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Thursday, August 23, 2012
This Dead Horse Just Isn't Dead Enough
Before I get all Fire Joe Morgan on this column by Tim Baffoe I feel I must point out that I have nothing against Baffoe. I follow him on Twitter, he follows me, I think he's funny, I have no idea how he feels about me.
I also know how I feel about his column on CBSChicago.com about the White Sox and attendance. A topic I've discussed enough, and one of those old standbys for anybody with a column to write and nothing real to write it on.
"Let's see, the Sox are in first place. They're about to sweep the Yankees, so I can't write about the Royals anymore. Shit, they're playing well, Detroit's not really catching them, what can I write about? OH YEAH, ATTENDANCE. ATTENDANCE = WINNING."
So let's just get to it.
Some say it's beating a dead horse.
And that's because it is. You're about to write nearly 700 words in which you try to say that the number of fans who show up to a game determines how good a team can be. And you actually have to convince yourself that you're right in the process. Something that's incredibly hard to do because you know you're full of shit.
Some take serious offense at the accusation.
If rolling my eyes is offense, then sure.
Some immediately unleash their Napoleon complexes and divert to an irrational comparison to a team about nine miles away.
Sorry, I'm not one of them.
Whatever the response to the pointing out of you not showing up to games may be, let's face it. You're cheap, White Sox fans.
/continues writing this post on his $1,200 computer and will watch Friday night's White Sox game from home on his $800 television while tweeting on his $1,100 laptop all the while maintaining a White Sox blog that he writes for free in his spare time
And you're allowed to be cheap.
Why thanks for your permission, kind sir! I was beginning to feel bad!
But if you're cheap, you're not allowed to complain.
Mitt Romney's writing about the White Sox, you guys!
Attendance so far for the series against the New York Yankees has been a joke.
26,000 Sox fans walk into a bar....
Less than 28,000 for each of the first two games of the series and likely not much better for Wednesday night's finale as the Sox look to sweep the boys from the Bronx.
Yet they're still managing to win the games!
The Yankees. Most historic franchise in American sports. Team with the best record in the American League. MLB hits leader Derek Jeter bearing gift baskets. You've heard of that team, right?
You mean the Yankees that are currently 9th in MLB attendance based on percentage of seats sold, behind teams like the Twins and Cubs? Those Yankees? Yeah, they were on national television seven times last week. Frankly I've heard and seen too much about them.
And the White Sox are in first place, if that wasn't reason enough to fill seats with butts. But the butts remain in Barcaloungers. Doesn't sound much like folks are appreciating the game.
You ever sat on my couch, bro? I'm appreciating the shit out of that couch. And I'm also watching every damned game on television. The White Sox told me to appreciate the game. They didn't say "appreciate the view from section 131." And if they had I'd have said, "no, I'm cool on my couch."
Oh, right.
Why that's Sun Times beat reporter Daryl Van Schouwen bringing up a valid point! Something you haven't actually done in this column yet. Better dismiss it right quick!
Jim Margalus over at SouthSideSox.com...
Oh thank god.
...points out that "… Charging small-market prices doesn't mesh with the desire for big-market prestige (and the prestigious fans who buy much more than a ticket), so the Sox are forced to put the cart before the horse and wait for their vision to be realized." Maybe that's true, and maybe the Sox will have a "let them eat cake" attitude toward their peasant fans who already lack bread.
Wait, so are we peasants now too? Because if we're peasants then you really are being an asshole by telling us simple poor folk we need to spend what little money we have on baseball tickets instead of the bread we are severely lacking.
If so, though, you fans who constantly bemoan your favorite team's often little brother status, both locally and nationally, need to shut up.
Can't talk! Too busy starving!
If you want the team to be treated like it is nationally relevant, you have to accept paying nationally relevant prices. You can't have it both ways.
Relevance. There's that word again. I love when writers will bring up the relevance of a sports franchise as if that actually fucking matters, and do so while they're WRITING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR FRANCHISE.
"This franchise is so irrelevant I felt the need to sit down and write a column about an irrelevant topic surrounding this irrelevant franchise! Irrelevant times irrelevant makes my drivel relevant! It's word math, bitches!"
You can also take in a game without all the typically American slobbery, too.
Wait, so now America sucks too? Where the fuck you from?
When I hear the excuse "I can't afford to spend $100 at a game," I always respond that I've never sat in a $100 seat at U.S. Cellular Field.
So you're a peasant White Sox fan too?
The most expensive available seat on WhiteSox.com for Wednesday night's tilt is $70, and that's for a premium game.
And where was this seat located? This is an important factor in buying the seat. Because, if I did want to go to last night's game and I saw a $70 ticket right there by the White Sox dugout -- which is where you can get a seat for $74 against the Mariners on Friday, which is definitely not a premium game -- then my cheap, irrelevant, starving ass is buying that ticket because that's a great fucking deal. However, if that $70 seat is for a bleacher seat, you can go fuck yourself.
