone," said Sandra Huxtable from the Wisconsin State Patrol. "While it's OK to stay connected, don't do it while you're driving."
The Wisconsin State Patrol says they hope to bring this campaign to the Madison area. A high school in La Crosse and Waukesha will feature this video in September.
Click here for more information about the campaign. Click here to watch the full documentary.


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Updated Nov 8, 2012 - 5:41 pm
Bye week a welcome break for Arizona Cardinals
Not only has Arizona struggled to find ways to win over the past five weeks, they've struggled to get players back from injury. This is the perfect time to take a break, recharge physically and mentally and re-evaluate this team.
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt feels this break is coming at a good time for everybody.
"Sure, especially the younger guys, you can see that in a lot of their eyes right now to this point," he said. "It's been nine and five; fourteen games, that's a college season for them and they've still got a stretch of games to come yet."
The team is enjoying some time away from the practice field, but there is still work that's being done during the down time.
"It gives us a chance to work on some of our inconsistencies, to look at our scheme, what we're doing, look at our players that we're doing it with, a lot of those things," said Whisenhunt. "Plus it gives us a chance to get healthier, that's a big thing."
The health of the Cardinals has definitely been an issue with John Skelton, Kevin Kolb, Ryan Williams, Beanie Wells, Todd Heap, Levi Brown and Greg Toler missing significant time or suffering season-ending injuries.
After nine weeks of the regular season, a lot of people are scratching their heads in confusion after a 4-0 start was followed by five straight losses due to the combination of poor play and injuries.
Coach Whisenhunt referenced the inconsistencies that have plagued this team and he knows that the staff has some work to do over the weekend.
"You know there's tendencies for what we're doing on both sides of the ball and how we can make those more balanced or what we can do, whether it's the scheme that better fits the certain personnel that we're trying to get done on both sides of the ball," he said.
When asked whether or not the staff also benefits from the bye week and the break, Whisenhunt was pretty clear.
"I think where we are right now after nine weeks, absolutely."
Whisenhunt told reporters on Wednesday after the team's final practice that the coaching staff will be in the office Thursday and Friday but will take some time away from the facility over the weekend. The players and coaches return to practice Monday before heading to Atlanta to face the undefeated Falcons on Sunday.
- Forbes: Larry Fitzgerald among most overpaid players in NFL
- Notes from the Nest: Aug. 20, 2014
- Cardinals linebacker Lorenzo Alexander defends Daniel Snyder but thinks Redskins should change name
- New Arizona Cardinals defensive lineman Isaac Sopoaga thrown right into the mix
- Arizona Cardinals' Tyrann Mathieu practices for the first time this season
- Lyle Sendlein, Cardinals center - Wednesday August 20Lyle Sendlein talks about coming back from his injury and the loss of Darnell Dockett.
- Jake Plummer- Former Cardinals and Sun Devils quarterback - Wednesday August 20Jake Plummer says Johnny Manziel is just passionate about the game of football.
- Lorenzo Alexander- Cardinals linebacker - Wednesday August 20Lorenzo Alexander discusses having to step up to fill the voids left by injuries and free agents lea
- Bickley Blast - Wednesday August 20The NFL has a new problem on their hands, and it has to do with the Redskins.
- Larry Fitzgerald, AZ Cardinals WR - Wednesday August 20Doug & Wolf ask Fitz about the Cardinals offense and about his future in Arizona.


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40 year old Amber Osbourne of Fairdale, North Dakota was arrested following the chase that began in Surrey and ended west of Stanley.
Speeds were clocked at 110 miles per hour at times and involved law enforcement agencies from all along the route.
Minot Police tried to stop Osbourne using tire spikes, but did not succeed.
Authorities report she swerved and tried to strike a Minot Police officer who was on foot at the time.
The chase continued and the Highway Patrol reports that several times during the chase Osbourne would stop and back up trying to strike patrol cars.
She ended up ramming one H-P car, causing several-thousand dollars damage.
A Stanley Police officer was able to successfully tire spike the two right side tires of Osbournes pickup.
