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Today in Engineering History: Molasses Tanker Explodes, Kills 21
January 15, 2015 1:59 pm | by Kaylie Duffy, Associate Editor, PD&D, @kaylieannduffy | CommentsIn 1919, scorching hot molasses flooded Boston, killing 21 people and injuring 150. A large molasses storage tanker burst in the North End neighborhood of Boston. In 1976, NASA launched the Helios probe on a journey that would take it a relatively short distance to the Sun.
House 'Regulatory Accountability Act' Could Hobble FCC
January 14, 2015 1:46 pm | by Andrew Berg, Wireless Week, @andrewberg32 | CommentsThe House Tuesday voted in favor of legislation that if passed by the Senate would limit the power of nearly all regulatory agencies, including the FCC. The White House said the President would ultimately veto the bill if it makes it through the Senate.
Today in Engineering History: NY Times Claims Rockets Can't Fly
January 13, 2015 2:02 pm | by Kaylie Duffy, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsIn 1920, an unsigned New York Times editorial, titled "A Severe Strain on Credulity," falsely claimed that a lack of air would provide the rocket with nothing to react against, thus making acceleration impossible. In 1993, NASA's Endeavor was sent into space on her third mission.
Today in Engineering History: Ford Sets Speed Record
January 12, 2015 12:42 pm | by Melissa Fassbender, Editor, PD&D | CommentsOn this day in history, 1904, Henry Ford set the land-speed record driving 91.37 mpg on the frozen Lake St. Clair in Michigan, racing one mile in 39.4 seconds. In 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft was launched aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Today in Engineering History: Jobs Debuts iPhone
January 9, 2015 1:37 pm | by Melissa Fassbender, Editor, PD&D | CommentsOn this day in history, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone. In November of the same year, Time magazine named the phone its invention of the year. In 1968, the Surveyor 7, the fifth and final spacecraft of the Surveyor series, the Surveyor 7, landed on the moon.
Today in Engineering History: U.S. Development of Hydrogen Bomb
January 7, 2015 2:04 pm | by Kaylie Duffy, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsOn this day in history, 1953, President Harry S. Truman announced in his final State of the Union address that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb. About three years prior on January 31, 1950, President Truman publically stated that he had requested the Atomic Energy Commission to begin the development of the hydrogen bomb.
Today in Engineering History: Morse Demonstrates Telegraph
January 6, 2015 2:08 pm | by Kaylie Duffy, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsOn this day in history, 1838, Samuel Morse demonstrated his telegraph system at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey for the first time. The device used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages through a wire. In 1998, the Lunar Prospector launched from the Kennedy Space Center.
Today in Engineering History: Nixon Launches Space Shuttle Program
January 5, 2015 2:24 pm | by Melissa Fassbender, Editor, PD&D | CommentsIn 1972, Nixon signed a bill authorizing $5.5 million in funding to develop a more cost-efficient space shuttle that could be reused on multiple missions. In 1933, construction started on the Golden Gate Bridge. With a 4,200 foot long suspension span, the bridge was the world's longest suspension bridge at the time, until 1964.
Regulating online video distributors: Capital Currents
December 22, 2014 4:47 pm | by Jeffrey Krauss, President of Telecommunications and Technology Policy | CommentsNow that the NPRM has been published, we can see the legal and policy problems that it will face. There are many. If OVDs are determined by the FCC to qualify as MVPDs, then it might give them certain program access rights. But MVPDs also face certain obligations. Will these same obligations apply to OVDs?
Today in Engineering History: Last Lunar-Landing Mission
December 19, 2014 1:42 pm | by Kaylie Duffy, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsOn this day in history 1972, the final three astronauts to travel to the moon arrived back to Earth, successfully completing the Apollo 17 mission. Astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt stayed on the surface of the moon for a record 75 hours.
Review: Connecting the Home for the Holidays
December 18, 2014 1:53 pm | by The Associated Press | CommentsTo give you a feel for what that connectivity brings, here's a closer look at a few "smart" products for the home. There are plenty more if you look around. As I tried these out, I kept thinking to myself whether these products really needed that connectivity. You'll need to decide whether the benefits are worth the higher prices.
Today in Engineering History: World's First Communication Satellite
December 18, 2014 1:41 pm | by Melissa Fassbender, Editor, PD&D | CommentsOn this day in history, 1958, the world's first communications satellite, SCORE (Signal Communication by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was launched into space. Dubbed "Chatterbox," the satellite was also part of another first, as its launch marked the first successful use of an Atlas rocket as a launch vehicle.
Today in Engineering History: First Airplane Flies at Kitty Hawk
December 17, 2014 1:18 pm | by Kaylie Duffy, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsOn this day in history, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully made the first flight in history, with a self-propelled, heavier-than-air machine. At 10:35 a.m. near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville ran the aircraft down a monorail track and into the air, staying airborne for 12 seconds and flying 120 feet.
Today in Engineering History: Estimating Meteoroid Strikes
December 16, 2014 1:29 pm | by Melissa Fassbender, Editor, PD&D | CommentsIn 1962, the Explorer 16 launched to study meteoroid impacts on spacecraft. The second in a series of micrometeoroid satellites orbited by NASA, the Explorer 16 helped estimate the probability of meteoroid strikes. The data allowed for "a more confident definition of the relationship between penetration flux and material thickness to be derived."
Today in Engineering History: a radio first and the Olds
December 12, 2014 11:42 am | by Kaylie Duffy, Associate Editor, PD&D | CommentsOn this day in 1901, Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean; the content of the signal was three dots -- the letter S in Morse code. In 2000, General Motors announced its plan to phase out the 103-year-old Oldsmobile, America's oldest automobile brand.