"But I need beer and junk food!" No, you don't, but did you know that you can bring your own food and into the park?
So how many games you been to where you didn't eat or drink anything, Tim?
There's also the option of eating while tailgating in the parking lot.
Oh, so now I don't only have to go to the games, but you want me getting there a few hours early. For me, this isn't much of a problem as I tend to make my own hours. But for Johnny Nine-to-Five, I'm not sure this whole tailgating idea works.
So the concessions excuse isn't a valid one.
Yeah, it is. You're the one who hasn't made a valid point yet. You've just thrown words and numbers out there and convinced yourself you're right.
You also don't need souvenirs, grown-ass man who likes to wear jerseys.
Now you're just taking cheap shots at people for no reason! This is pretty much the epitome of "oh shit I'm running out of things to say." Who the fuck said anything about needing to buy a jersey?
It's a baseball game, not a carnival.
Again, thanks for this distinction. Not sure when anybody said it was a carnival, but it's important that we point this out in case there is some Sox fan out there who is a bit too self-conscious to ask the group if there will be rides.
And if a hot dog and pop inside the park for your kid breaks your bank account, you've made some bad life choices.
Yeah, you chose to put a roof over that kid's head instead, you selfish fucking asshole.
And don't give me the parking prices complaint either.
$23. So that $70 ticket you mentioned earlier becomes $93 before you've stepped foot in the park. OH, and let's not forget those Ticketmaster surcharges! Gotta pay Ticketmaster for the right to buy the ticket! But you've never bought a $100 ticket to US Cellular Field.
First, be happy the team provides parking.
Thank you for giving me a place to give you more money like any franchise with a stadium built within the last half century! Your kindness is just too much, White Sox!
There's also public transportation, ye who pride yourselves on a working-class reputation (which is actually inaccurate).
Yes, and we all know that all White Sox fans -- poor, rich, starving, fat -- live within the city's borders and usually two blocks of the train. And who doesn't love getting on the train or bus with a cooler full of food to tailgate with like you told us to? Nobody doesn't, that's who!
And if you live in the suburbs, like millions of people do, why, ride your bikes to the games! Just chain them to a tree and you won't have to pay for parking either!
Excuses—stop making them.
Columns -- stop writing them.
Embrace your cheapness instead.
I've gone from cheap to starving to an American slob to blue collar to white collar and now back to cheap all within one pointless column.
You aren't allowed to complain about the way Kenny Williams conducts business, though, if you and your wallet are boycotting games.
I really do love when people tell me what I am allowed and I'm not allowed to do. Also, do you know what boycotting means? Here's a quick definition from an online dictionary. Something you should have consulted here.
"to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion: to boycott a store."
Motherfucker choosing to watch the game at home instead of purchasing a ticket is called capitalism. Two products are being offered to me -- both by the White Sox by the way! -- and I'm choosing which one I want to buy. I'm not making a political statement by not going to the game, I'm merely choosing the option that suits me.
Williams has said that lack of attendance hinders his ability to put the best possible product on the field.
Yet every year when he's said this he's gone about and spent whatever money he's needed. Meanwhile, the other franchise owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, refuses to go over the luxury tax despite the fact it's been selling out games for roughly the last 20 years.
His ability to makes impactful deals this season that have greatly improved the team is even more a testament to his quality as a general manager since he's hamstrung by his own fanbase's unwillingness to get off the couch.
So now it's our fault that Boston was just giving Kevin Youkilis away and that the Houston Astros are selling anything that's already graduated from high school? By not going to White Sox games I'm killing Boston and Houston too?
And what about Minnesota? That team with the new stadium that their fans keep filling. Did they have to sell low on Liriano in a contract year because they're currently 11th in MLB in average attendance, one spot behind the Cubs? Because I'm pretty sure you've been telling me this entire time that attendance is what will lead us to heaven.
This is a first place team that's 24th out of 30 in attendance. Twenty-first in 2011. Damn economy, right? That same economy that has an underachieving Philadelphia team with the best attendance in the game and the team in Detroit—America's own cute little Beirut—seventh.
Well, Philadelphia and Detroit only have one team. And before you go saying I'm going little brother on you, read the next sentence carefully.
The Cubs are more popular, and I don't care. More people watch American Idol and Dancing With The Stars than they do Breaking Bad. You want to make your choices on what the majority of people do, that's your thing.
I'll just keep on choosing quality over quantity.
So go ahead and pinch your baseball pennies, White Sox fans. But then stop feeling persecuted and under-appreciated....
I feel none of these things! Again, you're just continuing to make straw man arguments here. Also, I put the hyphen between under and appreciated in that sentence for you. No need to thank me.
...and stop demanding management give you blood from a turnip year in and year out.