There was a short standoff and Osbourne was taken into custody.
No one was injured in the chase.
Osbourne is charged with attempted murder, three charges of terrorizing, and reckless endangerment, and fleeing an officer.


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27Now Rihanna Is Getting Breast Implants for Chris Brown
Man, being Chris Brown's girlfriend seems like way, way too much work. I mean, there's the obvious drawback, but then there's the cheating, the lying, the mental abuse, and the general douchebaggery. Is his penis worth it? No, really, we've all seen it by now: is it worth it?
Apparently he's got something going for him* though, because we can go ahead and add surgery and body image issues to the list of things that come along with being Chris Brown's girl. We can do that because there are new reports that poor Rihanna, who has a killer body, is considering getting breast implants because Chris thought it would be a good idea.
From the Enquirer via Celebitchy:
Rihanna wants to boost her bust – because, according to a source, Chris Brown said she'd be "totally hot" with bigger boob! Rihanna is not out shopping for a plastic surgeon who will pump her up "at least one bra size," a friend of Rihanna's tells the Enquirer.
"It's horrifying seeing how much control Chris still has over her," said the friend. "It's like she's hypnotized."
Friends are concerned that Rihanna's fixation with Chris has now spiraled out of control. Although she has publicly joked in the past about having "no boobs," she never seriously considered going under knife – until now.
"Rihanna's always been insecure about her cleavage," revealed the friend, "but Chris's comment has spurred her on to really do something about it. Rihanna can't help herself. What she really wants is something she can't have – a committed relationship with Chris."
A "friend" of Rihanna's also said that if she and Chris eloped, "no one close to them would be a bit shocked." Oh, and also "she would have never left him if the media scrutiny didn't get so bad."
Great ideas! Great ideas all around! Let's just close up shop here, friends, because there are no better ideas to be had in all the world. Somebody better travel to some far off land to check and see if they have any better ideas, because we've obviously topped ourselves on this planet.
*Manipulation. It's manipulation.
October 13, 2012 at 3:00 pm by Emily
27 Responses to "Now Rihanna Is Getting Breast Implants for Chris Brown"
::ahem:: the quote clearly says that she's NOT out looking for a plastic surgeon to do this. So, really, it seems like you're making a mountain out of a molehill. =) Ah, the power of a typo…
:ahem: burned.
:cough: hilarious.
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I think it's supposed to say "now" instead of "not." Considering it also says "boob" instead of "boobs" I'd say someone either made a typing error or the source is unreliable based on poor grammar.
Or, she's just getting one boob implant. =)
Shit. My burn comment was supposed to follow this.
::ahem:: no regrets.
::cough:: still hilarious.
Aaaaand no one cares. Everything this idiot does = attention whoring. I hope he kills her.
What the fuck is wrong with you.
What's wrong with YOU? Do you know who we're talking about here? The world would be better off with less people lie Rihanna in it. There are plenty of people out there who deserve sympathy and she's really not one of them. She's not talented and she's not a nice person. If you knew how she treated her friends and the people she works with you wouldnt be defending her.
Sorry if I gave the impression I care about Rihanna, or your opinion for that matter. I don't care about any of those. Rihanna doesn't have any talents, and you go around defending people who say they wish someone gets murdered to the hands of their abuser. So yeah, what were you saying about nice people?
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Screw her at this point. Honestly. There are all kinds of real victims in the world to cry over, she's crossed the line to 'bringing it on herself' a looooong time ago. Better he fucks her up than another, as yet unruined person.
Word. Who even cares about what happens to this chick anymore?
Wow, really your an ass.
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i know people who know people… and i have heard some terrible things about this girl. maybe theres more to the chris brown story than meets the eye. maybe theres a reason why shes the only girl hes ever beaten the fuck out of. i not defending him because theyre both disgusting people, but lets be real now.
HOW DID SHE GET FAMOUS? She can't sing, doesn't write her own songs, and her songs aren't even GOOD. WTFFF
She'll learn, but she's going to waste a long chunk of her youth and maybe all of it.