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In each city, at the Kickoff Event, we will draw a character, a prop and a line of dialogue out of a hat. These elements must appear in your film in some way. All teams will have the same required elements.
Here are some examples from previous years:
- Bitsy Ballou, Advice Columnist
- Ignazio del Fuego, Cab Driver
- Hugh Simon, Bouncer
- Large Suitcase
- Snow Globe
- Electric Fan
Line of Dialogue
- Is that the best you've got?
- I was lied to and very much deceived.
- When you say it like that, it's almost poetry.


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i covered myself nicely 'it could just be j. langer in full force'
i covered myself nicely 'it could just be j. langer in full force'
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
The deadbacks have been brought to life by royalty.
Anyone else on Evan Gulbis watch? Looking to get his first run in FC cricket in his 5th innings.
Parmi | #1 draft pick | Jake King is **** | Big Bash League tipping champion of the universeCome and Paint Turtle
skidmark00 again late to the party
hope we play zampa. although lalor has strong batting form down in canberra. perhaps he's in the squad to replace maddinson
looking forward to seeing how we respond to the loss of haze. abbott probably got the phone call
indeed, it's nice to be at the stage of the season when we go from benching aus players to looking for anyone.
Qadir on Australia's radar
gary putland facts what a man. get him in the aus team.
Bollinger has 2/0 from 4 overs against QLD.
I feel for the man...
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NEW YORK — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling.
Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge to encourage commuters who were forced to walk to work instead of jumping aboard subway trains and buses.
"I began to yell, 'Walk over the bridge! Walk over the bridge! We're not going to let these bastards bring us to our knees!' And people began to applaud," the famously combative, acid-tongued politician recalled at a 2012 forum.
His success in rallying New Yorkers in the face of the strike was, he said, his biggest personal achievement as mayor. And it was a display that was quintessentially Mr. Koch, who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world.
Mr. Koch died at 2 a.m. Friday from congestive heart failure, spokesman George Arzt said. He was 88.
Mr. Koch was admitted to NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital on Monday with shortness of breath, and was moved to intensive care on Thursday for closer monitoring of the fluid in his lungs and legs.
After leaving City Hall in January 1990, Mr. Koch battled assorted health problems and heart disease.
The larger-than-life Mr. Koch, who breezed through the streets of New York flashing his signature thumbs-up sign, won a national reputation with his feisty style. "How'm I doing?" was his trademark question to constituents, although the answer mattered little to Koch. The mayor always thought he was doing wonderfully.
Former Mayor David Dinkins, who succeeded Mr. Koch, called the former mayor "a feisty guy who would tell you what he thinks."
"Ed was a guy to whom I could turn if I wanted a straight answer," he said Friday.
Bald and bombastic, paunchy and pretentious, the city's 105th mayor was quick with a friendly quip and equally fast with a cutting remark for his political enemies.
"You punch me, I punch back," Mr. Koch once memorably observed. "I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag."
Rev. Al Sharpton, head of the National Action Network, said in a statement Friday that although they disagreed on many things, Mr. Koch "was never a phony or a hypocrite. He would not patronize or deceive you. He said what he meant. He meant what he said. He fought for what he believed. May he rest in peace."
The mayor dismissed his critics as "wackos," waged verbal war with developer Donald Trump ("piggy") and fellow former mayor Rudolph Giuliani ("nasty man"), lambasted the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and once reduced the head of the City Council to tears.
"I'm not the type to get ulcers," he wrote in "Mayor," his autobiography. "I give them."
When President George W. Bush ran for re-election in 2004, Democrat Koch crossed party lines to support him and spoke at the GOP convention. He also endorsed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's re-election efforts at a time when Bloomberg was a Republican. Mr. Koch described himself as "a liberal with sanity."
In a statement Bloomberg said the city "lost an irrepressible icon" and called Mr. Koch its "most charismatic cheerleader."
"Through his tough, determined leadership and responsible fiscal stewardship, Ed helped lift the city out of its darkest days and set it on course for an incredible comeback," Bloomberg said.
Mr. Koch was also an outspoken supporter of Israel, willing to criticize anyone, including President Barack Obama, over decisions Mr. Koch thought could indicate any wavering of support for that nation.
In a WLIW television program "The Jews of New York," Mr. Koch spoke of his attachment to his faith.
"Jews have always thought that having someone elevated with his head above the grass was not good for the Jews. I never felt that way," he said. "I believe that you have to stand up."
Under his watch from 1978-89, the city climbed out of its financial crisis thanks to Mr. Koch's tough fiscal policies and razor-sharp budget cuts, and subway service improved enormously. But homelessness and AIDS soared through the 1980s, and critics charged that City Hall's responses were too little, too late.
Mr. Koch said in a 2009 interview with the New York Times that he had few regrets about his time in office but still felt guilt over a decision he made as mayor to close Sydenham Hospital in Harlem. The move saved $9 million, but Mr. Koch said in 2009 that it was wrong "because black doctors couldn't get into other hospitals" at the time.
"That was uncaring of me," he said. "They helped elect me, and then in my zeal to do the right thing I did something now that I regret."
His mark on the city has been set in steel: The Queensboro Bridge — connecting Manhattan to Queens and celebrated in the Simon and Garfunkel tune "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" — was renamed in Mr. Koch's honor in 2011.
Mr. Koch was a champion of gay rights, taking on the Roman Catholic Church and scores of political leaders.