So now fans can't want their team to win.
Money talks. Cheapness whines.
Cliches talk, these you write.
Sorry if I seem a bit harsh on you here, Tim, but I truly feel this way about what you're saying. I don't think you're an idiot by any means, but I think what you wrote is idiotic.
I could easily make the counter argument that the Cubs have been selling out Wrigley Field for years and have not seen the team win anything because the franchise never felt any pressure to win. Why should they?
They knew they could put out an inferior product and still remain one of the most profitable franchises in the league.
Meanwhile the White Sox, are forced to try and win to earn fans.
Which strategy has worked better in your opinion? Or is that just my Napoleon complex peeking through?
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I pay my Directv bill and watch games from my sofa most weekends. During the week, since I work nights, I listen to games on WSCR. So capitalism works! I have chosen to follow the Sox on TV and listen to AM radio.
Gahd Bless 'Merica.
I'm also old enough to remember when drawing over 1 million fans was considered a good year and owners still made a profit. Times have changed though, salaries have exploded so attendance matters more.
Chicago is a 2 team town, and I luv that about my city. Yes, the Cubs are more popular and I don't care. But each year about 5 million seats are sold to baseball games in Chicago, yet complaining about WSox attendance never stops. If 2 million tickets sold is not enough for the White Sox to function, then sell the team and end this argument forever.
I'm sick of it.
Stands. Applauds.ReplyDelete
Tim Baffoe just writes what he believes is going to make Dan Bernstein happy.
A few observations to add to this excellent piece:ReplyDelete
1) One of the last times Fornelli and I attended the Cell was on Opening Day when, despite getting to the ball park well more than an hour ahead of the game, we didn't have a prepaid parking pass and so were routed to McCORMICK PLACE to park WITH NO TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED BACK. Once we got to the parking lot - passing by hundreds of disconsolate fans making the 45 minute+ trek to the Cell - we decided to keep driving and watch from home. Since then, I haven't exactly been jumping up and down begging to go to a game.
2) "And if a hot dog and pop inside the park for your kid breaks your bank account, you've made some bad life choices." Wow. Just wow. Are you serious?
At one of the last games we attended last season, Fornelli and I were sitting in front of a low-income mom and her three kids. She had broken the bank to bring them to the game and they were enthralled... by the food vendors. Every other fan around them was stuffing their faces with concession food and it was very clear she wasn't able to offer that to her distraught youngsters. But I guess they had it coming. After all, their mother made "bad life choices."
Mister Baffoe, if you don't understand that a day at the park is a budget buster for any average family, well, dude, you either don't have a family or you are getting paid WAY too much money for your specious bloviating.
3) "It's a baseball game, not a carnival." Try telling that to 3/4 of the assholes who ARE at the park. I'm lucky if 10% of the people around me are sitting in their seats at all during the game. When self-absorbed ass holes are posing, slogging down $7 beers like they're auditioning for Hangover 3, yelling, taking pictures when the count is 3-2, standing some more, talking about everything BUT the baseball game, excuse me if I'd rather have an unobstructed view of the action with Stony and Hawk for company.
4) Um, Timmy, the White Sox make huge profits from souvenir and jersey sales. You're all "Kenny doesn't get enough money", then turn up your nose at one of the biggest money makers they have going? Dude, you really didn't think this article through.
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Unlike some of his colleagues in the House, Feuerborn, 64, the incumbent in the race, survived recent redistricting adjustments. Those changes, however, reshaped the district, adding in more rural areas and excluding Ottawa, a city Feuerborn said he's worked hard to represent during his nearly two decades in the Legislature. While he said he's sad to lose Ottawa — but commented that a "country bumpkin" like him feels at home with rural folks — the Democrat's biggest problems with the redistricting efforts were the political games involved, as well as the high price tag: More than $1 million.
"I think it's a pitiful use of our dollars that we try to handle very carefully — we're not handling them very carefully when we spend $1.1 million redistricting," Feuerborn told The Herald in February — before the full cost and scope of redistricting was known.
The longtime state representative also takes issue with Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's recent tax bill, which he said even worries many conservative lawmakers and will have to be heavily tweaked in the next Legislative session. Feuerborn, the ranking minority leader of the House Appropriations Budget Committee for the past seven years, said the governor's plan merely shifts the tax burden from the state to local governments.
"When we at the state level decide to cut funding," he said, "in order to keep a program that local residents like, they'll have no other option but to raise local taxes. ...
"Most people now realize Brownback's tax bill is unworkable," Feuerborn said. "For the good of Kansas, we need to look at it again and make changes."
A cattle rancher and longtime businessman, he said he agrees with Brownback's identification of some of the top issues in Kansas: income tax, water rights and education funding; they just don't always agree on how to deal with those issues. And Feuerborn said he was particularly disappointed by the governor's decision to cut the state Main Street association, and fears more cuts and consolidations are ahead for Kansas.