So this will be her 2nd pair o' fake tits. ::yawn:: OK then.
Perhaps C.B. thinks that if Rhiana gets implants, she'll make a real cool explosion the next time he belts her.
Checkitout, go ahead and say she's talentless, she deserves what she gets or whatever. The bottom line is that she still has that amazing back-doe and she still comes by for me to Tap that Ass!
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This is considered expediting the process so the sale can be completed.
The Cubs, at last, are sold to Tom Ricketts.
Maury Brown at Biz of Baseball writes today about why the Cubs sale is being delayed yet again: The drawn out process for the sale of the storied franchise has had MLB cancel their scheduled...
The Cubs have been sold to Tom Ricketts.
Preview of the Cubs/Braves game for Monday, July 6.
An update on the sale of the Cubs to Tom Ricketts.
I sure hope this gets resolved soon!
A nice article from Forbes.com that discusses the possible financial ramifications of a Cubs sale. I'm worried that a hefty pricetag will lead to a restriction on spending in the coming years, or worse, inflated ticket prices. Anyone else want to weigh in?
Many of you are waiting for the final installment of my "Building a Cubs Champion" series -- what I'd do to improve the team on the field (and I'll have something to say about the coaching staff,...
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---- — Mark L. Hermann, 72, of Lovell, Maine, passed away Sept. 13, 2013, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, following a brief illness.
Mark was born Nov. 26, 1940 in Greensburg, the son of Lester F. Hermann and Lilliam F. (Doerflinger) Hermann.
He is survived by two daughters, Mary Kay Hermann of Woodbridge, Conn., and Susan Zalac of Land O' Lakes, Fla.; and two sons, David Hermann of Atlanta, Ga., and Robert Hermann of Alpharetta, Ga.
He was the grandfather of Justine, Ben, Tori, Anya and Nika. He also leaves behind his significant other, Natalie Schlikina of Waterville, Maine.
Mark was a 1958 graduate of Greensburg High School where he played baseball, basketball, tennis and golf. He received a B.S. and an M.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
Mark married Mary Anne Dambach in 1964.
As an adult, he lived in several places: Kettering, Ohio; Greensburg, Ind.; and Hamden, Conn. where he owned a general contracting business. He later moved to Cape Coral, Fla. where he owned a home building company for many years.
In retirement, he moved to Lovell, Maine where he enjoyed gardening, Notre Dame football, cooking pizza for his friends, building numerous projects, and the beautiful view from his mountainside home.
A memorial service will be held at a later date. Acknowledgements may be sent to Mark's daughter; Mary Kay Hermann, 18 Mitchell Lane, Woodbridge, CT 06525.
Information provided by Porter-Oliger-Pearson Funeral Home.


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This Photo is for Frizz
One of my favorite blogs I follow, is hosted by Frizztext in Germany. (The link is right here ) It's fun to be part of the wordpress blogging community, supporting one another's efforts. He is always encouraging.
You've seen his comments on my blogs or his alphabet challenge on fellow bloggers posts.
His posts are filled with finger style guitar music and interesting photographs, curious cats and philosophers. He publishes a daily paper that promotes photography and photographers, news of the world and provocative thoughts and subjects. He'll tweet your post and retweet! He has a ton of followers.
Today when I was walking down the sidewalks of Powell, Ohio, I saw this Volkswagen van in the window. He came to mind. He has a VW van in his header.
This photo is for you Frizz!
Just Past Midnight- Columbus Ohio
My son Mark drove me and my sister downtown so Mary could catch a 1:10 AM bus to DC to visit some friends. We've had a nice couple of weeks together, first in New York City and then with the family in Columbus.
After we dropped her at the Greyhound station, he drove me around the downtown area so I could get a few nighttime shots of the city. The Ohio Statehouse- just a bit of it as I shot it from the car window. Had the 70-200mm Canon L series lens on the camera. I should have gotten out of the car but we were on our way to take Mary. I had envisioned flags flying as they had been the last time we drove by in the daytime, but not even a breeze.