During the 1977 mayoral campaign against Mario Cuomo, posters that read, "Vote for Cuomo, Not the Homo" mysteriously appeared in some neighborhoods as Election Day approached.
A lifelong bachelor, Mr. Koch offered a typically blunt response to questions about his own sexuality: "My answer to questions on this subject is simply, 'F--- off.' There have to be some private matters left."


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Buying Useed 2007 Mazda5 Sport
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A local dealership has a Used 2007 Mazda5 Sport Wagon for 7,949.00 with 85,304 miles on it and an automatic transmission. I am interested in purchasing this. It is only myself, and my three year so there were wont be alot of weight weighing this vehicle down. My main question, is this vehicle (this particular model/year) worth it? I mainly need something that is very dependable and that I wont have to worry about replacing in a year or two or three. We dont travel much, mostly to and from work each day (1 mile both ways). Maybe a 40 mile flat highway trip every other weekend to visit the grandparents. Thanks in advance for any and all input you may be able to provide
qbrozen Posts: 17,848The drivetrain is quite reliable. The 5 suffers from some rear suspension issues, however. But I think it is a minor problem, personally. When/if the rear shocks go bad, just have an independent shop replace them with superior aftermarket units.
The price on that is quite low. Make sure it hasn't been thrashed or in any accidents. Dealers are paying over $7k for them at auction, which means, after transport, fees, and detail, they'd be into it for right around that asking price .... meaning they would make NO money on it. So that would throw a red flag for me on that one.'14 CTS Vsport; '15 Fit LX 6-spd; '98 Volvo S70 base; '14 Town&Country Limited
cricketjlynn Posts: 4Thsnk you for your quick response. I was also caught off guard by that asking price and I am a little concerned. However it is a major dealership that has provided the CarFax for this vehicle. CarFax does not show any accidents or damage reported on the car. Regular mantinence,and such. 1 previous owner.
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qbrozen Posts: 17,848Where are you located and what color is the car? With that info, I can sometimes find the exact car that went through auction.
Anyway, a Silver one went through Minneapolis and got $11,200 a couple of weeks ago. So $13,999 is a pretty fair retail price. I might try for another $500 off or so.'14 CTS Vsport; '15 Fit LX 6-spd; '98 Volvo S70 base; '14 Town&Country Limited
kittybelle Posts: 1I am considering buying a 2007 Mazda 5 grand touring with 71,582 miles from a mazda dealer. Should I buy an extended warranty? from the dealer or aftermarket? What should I check before buying? The car needs bodyshop minor repairs. I am concern about the timebelt, and a/c problems I have read about. The carfax report indicates it was a rental car and it had two owners.
A website indicates it is a fair deal because I am paying over market value about $740.00. Any suggestion as to how to calculate a fair value to pay the dealer. -
davicho Posts: 1901. I am not a fan of extended warranties but it is your choice.
2. Only main issues with Mazda5 are suspension gremlins but cant escape those, you just have to live with them and/or constantly replace shocks and bushings (not covered by extended warranties...btw)
3. No timing belt on MZR23 engine, its a chain.
4. How much are you paying?


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I have been having problems logging into the store this weekend and still today. It will not accept my username and password.
Hi Diane, can you try the lost password function?
If you still can't recover your password, send me your email.
I can't sign into GDS so I can go to my gallery- keeps coming back to Logon page. But I went into Dana's Footprint Digital Design Store and was able to download a freebie? Help please..
Gals -
I am sending these messages on to Debra - our owner.
She has a tech guy working on this!
Hang in there with us....we are working to get this fixed!
ST Leader
Hi Ellen, are you trying to login to the store, right?
If so, do you get any error message?
Try the forgotten password feature:
hy ellen is one of my CT, she sent me an email this morning about this. I have her log in details (with her permission) I am able to log in as her but when she tries it doesn't work. She said there was an error message. I asked her to try to do a screen shot and send it to me so I could forward it on, but she doesn't now how.
Hi vicki, got it.
Ellen, please try clearing your browser cache and then try log in again.
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- Many medical students dream of working in big hospitals or suburban private practices.
But two med students from the Northwoods are thinking the exact opposite.
"Most people are really intrigued by someone who's actually interested in staying in a small town," says one of those students, Katie Reimer, an Eagle River native.
Medical school could present a lot of options for Katie and Antigo's Jessica Novak.
They could work in a small town or big city, in Wisconsin or somewhere else, in a smaller clinic or large hospital.
But these two, currently on their clinical rotations, know exactly what they want.
"I definitely know it will be rural and I definitely know it will be north-central Wisconsin," says Jessica.
Katie and Jessica are one of the first classes of UW-Madison students in the Wisconsin Academy of Rural Medicine program at Marshfield Clinic.
"There is a shortage of physicians serving in rural areas in the state of Wisconsin, predominantly primary care, but also physician types, such as sub-specialists," says Dr. Matthew Jansen, the Director of the Division of Education at Marshfield Clinic. "The idea with WARM program is, train them locally, they'll stay locally."
Jessica heard about the program on TV, and was hooked on the idea.
"I said, that's exactly what I want to do. I want to do rural medicine," she remembers. "You just have such a great feeling of being involved, not only in the clinic but in the community as a rural physician."
Now, their long days as fourth-year med students at Marshfield Clinic will soon give way to long days as residents.
Both chose to stay with Marshfield Clinic for their residencies.
"I couldn't have asked for a better education to this point, and why mess with a good thing?" Katie asks.