Jones, 37, is new to the state politics game, but said he's eager to get started at the Statehouse in Topeka. A former minister, Green Beret, owner of Wellsberry Farm in Wellsville, Realtor and eBay Power Seller, he now serves his community as a Wellsville school board member, a Franklin County planning commission member and a key organizer of his city's biggest annual event, Wellsville Days.
Like his opponent, Jones said he is passionate about education. He believes it is a lifelong process — not just K-12 — and that people should have the opportunity to go back to school to learn at any age. Jones said he realized early that getting children healthy and educated in their youth is the key to long-term success. From his time on the local school board, he said, he's learned about the problems associated with inadequate school funding.
"I can't stand that our schools have to fight for money," he said.
An energetic social conservative who said he's for smaller government, Second Amendment rights, state sovereignty and reducing the debt, Jones said he doesn't think moving from pastoring to politics means he's lost his calling.
"What I'm doing now is an even greater ministry than what I was doing in the church," he said.
We believe Jones is sincere in his desire to serve the people of House District 5, but we worry that, when it comes to experience with and knowledge of the complicated issues facing Kansans, he's more style than substance.
Jones' other big commitments — serving on the local school board and planning commission, running a farm and working at two other businesses, as well as rearing a family of five young children — are another source of concern. Would he be able to fulfill all these commitments and serve in the state Legislature without one or more suffering? Serving as an elected official in the House might be a part-time job, but it still can be a full-time obligation.
Though we aren't keen on "career politicians," Kansans have not pushed for term limits at the state Legislature, and we don't believe in change just for change's sake. Feuerborn has used his 18 years in office to gain a greater understanding of the mechanisms of state government. Those lessons have helped him work as a leader with Republican and Democratic colleagues alike to boost Franklin County and the rest of his district.
"I'm an old-style conservative Democrat who looks at every issue and knows I'm spending taxpayer dollars," Feuerborn said.
A Feuerborn victory would be a victory for House District 5.
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QuickBooks for Contractors Tip – Basics of Progress Invoicing
Progress Invoicing is a standard feature of QuickBooks® Pro, Premier, and Enterprise editions; each of these versions also offer several options for invoicing as well. In order to implement the Progress Invoicing function you must also utilize the QuickBooks Estimate function – this will eliminate repetitive data entry and help you achieve good job costing reports, such as Estimate vs. Actual reports.
To activate Progress billing you MUST first log into QuickBooks as the QuickBooks Administrator and be in single-user mode. From the Edit menu -> choose Preferences -> scroll down to Jobs & Estimate -> and click on the Company Preferences tab. Once you are in the Company Preferences tab, review and set the options as follows:
- Do You Create Estimates – should be set to Yes
- Do You Do Progress Invoicing – should be set to Yes
- Warn about duplicate estimate numbers – should be checked (this will prevent you from creating two or more estimates for different jobs with the same estimate number)
- Don't print items that have zero amount – this option SHOULD NOT be checked (this allows you to display line items on a progress invoice even if you are not billing for them on the current invoice)
- Click Ok to save the changes that you have made.
At this point, you can switch to multi-user mode so you and others can continue working.
Next, you'll want to build your Estimate or Schedule of Values using the Job Cost Codes found in your QuickBooks item list. You will want to make sure that you QuickBooks Items or Job Cost Codes are set up as double-sided items in order to capture both expenses and income.
Your Estimate can be as simple or as detailed as you like – bearing in mind that an Estimate with multiple lines will provide better job costing information than a single line Estimate with the full dollar amount.
Once you have your Estimate in place and you are ready to create your first progressing billing or draw, you will go back to the Estimate you created and look for an option that says "Create Invoice" – click on that button/option.
This opens a Create Progress Invoice Based on Estimate window, which provides you with 3 different options for creating your progress invoice:
- Create an invoice for the entire estimate (100%)
- Create an invoice for a percentage of the entire estimate (you then get to choose a percentage – 33%, 30%, etc.)
- Create invoice for selected items or for different percentages of each item.
Most construction contractors will choose the third option, to Create invoice for selected items or for different percentages of each item. After making your selection on how you want to create the progress invoice; click OK.
This now opens a new window, Specify Invoice Amounts for Items on Estimate; where you will be able to see the various line items that are on your Estimate. You can specify the quantity, rate, amount or percentage for each item that you wish to bill for in the current period. As you enter amounts or percentages you will be able to see a running total for the current billing. When you are satisfied, click the OK button to have the information automatically populate the Progress Invoice form.
If you didn't enter an amount or a percentage for each line item on your Estimate, QuickBooks will display a message indicating that there are items with zero amounts.
Most people will find this Zero Amount Items message to be very annoying; it can be turned off by checking the Do not display this message in the future and clicking Ok.