Ohio Statehouse (Greek Revival) Built 1839-1861
Christopher Columbus in front of City Hall- a 3-ton bronze statue- Uncrated Oct 10, 1955 A gift from Genoa
LeVeque Tower- second tallest building- Art Deco with red white and blue lights on it tonight for the upcoming Fourth of July
The Palace Theatre
The Columbus Fire Department Memorial Eternal Flame
(You hear about "noise" in a photograph. This is a fine example of "noise")
The Santa Maria in Battelle Riverfront Park on the Scioto River
City buses lined up headed north
The Columbus Dispatch Neon Sign across from the State Capitol Building
Thanks Mark for the just past midnight tour of Columbus downtown.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
This week's challenge is companionable
Synonyms for companionable
- Synonyms from Merriam Webster online
- amicable, bonhomous, buddy-buddy, chummy, collegial,friendly, comradely, cordial, genial, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, matey [chiefly British],neighborly, palsy, palsy-walsy [slang], warm,warmhearted
Flat Ruthie is participating in the Weekly Photo Challenge on Cardboardmetravels blog, too.
Boy on Stilts Early Morning New York City
Stilts are documented from the 6th century BC in Greece. Who knew?
I've never walked on stilts, have you?
I've seen them in a gym class somewhere along with a pogo stick or two. And a clown in a circus when I was small.
There were a bunch of people on stilts in the St. Patrick's Day Parade (1979) in Savannah, Georgia as we just watched the stilts walkers in a Super 8 home movie (now on a DVD) Wonder who sews those tall tall pants to cover those wooden poles.
Watching the home movie, reminded me of this stilts walker in NYC. Last Friday morning.
This was shot in the early morning on the way to the parking garage to pick up the car and drive out to Ohio.
Looked like he was walking on rooftops to me.
I had to look twice. Of course, it's an ad on a building. Not sure what they are selling.
Canon 50mm 1.2 lens L series set at ISO 100 f/5 125
What the Kids Saw When They Got Home From the Pool
Jack, Anna, Maura and Michael got out of the van after swimming practice.
The sound of a chain saw goes right through me. The sound that is…..
Shot with the iPhone camera- the kids counted twenty rings
The men are coming back to grind up the trunk. Mark and Erika are thinking of planting a Dogwood Tree.
The firewood shot with the iPhone camera.
and the before photo of the Ash Tree in the front yard
Mark and Erika said the tree had been hit by lightning.
My dad used to play The Ash Grove on the piano.
Hail Stones and Shifty Weather
Sun, clouds, half sun, half clouds. Thunder. Lightning. Still some blue sky.
I don't usually report on the weather but my sister and I have relocated to the midwest and with a flat terrain, it's different to experience weather with a giant bowl of a sky overhead instead of jigsaw puzzle pieces of sky, broken up by buildings and trees and land.
Maura got a penny so we could compare the size of the hailstones. She called it the "ice show"
The kids ran around and collected them and put them on the concrete drive. Steam rose from the asphalt after the storm as the temperature had been so hot.
The newest addition to the family – Airedale Terrier puppy Henry.
Here is he checking out the hailstones.
Tall shadow at dusk
Painting the Bike Lane on Bleecker Street and Bicycles in the City
iPhone shot of the bike lane on Bleecker Street being painted
and all over the city you see brand new blue Citi bikes (bike sharing program)are parked, waiting to be rented.
Crew painting the blke lane along Bleecker Street- butter mint green?
The Bike Lane before painting.
You can see the bike lane before it is painted green
Man riding a blue Citibike at Union Square
Lower East Side Bicyclist
Bicyclist watching the man do a flip in Battery Park
Coney Island Bike Rental
Bicycle delivery
Along the Hudson River
man on cell phone on bike
Bicycles parked along sidewalk
Sawdust on the Floor, Hot Pastrami on Rye, Six Foot Sandwich and Send a Salami
Katz's Deli in the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
My sister took me there for lunch on Thursday. We shared a hot pastrami on rye with both fresh and pickled pickles. I'd never been to Katz's before but would definitely go again. Everyone gets a ticket upon entering. You have to show it when you leave and pay, even if it is blank like mine was as Mary treated.