Even if that is slightly different from med school classmates living - and learning - in skyscrapers.
"It's just different than them, because we're figuring out how to treat these people in rural communities," says Jessica.
Rural communities, like back home in Eagle River and Antigo - and like the communities they'll return to - as doctors.
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Local libraries won't offer all free tax forms this year
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- Many people get their tax forms at Northwoods libraries. But they might not get everything they need to file their taxes at the library this year.
The IRS won't be able to send local libraries every free tax form and instruction booklets because of budget cuts.
At the Demmer Memorial Library in Three Lakes, the free tax forms are usually a popular service. The library's director think many people will be let down. But the library will still offer some of the tax forms people will need.
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Kenosha mayor says he's disappointed with casino denial
Submitted: 01/24/2015
- The Kenosha mayor says he's very disappointed Gov. Scott Walker decided against a request to build a casino there.
Gov. Scott Walker on Friday denied the Menominee Nation's request for permission to build an off-reservation casino in Kenosha, saying it could leave the state owing a rival tribe millions of dollars.
Kenosha Mayor Keith Bosman says he's frustrated with Walker's denial of the tribal casino at the former Dairyland Greyhound Park.
He said the loss of $800 million in investment and the expected thousands of construction and permanent jobs is a blow to the city.
Bosman said the process has been very frustrating.
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Apartment fire displaces 28 people in Medford
Submitted: 01/24/2015
- 28 middle aged and elderly people will need to find housing after an apartment fire in Medford Saturday.
It happened a little before 1 p.m. The Medford Police Department says the fire happened in Riverview Village Apartments on the third floor.
Medford Police Chief Ken Coyer says a neighbor smelled and saw smoke.
The 28 people who lived there were displaced due to smoke, fire and water damage throughout the building. Red Cross helped them at Medford Area Senior High School to make arrangments for housing.
The chief says this was an accidental fire.
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Wrong-way crash on Interstate 94 kills 1, injures 5
Submitted: 01/24/2015
- A driver who entered Interstate 94 the wrong way is dead and five others are injured after a six-vehicle crash in Milwaukee County.
According to the county sheriff's department, 32-year-old Marcos Cortez, of Wauwatosa, entered the freeway at about 8 p.m. Friday travelling westbound in the eastbound lanes without headlights on when he crashed into another car.
Cortez died on the scene. The three people in the car he struck were not seriously injured.
Four other vehicles were involved in secondary crashes, with two people taken to hospitals for minor injuries.
The eastbound freeway was shut down for nearly 5 hours while deputies investigated.
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No bombs found on planes in Atlanta after threat
Submitted: 01/24/2015
- Police who searched two airplanes in Atlanta found no bombs following online threats made against the aircraft.
FBI spokesman Stephen Emmett said law enforcement officials finished their search Saturday night at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The threats targeted Southwest Airlines Flight 2492, which arrived from Milwaukee, and Delta Air Lines Flight 1156, which arrived from Portland, Oregon.
Both flights arrived safely.
NORAD spokesman Preston Schlachter said the threats were made through Twitter, an online social media network. The military dispatched two F-16 fighter jets to shadow the planes until they reached the airport.
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Curling club celebrates 100 year anniversary
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"I think the Olympics have done a great boost for curling, clubs are popping up all over the United States now," said Centennial Committee Chairman Jeff Mueller. "You can meet people all over the country, you mention curling, they say they saw it on the Olympics. Unlike years ago when they thought it was just some boring shuffleboard on ice type of thing, people really get into it."
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Crews work to restore power close to 3,000 customers in Gogebic County
Submitted: 01/24/2015
- Close to 3,000 people in Gogebic County experienced a widespread power outage Friday.
The Gogebic County Sheriff's Office aren't sure how it happened, but power is being restored.
They say the outage affected much of the county, but it was narrowed down to the city of Wakefield. About 50 percent of the city was without power.
Deputies say the city of Wakefield maintains its own power grid. They say Wakefield Electric Department and Xcel Energy worked all day Saturday to restore power.
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When play continues today, Little will be tied for second place with nine other golfers after firing a 3-over 75. As a team the Lady Flames will be chasing Embry-Riddle (Fla.) after Heather Wiquist paced her team with a 2-under 70.
The Eagles totaled 301 as a team. Lubbock Christian stands at 304. Cal State San Marcos and Oklahoma City sit in third after registering 310s (+22). Defending national champion British Columbia rounded out the top five on the team leader board, as it posted a first round score of 312 (+24).
Lee stands in a tie for the 10th spot with the University of the Cumberlands after totaling a 317 (+29).
Bernadette came through big for us today," coach John Maupin. "She really stepped up at a time when we needed her. I also thought Sloane (Skinner) played a very solid round of golf."
Skinner is tied for 20th after a 5-over 77. Madison Alexander tallied an 82. Courtney Shelton struggled with an 83, while Chelsea Rakestraw came in at 87.
"There is a pretty big logjam on the leader board and we are in the thick of things," said Maupin. "Again, it's a long week (tournament) with a lot of golf left, so we just need to try to get better each day. We are going to get a good night's rest and be ready to go on Wednesday morning."