Following this procedure you have created your first basic progress invoice. When you Save it, you have automatically updated your Accounts Receivable, and can send it to your customer or General Contractor or you can use the information it contains to complete an special invoice format that is required.
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Thank you for your reply. My clients want to know total construction costs, accumulated Profit and Overhead minus Hold Backs thus getting a total project cost – or the total of what they've paid. If the total column would reflect these amounts, we would be set, but no. My clients are getting more and more disappointed with QB and I would hate to see them migrate to another program.
I have a question for the construction industry. With all my clients, they want a total of the project with each progress invoice. In other words, they want a total for invoices #1-#5 for example. At present, I create an excel spreadsheet with the total contract amount, profit and hold back. I would like QB to provide me a running total in each progress invoice. Has anyone had any success with this? Thank you
This is great o hear that this feature exists. One of my businesses is a full service catering company, and we would love to use progressive invoicing, because I would be using the feature with almost all of my clients. However I don't believe you can do it with QB online. This would be great to have and I have provided this feedback several times.
This is an interesting topic. I'm always looking for great resources to share with clients and my coworkers, and your post is certainly worth sharing!
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Orland Park backs tax split with Mariano's
By Mike Nolan email@example.com January 20, 2014 9:30PM
Retailers, including Ann Taylor and Francesca's, are among tenants at Orland Park Crossing shopping center near where Mariano's plans to build a 73,000-square-foot grocery store. | Mike Nolan~Sun-Times Media
Updated: February 22, 2014 6:13AM
A proposal to divide sales tax revenue with grocery chain Mariano's has received an endorsement from Orland Park trustees.
A village board committee on Monday night recommended that the full board approve the tax-sharing agreement with Mariano's, which plans to build a store in the Orland Park Crossing mall, 143rd Street and LaGrange Road.
Under the 50-50 split, the village would turn over to Mariano's a maximum of $1.45 million over a period of up to 10 years, but the village expects that amount would be reached sooner than that. The deal covers only sales tax revenue collected under Orland Park's tax rate and doesn't apply to the sales tax money that goes to the state.
The full board could vote on the matter at its Feb. 3 meeting. The agreement is similar to those that Orland Park has approved in the past for new-car dealerships and retailers such as Costco.
The inducement would also pay the store's developer, Bradford Real Estate, a bonus of $187,000 if the Mariano's is "substantially completed" by the end of September 2015. A Mariano's official previously said the company expected to open the store in late 2015 or early 2016, but Orland Park officials hope the inducement could advance that timetable and start generating tax revenue for the village sooner, village manager Paul Grimes said.
Trustees in December approved plans for the 73,000-square-foot store as well as a separate development at the shopping center that would include 231 apartments and other rental housing. Mariano's would be located near two existing restaurants, northeast of P.F. Chang's and east of Granite City.
Mariano's has sought some sort of financial help for virtually all of its stores in the Chicago market, according to a village document citing information supplied by Bradford.
Locally, the upscale grocer opened about a year ago in Frankfort and is planning stores in Evergreen Park and Oak Lawn. The Orland Park store is expected to cost $25 million to build.
Orland Park is conservatively estimating annual sales of $45 million for the Mariano's, which would mean sales tax revenue to the village, before the split, of about $530,000 a year.
At the high end, based on the performance of the company's stores in other markets, sales could reach $65 million, or sales tax revenue of about $770,000 to be divided between the village and the company.
The village expects that, even factoring in the sales tax split, it will realize between $3.9 million and $6.3 million over the maximum 10-year agreement, separate from property tax revenue.


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Zack Greer and the Edmonton Rush will square off against Cody Jamieson and the Rochester Knighthawks in the Champion's Cup final.
Based on regular-season performance alone, it appeared that a team from Alberta would be playing in the Champion's Cup Final.
Few – most likely very few – thought the Edmonton Rush would be in that position. Now, they're one win away from their first National Lacrosse League title.
The Rush continued their unexpected playoff charge with a 15-3 rout of Minnesota on Saturday night in the West Divisional Final. They will go into the Champion's Cup Final against the Rochester Knighthawks, who dispatched Toronto in the East final by a 17-13 margin for their first win in five playoff games at Air Canada Centre.
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It also features no shortage of subplots. Consider the following:
The second season has given the Rush renewed life. They've scored 34 goals in wins over top-seeded Calgary and Minnesota with Ryan Ward (18 points) and Corey Small and Aaron Wilson (13 points each) leading the NLL in playoff scoring.
On defense, Bold has shown that he is, indeed, championship-caliber material. After a 39-save performance in a 19-11 win over the Roughnecks on May 5, he denied 39 of 42 Minnesota shots on Saturday, and held the Swarm off the scoreboard for an astonishing 37 minutes, 10 seconds during one stretch.