I sat at the table while she got in line for the carver to carve the meat. I can tell you the sandwich was delicious. as were the accompanying pickles.
A huge menu and lots more to order but half a sandwich was plenty. A nice woman let me photograph her matzoh ball but I didn't think the photo looked good enough to post.
Before we went, Mary answered my query by googling and finding the chow hound telling the difference between pastrami and corned beef.
While we were there she pointed out the sawdust on the floor. Lots of celebrities photos and neon beer signs from floor to ceiling.
I'd heard of the slogan- Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army but didn't remember the song which is also my sister's reference. Thanks Mary.
A popular spot for lunch. Fellow diners at the deli.
Hot Pastrami on Fresh Rye as photographed by my iPhone.
Two kinds of pickles. both delicious, iPhone shot again.
You can order a six foot sandwich to go for $275
(Took this with the Canon 5D 50/ 1.2L lens, no flash)
Packing up the six footer in a special box. Plenty of muster and mayo went with it.
Send a Salami to Your Boy in the Army
Staten Island Ferry Ride – New York City
Fact: 365 days a year, 24 hours a day
Fact: a 5 mile trip, about 25 minutes one way
Fact: 21 million people a year ride the Staten Island Ferry
Fact: There are nine ferries in the fleet
Fact: The three new ferries were made in Wisconsin at Marinette Marine
Fact: If you saw the movie Working Girl in 1988 the ferry is in the opening credits (see link below)
How much does it cost to ride? It's free. And a lot of fun. We used to go when the kids were younger. It was one activity I really wanted to do again this visit to NYC.
Mary and I went boarded and rode over to Staten Island. We stood outside on the upper deck. After a smooth voyage and wonderful view, we got off as everyone has to get off the ferry.
We walked down the ramp and followed a path and then got right back onto the very same ferry to return to Manhattan.
As we left Manhattan and looked back
A different Staten Island Ferry in the harbor. Brooklyn Bridge in the background.
The Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty Framed in the Ferry Door
A pigeon is a passenger on the ferry
Ready to disembark
Passengers waiting for the doors to open so they can board the ferry on the Manhattan side
Carly Simon sings Let the River Run Opening Credits of movie Working Girl 1988
Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through Your Eyes
The challenge of curves spoke to me immediately.
This week's challenge - the world through your eyes, did not.
But then I looked at the photo of my sister in NYC from the other night, the reflection of Freedom Tower (behind the buildings in the foreground) in her sunglasses as we sat along the Hudson River at Battery Park. A literal interpretation. It seems I set it up AFTER reading the challenge today.
Vacuuming the Sewers in New York City at Night
What is a Vactor truck?, I had to ask.
Another man on the sidewalk said, "Haven't you ever seen a vacuum cleaner before?"
(Not exactly an ElectroLux), Mary said to me.
It was night in the West Village near Bleecker and West 10th. What a nice guy. I can't tell you his name which is too bad. He said, "sure you can take my picture." when I asked.
He explained how the other truck had a camera they could look down into the pipes drains and sewer.
Coney Island Carousel Restored
My sister Mary sent me a New York Times article by Lisa W. Foderaro about the restored B and B Carousel in Coney Island.
The restoration took place in Marion, Ohio and took more than five years. We took the subway/train out to Coney Island on Tuesday morning and found where the horses were located.
As we approached the carousel pavilion's new location along the boardwalk, we were surprised at the giant lettering in bright colors. The horses had real horsehair tails! The special lead horse was carved to commemorate Lincoln's Centennial of his birth(1909) by famous carver Marcus C. Illions.
There was a paper sign taped on the lead horse with the Lincoln relief, NO RIDERS but the carousel attendant asked if I would like for him to take it off so I could photograph it. Very nice. I'm showing the ornate horse with the paper sign, too.