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Beyond Wrestling and St. Louis Anarchy: Double Trouble Review
Featuring: ACH, Johnny Gargano, Eric Corvis, Jonny Mangue, Chase Brunett, Zane Silver, Matthew Justice, The Pitboss, The Hate Junkies, dany only, Strknyn, Arik Canon, Darin Corbin, Christian Rose, The Submission Squad, Evan Gelistico, Gary Jay, Pierre Abernathy, Dale Patricks, Remi Wilkins, Heidi Lovelace, Nate Stone, Reed Bentley, Tripp Cassidy, Davey Vega, Eric Ryan, The Kentucky Buffet, Alex Castle, Matt Cage, The Hooligans, Devin Cutter, Mason Cutter, Mark Angel, Drew Gulak, Aaron Epic, Pinkie Sanchez, Sugar Dunkerton, The Slaughterhouse, KJ Crush, Maserati Rick, Tony Banks, Rickey Shane Page, Dan Walsh, Johnny Cockstrong, RD Evans
Available on DVD for $12 here, MP4 for $12 here, VOD for $10 here.
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On the day that their purchase of Women Superstars Uncensored was confirmed, Beyond Wrestling ventured to Absolute Intense Wrestling's stomping ground, Turners Hall in Cleveland, in Ohio. But instead of AIW, they had a different dancing partner, in the form of St. Louis Anarchy. The mid-west cousins of Austin's ACW had perhaps their biggest platform yet for this show. Did Beyond and SLA dare to try and one up AIW on their home turf? Indeed, they dared.
1. Eric Corvis [+11], Jonny Mangue [+2] & Team Beyond (Chase Burnett [-7] & Zane Silver [-3]) vs. Matthew Justice [-1], The Pitboss [+7] & The Hate Junkies (dany only [+4] & Stryknyn [+2]) – Team Beyond versus Team Kill Everyone In Beyond, essentially. Pitboss is facing his former Doom Patrol stablemate, Jonny Mangue, with some new, more like-minded partners in Justice and The Hate Junkies. Prior to this Mangue had helped Pitboss and Chris Dickinson make life hell for Corvis, Brunett, and Silver, but the "Smooth Savage" changed his ways this year and worked with his former rivals.
The match started with a big brawl that spilled to the outside very quick. Team Beyond got the early advantage, but the storm was weathered, and dany only puts his team in control. The "Shitboss"… sorry, Pitboss (only reporting what was chanted) continued to work over Zane Silver, but after a few minutes, Silver made the tag to Eric Corvis. After losing the advantage, the wrestlers at ringside got Corvis back in it by singing the Rocky theme.
Later on Mathew Justice, Pitboss and the Hate Junkies found themselves stacked up together, when Zane Silver dropkicked off the top rope onto all of them in a unique moment. dany only then created another one by suplexing Burnett into a DDT on his own partner Silver. After another melee, Justice caught Corvis with a low blow, and hit two DVDs into the corner on him for the win. A good opening contest, a bit crazy in places, but it had a nice flow. Johnny Cockstrong noted on commentary that The Beasts had a 200lb combined advantage on their opponents, and it ultimately told.
2. Arik Cannon [0], Darin Corbin [0] & Christian Rose [0] vs. The Submission Squad (Evan Gelistico [0], Gary Jay [-2] & Pierre Abernathy [-1]) – Cannon's team came out to B.o.B, which Rose noted was not the song they originally intended to come out to. The Submission Squad were looking for a great performance here, with two of the members on losing records going in.
Things were off to a rough start for the Squad when even the referee found himself bodyslamming Gary Jay. As this is a St. Louis Anarchy match, and therefore competed under Anarchy Rules, the match continued. Then there was gigantic showdown between "Big Daddy" Pierre Abernathy and "Ginger Madness" Darin Corbin, and then there was the the usual slo-mo sequence (which Robert Evans, on commentary, followed suit in slo-mo calling). The Squad then took control and Evan "Kick the World" Gelistico pretty much took Christian "Born to Hurt" Rose's face off. Appropriate. Arik Cannon (the Dastardly Urban Fiend as Evans put it) put down his PBR long enough to come in and run riot all over the Submission Squad. Things then went bonzo gonzo, and Jay used a break in the confusion to pull Cannon's tights for the pin, and earning a huge win for the Submission Squad.
3. School Of Roc Tag Team Sole Survivor Elimination Match: Dale Patricks [0], Remi Wilkins [0] & Heidi Lovelace [0] vs. Nate Stone [0], Reed Bentley [0] & Tripp Cassidy [0] – Availible in its entirety above, this was a sole survivor elimination match: once a team is completely eliminated, the remaining members of the other team must wrestle each other until there is one winner. A sort of mini Cibernetico. Continue reading


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Right now my favorite smell is the perfume Portrait of a Lady by Frederic Malle. I love it because it reminds me of Ellen Barkin.
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Country Club Hills Ald. Steven Burris (left) and City Clerk Deborah Mcllvain (center) sort through testimony involving alderman candidate Marchel'le Barber (right)'s water bills during an election board hearing. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
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An attorney will ask a Cook County Circuit Court judge on Monday to disqualify all three members of the Country Club Hills Election Board.
For nearly 10 years, Ald. Vincent Lockett (2nd) has ridiculed Mayor Dwight Welch in the harshest terms for his leadership of the city.
Now, Welch, as chairman of the city's election board, will help decide whether Lockett's name can appear on the April 9 election ballot.
The feud between Welch and a faction of the city council led by Lockett became so heated that Welch spearheaded a campaign to place a referendum on the ballot last year, reducing the size of the council from 10 to 5. Voters approved the idea.
But Lockett's attorney is not challenging Welch's ability to sit in judgment of Lockett's candidacy based on their personal feud.
A previous court decision states that no local election board member in Illinois can be removed based on "person or political bias."
That in itself ought to tell you how biased the process has become when candidates in the suburbs try to run for mayor, trustee, alderman or school board member.