"Regardless of the three goals-against, I was just really antsy," Bold admitted to Gerry Moddejonge of the Edmonton Sun. "It's been a great year for myself as well as the team … I put in some time, personally, for this game and it's going to continue over to Rochester."
If there is any lingering bitterness toward the Knighthawks, Bold didn't say so.
"It's kind of nice to meet your old team in the dance, I guess, or the show you can call it," Bold said to Evan Daum of the Edmonton Journal. "I think it's going to be one of those games. They're not going to give up, we're not going to give up, so it's going to make for definitely a good game."
While the Knighthawks will face a stiff challenge from a surging Edmonton squad, they certainly have momentum on their side after ending their hexes in Toronto and against the Rock. Rochester had been 0-4 in playoff contests at Air Canada Centre and had dropped eight straight overall in the head-to-head series.
"Right from the get-go, we wanted to come out with a really strong first five minutes and we did that and overall we played great all the way through from the goaltender on out," the Knighthawks' Cory Vitarelli told Mike Ganter of the Toronto Sun.
The Knighthawks took control with a 4-0 run bridging the second and third quarters and started by Vitarelli, who finished with a team-leading four goals. Matt Vinc surrendered four late Toronto goals to make the score a lot closer, but still set a career playoff high with 51 saves on 64 shots.
"You have to take your hat off to Matty Vinc," Rock captain Colin Doyle told Ganter. "When we did get our chances, he seemed to step up and make a save and when we did get one, they seemed to answer right back."
Vinc has surrendered 26 goals on 114 shots so far in the postseason, but he's 2-0 with a 9.50 goals-against average and .793 save percentage in three career games versus the Rush.
As for the Rock and the Swarm, the ends to their seasons were stunning. No team had been a repeat champion in the NLL since Toronto in 2002 and 2003 and it squandered a chance to reach a third straight Champion's Cup final.
"It's a tough pill to swallow," Rock goaltender Nick Rose told Daniel Girard of the Toronto Star. "Eventually we'll get over this, but right now it stings."
Acquired from Calgary just before the March trade deadline, Rose gives Toronto stability in goal moving into 2013 and beyond. He went 6-2 with the Rock following the deal.
A victory over higher-seeded Colorado in the opening round of the postseason pushed Minnesota's winning streak and had the club perhaps thinking about a championship banner gracing the rafters of the Xcel Energy Center.
Instead, they'll start planning for another run next year. A team that had 12 rookies gained valuable experience in 2012, something captain Andrew Suitor said will serve the club well in the future.
"Everybody gets better as the years go on with a lot more experience," Suitor told Jace Frederick of NLL.com. "We've got a really good core coming back and four first-round draft picks, so there's our positives."
By this time next week, there will be a new champion and the 2012 season will be in the books.
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APB is bringing the MMO concept to the third-person shooter.
Some of the more hotly anticipated massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) of the next generation are strangely absent from E3. Others, like The Old Republic, exist only in CGI form. But in their absence, Scottish developer Realtime Worlds has used the conference as a coming out party for its MMO third-person shooter, All Points Bulletin (APB).
There are many reasons why we should be excited about APB. Realtime Worlds's founder is industry stalwart David Jones, whose company DMA Designs delivered some of the great titles of days gone by. Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto were the two enduring memories left by DMA design, who became Rockstar Games about the time that Jones left. After a stint at the 'style over substance' developer Rage Software, he founded Realtime Worlds in 2002. The company has released one game to date, the well-regarded Crackdown for Xbox 360.
APB initially sounded like a massively multiplayer version of Crackdown, but this has largely been down to a general lack of information about the game. Unlike games in the fantasy-dominated, massively multiplayer online role-playing game genre, APB is likened to an MMO Counter-Strike – the emphasis is on player versus player gunfights rather than scripted bosses.
The game's structure involves cities, each with 10,000 players (think shards or servers in other MMOs). These cities are broken down into districts that hold 100 players. Players can choose to either join forces with the cops, or become criminals. The gameplay emerges as a kind of dynamic matchmaking – criminals commit crimes and the game sends APBs to those on the law side to stop said crime. Criminal gangs can also take on other gangs, creating plenty of spontaneous combat opportunity. The focus is more upon skill than traditional MMO leveling, but there is promise of progression both in notoriety and in character development terms.
While the meat of gameplay still remains a mystery, E3 demos have given a deeper look into the insanely customisable characters. As the below video shows, the options are broad, ranging from the ability to customise tattoos and clothing, to altering body shape, size, and colour. This should allow for unique characters, and from what Dave Jones has been saying about the game and its focus on notoriety, appearance and gang colours will likely become an important part of player interactions. There is also the ability to customise vehicles to a similar level.
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Good news, baseball fans: MSC Cruises says it will hold another round of 'baseball greats' voyages next winter in the Caribbean.