A carousel bench before restoration with all the layers of paint and after restoration is shown below.
Each horse had a unique expression and markings. We enjoyed the ride and had great fun. (And the restrooms are clean and colorful with confetti-like decor)
The lead horse carved to honor Lincoln's Centennial of his birth in 1909 by Macus C. Illions
Carousel Bench BEFORE restoration
Carousel Bench AFTER restoration
Carousel Pavillion workers adding the lightbulbs on the letters
And another article about the horses being sent to Marion Ohio.
They were lovingly and expertly restored at Carousel and Carvings, by owner Mr. Todd W. Goings.
You might remember that Mary and I rode Jane's Carousel in DUMBO (Brooklyn) during my Spring Break from school.
How Many Hot Dogs in Ten Minutes?
Food eating contests aren't really my thing- in fact, I don't understand the urge to prepare and practice for such an event! Or what one might feel like afterwards.
But today when my sister pointed out this sign, I tried to fathom what the numbers meant. And the countdown 'til July 4th is visible on this sign.
My sister found a stat on a guy who in 1972 ate 19 and in 2012 the guy ate 68! That's quite an increase in consumption.
Did I mention that this effort takes place in TEN MINUTES time??? I don't even want to witness this contest in person but I find it amazing that it exists.
This is an INTERNATIONAL contest. You can read more about it here And yes, there is an International Federation of Competitive Eating who approves such contests.
You don't just show up. You have to qualify. Joey Chestnut has been winning since 2007 but competition is nipping at his heels.
There's a female champion, Sonya Thomas.
A little controversy- this guy's photo was removed from the sign in 2011 and last year Takeru Kobayashi wasn't allowed to compete and ate hot dogs on the rooftop in Manhattan? Check out his other food competitions if you wish- includes cow brains and Twinkies but not eaten simultaneously, different contests at this link. My sister said when he is not competing he eats cabbage and fasts. Good plan.
He pioneered the Solomon Method- break in half and eat both halves at once then eat the bun. (or something like that)
You can jump and down while you eat them. Or sway side to side.
Mary found the sign AFTER we had each consumed one hot dog with sauerkraut and mustard. I was reminiscing about visiting Nathan's on Coney Island with my 3 kids in November 1991. When we were there at Thanksgiving the place was deserted.
And if hot dogs aren't for you there are the frog legs….
(note the calories listed on each menu item)
Tourists in Our Own City- Just Ducky Tours
Saturday afternoon Steve asked me if I wanted to take that Ducky Tour we had seen last week when we were downtown at the Arts Festival.
After a moment's hesitation I threw on some clothes and we went. What a good idea.
Had to wait and hour and a half for the next available tour as the weather was great and everyone was out. We sipped a Yuengling at the Hard Rock Cafe and then made our way to the line that was forming at flag #3 for our boat.
We had a lot of fun. It was so enjoyable. Especially the rivers part. Steve said he would definitely go again.
Everyone looks at you as you drive past and then you all quack like a duck so if you aren't in a cheery disposition or that seems too too corny, don't go. It was really funny and fun and I documented the experience with the camera.
The feeling of driving into the river and leaving land was really a cool sensation. And now I know where to take the grandchildren when they come to visit the city. They would love taking a Just Ducky Tour.
Did you see the movie Saving Private Ryan? the driver asked.
Just Ducky Tours Amphibious Vehicles History
All six boats drive off at about the same time, like a convoy
Self portrait in the rearview mirror
Tour guide Cait finds some humor to entertain the tourists. Us!
Salvaged from a building? Who are these figures and what are they doing?
Historic Landmark Smithfield Bridge
First you drive around downtown and see everything you know from a different vantage point.
PPG Plaza and fountain.
Looks like a character from a novel.
Headed to find her car in the parking lot.
The Blimp and PPG building
Driving down the Mon Wharf, right into the Monongahela River!
Underneath the Fort Pitt Bridge
The fountain is working again.
What a Just Ducky Tour Boat looks like on the river.
There are the companion Ducky Tourists.