But if you need further proof, there's the challenge to Lockett's candidacy.
Lockett and Ald. Anthony Davis (5th) are being challenged in their re-election bids because they failed to reconcile their city council expense accounts.
What does that mean? Essentially, that they failed to provide receipts for money they spent out of those accounts.
Under the Illinois Election Code, a person can't run for election in a municipality if he owes money to it.
Lockett contends that aldermen have always received monthly expense checks without having to reconcile their previous expenses. His attorney wants to call the mayor, city clerk and all the aldermen as witnesses before the election board to testify that there is no policy for reconciling expenses.
On Friday, the election board ruled that its three members (Welch, Clerk Deborah McIlvain and Ald. Steven Burris) could not testify, contending that any testimony they might offer could be provided by other witnesses.
Tiffany Nelson-Jaworski, the lawyer for Lockett, claimed that Welch and McIlvain could offer unique testimony because they signed off on the expense checks issued to Lockett and Davis and could explain why they continued to approve the checks without receipts.
As for Burris (4th), he is chairman of the council's finance committee and as such oversees discussions surrounding the payment of city bills.
Nelson-Jaworski also is seeking disqualification of the election board because Lockett is part of a lawsuit against the city regarding the reduction of the city council.
""It's just a big old pile of bull," Lockett told me about the election board and the charges filed against him. "Why were they issuing me checks for $2,250 a month for expenses if receipts were required for prior expenses?
"They should have stopped issuing expense checks until the receipts were provided. But (receipts) weren't required, so they kept issuing the checks, which is what they've always done."
Whether or not Lockett is technically in violation of election law, Welch should not be allowed to sit in judgment of his candidacy because that would make the process appear unfair and biased.
Another candidate running for 5th Ward alderman, Marchel'le "Martha" Barber, appeared before the election board on Friday because she allegedly owed $27 on her water bill. She said she was initially not informed about the overdue bill, paid everything that was owed before she filed for office in December and then paid the $27 after learning it was due.
But Matthew Welch (no relation to the mayor), the attorney representing the challenger to Barber, said the fact that she paid the $27 was an admission of guilt under the law.
Barber contended that she was told by an employee of the city clerk's office early in December how much she owed and paid that amount before filing to run for office.
But that didn't matter either. The law is that no matter what a municipal employee tells you, you owe whatever the government says its paperwork indicates you owe.
Finally, Barber noted that Country Club Hills' water bills have a date showing when payment is due, but no date showing when the bill was actually issued or mailed. In theory, a bill could be issued after the date it was due and no one could tell.
But Barber, who is not an attorney and did not have one representing her at the election board, failed to make that point.
I doubt it would have mattered.
Dwight Welch and McIlvain voted to kick Barber off the ballot, and Burris, so frustrated by the convoluted arguments at one point that he put his head in his hands, voted to keep Barber on.
This entire process is costing taxpayers a lot of employee time and money. An attorney for the election board and a court reporter are required and they aren't cheap.
While the candidates pay attorneys out of their pocket, city employees must spend time copying documents and appearing as witnesses. And there will be court hearings that will cost taxpayers more money.
"This is simply a frivolous challenge," Lockett's attorney said.
I would add that no candidate should ever be kicked off a ballot for an unpaid $27 water bill, especially if she paid that bill.
"Our state senators and representatives need to change this process," Lockett said. "People need to appeal to them to make it a fair process."
I have done that repeatedly, with no response whatsoever from Southland legislators.
Cook County Clerk David Orr, the chief election official in the suburbs, has called for change, with no effect.
The process stinks.


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Off-Base April 26th, 2010
Where in the "levels of dispiriting" does getting swept by the Scrubs 25-4 fall? And, is it already time to make the rest of the season about tailgating first and baseball second?
- Jake
Wait, is that a conscious decision that people actually make? I thought there was just "tailgating first-baseball second" people and "baseball first-tailgating second" people. I didn't know it was possible to switch sides during the season. If such a switch even exists it is way to early to flip it.
The truth is that while these losses were pretty awful for our positivity and our self esteem we have to try and remember that they are only three games in a long season. Three games in the first month doesn't mean a whole lot and if the Brewers end up finishing the month under .500 (where they currently sit) that isn't really enough to worry. We have to try and remember 2008 (the measuring stick by which all future Brewers seasons shall be judged). The Brewers started that season 6-1 and looked to be a team to be reckoned with, but then they went 14-23 in their next 37 before catching fire and going 70-48 the rest of the year. If someone offered you the chance to start 14-23, but to finish at 90-72 you would take that every time. I don't know about you guys, but I much prefer to go home with a win on a 90 degree day in the summer than a game where the roof is closed and I'm wearing pants.
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The seventh seal is opened and seven angels appear with seven trumpets, ready to proclaim the purposes of God. (1,2) Another angel casts fire on the earth, which produces terrible storms of vengeance. (3-5) The seven angels prepare to sound their trumpets. (6) Four sound them. (7-12) Another angel denounces greater woes to come. (13)
Verses 1-6 The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a space; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries through oppression, that cry reaches up to heaven; or it is a silence of expectation. Trumpets were given to the angels, who were to sound them. The Lord Jesus is the High Priest of the church, having a golden censer, and much incense, fulness of merit in his own glorious person. Would that men studied to know the fulness that is in Christ, and endeavoured to be acquainted with his excellency. Would that they were truly persuaded that Christ has such an office as that of Intercessor, which he now performs with deep sympathy. No prayers, thus recommended, was ever denied hearing and acceptance. These prayers, thus accepted in heaven, produced great changes upon earth. The Christian worship and religion, pure and heavenly in its origin and nature, when sent down to earth and conflicting with the passions and worldly projects of sinful men, produced remarkable tumults, here set forth in prophetical language, as our Lord himself declared, ( Luke 12:49 ) .