The seven-night, baseball-themed sailings, to be headlined by well-known players from decades past, will take place on the 3,010-passenger MSC Poesia out of Fort Lauderdale.
Fast-growing MSC plans five baseball cruises in all, on Nov. 14 and Dec. 5, 2010, and on Jan. 9, Jan. 23 and Feb. 6, 2011.
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MSC has been carving out a niche with baseball-themed cruises in the Caribbean, with five already scheduled during the current winter season.
The line has yet to announce the list of players participating in next winter's voyages, but the current trips feature such former Major League names as Ken Griffey Sr., Vida Blue, Cookie Rojas and Amos Otis.
MSC says the cruises include plenty of opportunities for passengers to meet up with the players, including a player-hosted trivia game in which passengers can test their baseball knowledge, question-and-answer sessions with the players, a passenger pitching contest and a story-telling session. Players also host pitching, hitting, fielding and base running clinics.
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When you think of Ja'a, think deep, "funkafied" harmonies. These six gentlemen give you the power and the blend of soulful music that settles into the heart. Their vocal sounds give a smooth and sophisticated flow to all the songs that they touch. These brothers of harmony have continued to move beyond the boundaries of contemporary sound displaying their musical influences from jazz, R&B, contemporary a cappella, funk, pop, and gospel. The members of Ja'a share the vision of transcending the conventional barriers in music and are prepared for "Just About Anything," the operative theme which characterizes their music, attitudes, personalities, and the essence of Ja©öa. Since their origin at UCLA back in 1995, Ja'a has been acclaimed for their complex harmonies, a knack for vocal instrumentation, and a flair for appealing original arrangements. Their sophisticated sound is a testament to the heart and soul that they invest in their music and performances. Showcasing their versatile style, this sextet has performed from Vegas to LA, San Diego to the Bay and Asia soon on the way. Their spirit and belief in their dream has led to the release of their second CD "Outside the Lines". This group of friends looks forward to sharing their gifts with all who will listen.
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During the week of April 6 through April 12, 2009, Americans can participate in this national event by donating or recycling their unwanted cell phones, PDAs and their accessories.
To kick-off National Cell Phone Recycling Week and build momentum for Earth Day 2009, program partners across the country are rolling out a series of in-store promotions, contests and giveaways while providing in-store and online recycling opportunities to assist consumers in the "eCycling" process. Plug-In partners supporting this nationwide effort through special promotions include AT&T, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.
EPA is targeting cell phone recycling because only ten percent of cell phones are recycled each year, and most people do not know where to recycle them. Recycling cell phones results in significant environmental savings and can also benefit communities.
Cell phones and accessories are made from valuable materials such as precious metals, copper, and plastics - all of which require energy to extract and manufacture. Recycling cell phones reduces greenhouse gas emissions and conserves natural resources.
Verizon Wireless has set up HopeLine program to help customers recycle their old cell phones. Through HopeLine?s recycling efforts, more than 1 million no-longer-used wireless phones have been disposed of properly; more than 170,000 pounds of batteries have been recycled; and more than 200 tons of electronics waste and batteries have been kept out of landfills. Verizon customers can find out how they can recycle their phones at:
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To help raise awareness about the EPA?s Plug-In To eCycling National Cell Phone Recycling Week, Samsung Mobile will distribute 35,000 mobile phone recycling envelopes to NASCAR fans who attend the 2009 Samsung 500, April 3 through April 5. From April 6 through April 12, Samsung Mobile will distribute and provide a collection site for mobile phone recycling bags at its experiential product showcase, The Samsung Experience, located on the third floor of the Time Warner Center in New York City. Samsung Mobile will also participate in Earth Day events with DFW International Airport to continue to drive awareness about the Plug-In To eCycling program.
Sprint wireless recycling programs have diverted more than 16 million cell phones from landfills for reuse or recycling. Sprint?s collection rate is just under 35 percent, over three times the national recycling average.
A member of EPA?s Plug-In program since 2007, Sprint has established a ?Zer0 e-Waste? policy to ensure that phones are recycled safely, ethically and responsibly. To encourage consumer awareness and participation, Sprint offers two free and easy programs: Sprint Buyback and Sprint Project Connect.
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ALLEN, Texas (AP) - An architecture company says extensive cracking at a $60 million Texas high school football stadium is not the result of flaws in its design, according to a newspaper report published Saturday.
Houston-based PBK Architects told The Dallas Morning News (http://dallasne.ws/1eBMrzr ) that the cracks in the concourse are "shrink cracks" that can be repaired and don't threaten the stadium's structural integrity.
In some spots, the cracks are three-quarters of an inch wide and officials with the Allen Independent School District say they're getting worse.
"We do not feel this is a design issue," PBK partners Fred Montes and Irene Nigaglioni told the newspaper. They vowed to "stand behind the interests of Allen ISD long after the construction of a project is complete."