We were on the Monongahela, The Allegheny and the Ohio Rivers. RIght at the point.
What it looks like when the amphibious vehicle drives out of the Monongahela River.
Right next to us on the road. Watch that Baby!!!
Returned safely to Station Square.
They told us NO one has had to use a life jacket in the 16 years of Just Ducky Tours. I took some photos of people driving the boat and am emailing them their pic.
Quack Quack Quack!
School's Out for the Summer!
Well it WILL be out come Monday, June 17th (the final day without students)
The lockers were all opened and cleared out after the students left. What a collection in the lost and found.
I still have to turn in my keys and get signed out. The grade summary reports got turned in Friday. The books packed from the shelves in boxes or cupboards. Ripped down the bulletin board paper and thought about what color for next fall.
This lone work boot and the baseball were in the hallway by an open locker.
Thought about how I could have rearranged the still life to improve the composition but didn't touch it,
just moved myself and the camera.
Happy Summer- I'm turning off all alarms.
Happy Father's Day to my Son
Happy Father's Day!
I'm a proud mom! Here is my son Mark who is a wonderful father to Anna, Michael, Jack and Maura. (Excellent Mom Erika, too)
Bringing Maura home November 2008
No matter the season…………….
Coaching Michael
Sledding with Jack
At the Pirates Game Willie Stargell Statue- Mark with Anna and Maura (and Grandma on camera)
PNC Park Pittsburgh PA
(and if you are new to following the blog you might enjoy this Father's Day Tribute to my father) (more…)
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: Curves
The challenge for the week is curves. Tour bus above in the National Park with all the waterfalls- Plitvice National Park – Croatia-
No guard rails on this curve!
Plitvice Lakes Park in Croatia a curved walkway
I knew I had some back seat driver photos from my visit to Croatia and I was able to find a few. Fasten Your Seat Belt!
Roof Tiles in Istria
Light at the end of the curvy tunnel- Croatia Car Trip
On Brijuni – Tito's Personal State Summer Residence
Zagreb Fountain- the water a straight line but the curve of the back caught my eye
And Back in the States Kennywood Amusement Park a few years back
Anna on the whip in Kiddieland Kennywood Amusement Park
Curved Carousel Horse
Pap puts Anna into the car on the curve at Kennywood – Is this the Turnpike?
Log Flume Ride Kennywood
Glass Paperweight
1949 Chevrolet Ambulance and Our Brother's Birthday
My sister Mary sent me these photos she took on her phone in NYC.
She texted the year- 1949. a very good year!
A Chevrolet Ambulance. Looked up definition for the word Chevrolet and found Louis Chevrolet "a Swiss Born American Race Car Driver of French Descent"
I've been saving the photos to post for our brother David's birthday today, also Flag Day. (You might remember how bad I am at sending out a card in time.)
Happy Birthday David. Thinking of you and hoping you have a wonderful day.
Love from your sisters,
Ruth and Mary
Waiting for Barges on the Allegheny River Late in the Day
Standing on the Roberto Clemente Bridge from Sixth Street. Saturday night.
Who Do You Root For? For Whom Do You Root?
Graduation on Saturday. Everything going without a hitch. Supposed to be a solemn occasion. Serious business.
I was standing with my camera, photographing the seniors as they filed in and found their rows.
Mr. Milinski, Health and Phys Ed teacher, Cross Country and Tennis Coach, was at the end of the first row.
Be seated after the National Anthem.
I hear a soft voice, "Ms. Hendricks, Ms. Hendricks."
Mr. Milinski lifted his robe to reveal some crazy Green Bay Argyles. Of course, I photographed them.
In fact, I think he wanted me to get the shot. He seemed pleased that I captured his individuality.
This morning at school I ran into him in the main office and I asked him if it would be okay to blog his socks.
He said I could even use his name. And I asked him why he was a Green Bay Fan in the middle of Pittsburgh? and his response was
"Because I'm smart!"
It Can't Be Easy Being a
Cheesehead Green Bay Fan (it's not derogatory anymore) in a Sea of Steelers Fans!
was my original title.