Verses 7-13 The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood. A storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors falling on the church, or a tempest of destruction. The second angel sounded, and a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea; and the third part of the sea became blood. By this mountain some understand leaders of the persecutions; others, Rome sacked by the Goths and Vandals, with great slaughter and cruelty. The third angel sounded, and there fell a star from heaven. Some take this to be an eminent governor; others take it to be some person in power who corrupted the churches of Christ. The doctrines of the gospel, the springs of spiritual life, comfort, and vigour, to the souls of men, are corrupted and made bitter by the mixture of dangerous errors, so that the souls of men find ruin where they sought refreshment. The fourth angel sounded, and darkness fell upon the great lights of heaven, that give light to the world, the sun, and the moon, and the stars. The guides and governors are placed higher than the people, and are to dispense light, and kind influences to them. Where the gospel comes to a people, and has not proper effects on their hearts and lives, it is followed with dreadful judgments. God gives alarm by the written word, by ministers, by men's own consciences, and by the signs of the times; so that if people are surprised, it is their own fault. The anger of God makes all comforts bitter, and even life itself burdensome. But God, in this world, sets bounds to the most terrible judgments. Corruption of doctrine and worship in the church are great judgments, and also are the usual causes and tokens of other judgments coming on a people. Before the other three trumpets were sounded, there was solemn warning how terrible the calamities would be that should follow. If lesser judgments do not take effect the church and the world must expect greater; and when God comes to punish the world, the inhabitants shall tremble before him. Let sinners take warning to flee from the wrath to come; let believers learn to value and to be thankful for their privileges; and let them patiently continue in well doing.
Revelation 8:1-13 . SEVENTH SEAL. PREPARATION FOR THE SEVEN TRUMPETS. THE FIRST FOUR AND THE CONSEQUENT PLAGUES.
1. was--Greek, "came to pass"; "began to be."
silence in heaven about . . . half an hour--The last seal having been broken open, the book of God's eternal plan of redemption is opened for the Lamb to read to the blessed ones in heaven. The half hour's silence contrasts with the previous jubilant songs of the great multitude, taken up by the angels ( Revelation 7:9-11 ). It is the solemn introduction to the employments and enjoyments of the eternal Sabbath-rest of the people of God, commencing with the Lamb's reading the book heretofore sealed up, and which we cannot know till then. In Revelation 10:4 , similarly at the eve of the sounding of the seventh trumpet, when the seven thunders uttered their voices, John is forbidden to write them. The seventh trumpet ( Revelation 11:15-19 ) winds up God's vast plan of providence and grace in redemption, just as the seventh seal brings it to the same consummation. So also the seventh vial, Revelation 16:17 . Not that the seven seals, the seven trumpets, and the seven vials, though parallel, are repetitions. They each trace the course of divine action up to the grand consummation in which they all meet, under a different aspect. Thunders, lightnings, an earthquake, and voices close the seven thunders and the seven seals alike (compare Revelation 8:5 , with Revelation 11:19 ). Compare at the seventh vial, the voices, thunders, lightnings, and earthquake, Revelation 16:18 . The half-hour silence is the brief pause GIVEN TO JOHN between the preceding vision and the following one, implying, on the one hand, the solemn introduction to the eternal sabbatism which is to follow the seventh seal; and, on the other, the silence which continued during the incense-accompanied prayers which usher in the first of the seven trumpets ( Revelation 8:3-5 ). In the Jewish temple, musical instruments and singing resounded during the whole time of the offering of the sacrifices, which formed the first part of the service. But at the offering of incense, solemn silence was kept ("My soul waiteth upon God," Psalms 62:1 ; "is silent," Margin; Psalms 65:1 , Margin), the people praying secretly all the time. The half-hour stillness implies, too, the earnest adoring expectation with which the blessed spirits and the angels await the succeeding unfolding of God's judgments. A short space is implied; for even an hour is so used ( Revelation 17:12 , Revelation 18:10 Revelation 18:19 ).
2. the seven angels--Compare the apocryphal Tobit 12:15, "I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One." Compare Luke 1:19 , "I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God."
stood--Greek, "stand."
seven trumpets--These come in during the time while the martyrs rest until their fellow servants also, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled; for it is the inhabiters of the earth on whom the judgments fall, on whom also the martyrs prayed that they should fall ( Revelation 6:10 ). All the ungodly, and not merely some one portion of them, are meant, all the opponents and obstacles in the way of the kingdom of Christ and His saints, as is proved by Revelation 11:15 Revelation 11:18 , end, at the close of the seven trumpets. The Revelation becomes more special only as it advances farther ( Revelation 13:1-18 , 16:10 , 17:18 ). By the seven trumpets the world kingdoms are overturned to make way for Christ's universal kingdom. The first four are connected together; and the last three, which alone have Woe, woe, woe ( Revelation 8:7-13 ).