The district announced earlier this week that Eagle Stadium will be closed until at least June, but could affect next season's home games.
Built in 2012 as part of a $120 million bond issue, the stadium seats 18,000 and sports a 38-foot-wide video board. The stadium's opening was a moment of triumph for the community of Allen, a fast-growing Dallas suburb that has become home to a high school football powerhouse. The Eagles won the Class 5A Division I state championship last year.
District officials defended the cost - an eye-popping figure even in football-mad Texas, home to hundreds of schools playing under the "Friday Night Lights" - by calling the stadium an investment for generations of future Eagles fans and a much-needed upgrade from the district's previous 35-year-old field.
They planned to host state playoff games and other events at Eagle Stadium. Instead, the district's graduation ceremonies will be affected and all other events are now on hold.
PBK's final report is pending, as are the results of an engineering investigation by Nelson Forensics, a firm hired by the school district.
Ben Pogue, president and CEO of Pogue Construction, which built the stadium, said cracks in concrete are common. He said his firm was working with the district and its own subcontractors to review the issue and devise solutions.
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Perhaps if you were well-behaved or maybe just lucky, your teacher sent you to the edge of the classroom with a tightly-clasped fist of yellow, where you would have the pleasure of producing those wavy ribbon-like curls of beige and gray that litter many a school day memory. There may come a time when, like the clack of a typewriter or the stutter of a rotary phone, children do not recognize the smell of a freshly sharpened Number 2 Ticonderoga or FaberCastell. But for now, the scent of shaved or pulverized graphite brings instant recognition. Part woody, part metallic, the aroma of pencil lead has a bookish, even literary quality, especially now that many of us leave them behind when we finish our schooling. In the wine world, the scent of graphite might as well be the scent of money, as it most often emanates from the alchemy of expensive wood and wine. Cabernet kissed with finely toasted French oak most often proves the source of such aromas, but many reds given enough quality time with their wood will show it off as well. Like many such signatures of winemaking, graphite easily strays into the zone of too much of a good thing, but with restraint, it adds equal parts complexity and nostalgia to your glass.
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NC State Lands 230 on ACC Academic Honor Roll
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Five men and two women from NC State's indoor track and field teams are named to the Academic All-ACC team, announced by the conference on Friday.
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NC State head coach Rollie Geiger was pleased with his teams' performances in the two-day event held at NC State's Paul Derr Track.
NC State Wins 3 Events; 4 Meet Records Fall at Raleigh Relays
Throwers Nathaniel Williams, Brittany Hampton and jumper Kris Kornegay-Gober all win their events on the first day of the Raleigh Relays at NC State's Derr Track. The meet concludes on Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Admission is free for all spectators.
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The NC State men's indoor track team, led by Ryan Hill's win on Saturday and Kris Kornegay-Gober's win in the high jump on Friday, finish sixth overall. The Wolfpack women, with All-ACC performances Saturday by senior Lawanda Henry and redshirt freshman Laura Hoer, finish seventh.
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The famous Lipizzan stallions are returning to perform three shows at Cogswell's Grant. The horses of the Herrmann line are among the last capable of executing the "Airs Above the Ground" maneuvers, the dramatic leaps and plunges developed as battle maneuvers in the sixteenth century, and now a beautiful display of equine grace and strength. Each show runs for ninety minutes. Please bring your own seating and bug spray. Snacks and souvenirs available. Advance tickets available on our website.
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Are supervillains insane?
With some exceptions, no, most comic book heroes' nemeses know what they're doing, they know whom they hurt, and they know that it's wrong. For plenty of them, that's part of the fun.
Psychopathy, having a personality that includes lifelong lack of empathy or conscience, is not a form of insanity. No, insanity is a legal term meaning that due to a severe mental health problem, likely a psychotic disorder or state, a defendant could not recognize the rightness or wrongness of that person's own actions and therefore is not legally culpable for them. Think about the worst thing you ever did in a dream and now imagine that's the only part of you controlling your actions for a while, unable to recognize whom you're hurting or how. Punishing you would not accomplish much, although you might get committed for treatment until the courts deem you sane and safe.


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Shepherd's PieAuthor: swampkitty05 // Category: Food Porn, Recipes
Shepherd's Pie is one of those dishes that is typically made from leftovers, and thrown together as a tasty, hearty cost-saving measure. There are tons of different variations on the dish (for instance, in England, this would be considered "cottage pie", since it uses beef rather than lamb), usually regional.
My variation of the dish is very simple. For the base, I make up a batch (or use leftover) of my sloppy joe recipe, sprinkle it with leftover (or frozen if I have no leftover) peas and carrots, and cover it with a batch (or leftover) mashed potatoes. I sprinkle it with sweet paprika, and then bake it for 40 minutes (or until top is lightly browned or a bit crusted). Fantastic fresh out of the oven, and just as good reheated the next day.
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