Mr. Milinski and I had a chuckle and here's the photo of his Cheesehead socks. Everyone has their team allegiance, often due to place of residence or where one was born or hails from….can't end a sentence with "from" either. Yikes.
I think he's from the South Side of Pittsburgh, nowhere near Lake Michigan but I'll check on that.
Weekly Photo Challenge:Fleeting
Several ideas came to mind but I'm posting a single shot of the fleeting sunlight on the curtain in my living room today.
Under a cloud, the sun shifts – it's gone.
"Pittsburgh Recollections" a Mural by Romare Bearden
To see and read more about the mural painted by Romare Bearden in 1984 click the article here.
Appraised at 15 million dollars.
Most people who pass by it on their daily commute, probably have no idea. It's 60 by 13 feet.
I tried the panorama setting again on my new iPhone.
Waiting for a Ride to Commencement
Saturday at 12:30 PM, Pittsburgh Carrick High School's Class of 2013 will graduate.
Friday morning, the Timpani were waiting for a truck to take them to Petersen Events Center at University of Pittsburgh. Ready for their part in Sir Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance as the seniors walk in the processional.
The bowl of the drum seemed to glow on this overcast day. And yes, there's a snare drum peeking from behind.


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Honey Cornflake Cups
Top Rated For Kids Recipes
Submitted by: cdaly
Serves: 12
Preparation time: 15 minutes or less
- Serves: 12
- Preparation time: 15 minutes or less
- A quick and easy lunch box filler.
90 g butter
⅓ cup sugar
1 tablespoon honey
4 cups cornflakes
- Melt the butter, sugar and honey in a saucepan until sugar is dissolved and mixture is frothy.
- Pour the mixture over the cornflakes until all the cornflakes are coated.
- Place 12 large patty cake cups on a tray and spoon the mixture into the cups. Put the tray into a 150°C oven for 12 minutes or until slightly golden.
- Once out of the oven leave cups on the tray to cool a little and harden. Keep in an airtight container.
Recipe notes
I prefer to use the foil patty cake cups for this recipe as the mixture is quite heavy and the paper cups spread out a little when the mixture is first put in.
Very nice and simple for the kids to make
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|Made to congratulate Mega Man on his inclusion in Smash Bros. 4! ^w^
I need a good sprite artist to help me with the game that I am currently planning, known as "The Fall of The Elements of Insanity".
Anyone out there who is a good Sprite-artist, likes ponies, and can do Mega Man-Style sprites, please alert me of your presence. I really need help making this game, and I don't plan on letting it die!
I am also in need of a good 8-Bit composer. If anyone could help me with that, too, I would be most grateful.
I really need help with this game! Please let me know if you can help out ASAP!
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Age: 14
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Two out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading down 19 points (-0.1%) at 15,282 as of Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,222 issues advancing vs. 1,685 declining with 126 unchanged.The Insurance industry currently sits down 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include Prudential Financial (PRU), down 1.3%, Allstate (ALL), down 1.1%, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), down 0.7% and MetLife (MET), down 0.6%.TheStreet would like to highlight 4 stocks pushing the industry lower today:4. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) is one of the companies pushing the Insurance industry lower today. As of noon trading, Berkshire Hathaway is down $1,321.99 (-0.8%) to $172,419.01 on light volume. Thus far, 117 shares of Berkshire Hathaway exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 500 shares. The stock has ranged in price between $172,350.00-$173,700.00 after having opened the day at $173,700.00 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $173,741.00. Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. Through its subsidiaries, the firm primarily engages in the insurance and reinsurance of property and casualty risks business. Berkshire Hathaway was founded in 1889 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska. Berkshire Hathaway has a market cap of $153.7 billion and is part of the financial sector. Shares are up 28.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.TheStreet Ratings rates Berkshire Hathaway as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, compelling growth in net income, notable return on equity and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value. Get the full Berkshire Hathaway Ratings Report now.STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12-months. Learn more.
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