3. another angel--not Christ, as many think; for He, in Revelation, is always designated by one of His proper titles; though, doubtless, He is the only true High Priest, the Angel of the Covenant, standing before the golden altar of incense, and there, as Mediator, offering up His people's prayers, rendered acceptable before God through the incense of His merit. Here the angel acts merely as a ministering spirit ( Hebrews 1:4 ), just as the twenty-four elders have vials full of odors, or incense, which are the prayers of saints ( Revelation 5:8 ), and which they present before the Lamb. How precisely their ministry, in perfuming the prayers of the saints and offering them on the altar of incense, is exercised, we know not, but we do know they are not to be prayed TO. If we send an offering of tribute to the king, the king's messenger is not allowed to appropriate what is due to the king alone.
there was given unto him--The angel does not provide the incense; it is given to him by Christ, whose meritorious obedience and death are the incense, rendering the saints' prayers well pleasing to God. It is not the saints who give the angel the incense; nor are their prayers identified with the incense; nor do they offer their prayers to him. Christ alone is the Mediator through whom, and to whom, prayer is to be offered.
offer it with the prayers--rather as Greek, "give it TO the prayers," so rendering them efficacious as a sweet-smelling savor to God. Christ's merits alone can thus incense our prayers, though the angelic ministry be employed to attach this incense to the prayers. The saints' praying on earth, and the angel's incensing in heaven, are simultaneous.
all saints--The prayers both of the saints in the heavenly rest, and of those militant on earth. The martyrs' cry is the foremost, and brings down the ensuing judgments.
golden altar--antitype to the earthly.
4. the smoke . . . which came with the prayers . . . ascended up--rather, "the smoke of the incense FOR (or 'given TO': 'given' being understood from Revelation 8:3 ) the prayers of the saints ascended up, out of the angel's hand, in the presence of Gods" The angel merely burns the incense given him by Christ the High Priest, so that its smoke blends with the ascending prayers of the saints. The saints themselves are priests; and the angels in this priestly ministration are but their fellow servants ( Revelation 19:10 ).
5. cast it into the earth--that is, unto the earth: the hot coals off the altar cast on the earth, symbolize God's fiery judgments about to descend on the Church's foes in answer to the saints' incense-perfumed prayers which have just ascended before God, and those of the martyrs. How marvellous the power of the saints' prayers!
there were--"there took place," or "ensued."
voices, and thunderings, and lightnings--B places the "voices" after "thunderings." A places it after "lightnings."
6. sound--blow the trumpets.
7. The common feature of the first four trumpets is, the judgments under them affect natural objects, the accessories of life, the earth, trees, grass, the sea, rivers, fountains, the light of the sun, moon, and stars. The last three, the woe-trumpets ( Revelation 8:13 ), affect men's life with pain, death, and hell. The language is evidently drawn from the plagues of Egypt, five or six out of the ten exactly corresponding: the hail, the fire ( Exodus 9:24 ), the WATER turned to blood ( Exodus 7:19 ), the darkness ( Exodus 10:21 ), the locusts ( Exodus 10:12 ), and perhaps the death ( Revelation 9:18 ). Judicial retribution in kind characterizes the inflictions of the first four, those elements which had been abused punishing their abusers.
mingled with--A, B, and Vulgate read, Greek, ". . . IN blood." So in the case of the second and third vials ( Revelation 16:3 Revelation 16:4 ).
upon the earth--Greek, "unto the earth." A, B, Vulgate, and Syriac add, "And the third of the earth was burnt up." So under the third trumpet, the third of the rivers is affected: also, under the sixth trumpet, the third part of men are killed. In Zechariah 13:8 Zechariah 13:9 this tripartite division appears, but the proportions reversed, two parts killed, only a third preserved. Here, vice versa, two-thirds escape, one-third is smitten. The fire was the predominant element.
all green grass--no longer a third, but all is burnt up.
8. as it were--not literally a mountain: a mountain-like burning mass. There is a plain allusion to Jeremiah 51:25 , Amos 7:4 .
third part of the sea became blood--In the parallel second vial, the whole sea (not merely a third) becomes blood. The overthrow of Jericho, the type of the Antichristian Babylon, after which Israel, under Joshua (the same name as Jesus), victoriously took possession of Canaan, the type of Christ's and His people's kingdom, is perhaps alluded to in the SEVEN trumpets, which end in the overthrow of all Christ's foes, and the setting up of His kingdom. On the seventh day, at the seventh time, when the seven priests blew the seven ram's horn trumpets, the people shouted, and the walls fell flat: and then ensued the blood-shedding of the foe. A mountain-like fiery mass would not naturally change water into blood; nor would the third part of ships be thereby destroyed.
9. The symbolical interpreters take the ships here to be churches. For the Greek here for ships is not the common one, but that used in the Gospels of the apostolic vessel in which Christ taught: and the first churches were in the shape of an inverted ship: and the Greek for destroyed is also used of heretical corruptings ( 1 Timothy 6:5 ).
10. a lamp--a torch.
11. The symbolizers interpret the star fallen from heaven as a chief minister (ARIUS, according to BULLINGER, BENGEL, and others; or some future false teacher, if, as is more likely, the event be still future) falling from his high place in the Church, and instead of shining with heavenly light as a star, becoming a torch lit with earthly fire and smouldering with smoke. And "wormwood," though medicinal in some cases, if used as ordinary water would not only be disagreeable to the taste, but also fatal to life: so "heretical wormwood changes the sweet Siloas of Scripture into deadly Marahs" [WORDSWORTH]. Contrast the converse change of bitter Marah water into sweet, Exodus 15:23 . ALFORD gives as an illustration in a physical point of view, the conversion of water into firewater or ardent spirits, which may yet go on to destroy even as many as a third of the ungodly in the latter days.
12. third part--not a total obscuration as in the sixth seal ( Revelation 6:12 Revelation 6:13 ). This partial obscuration, therefore, comes between the prayers of the martyrs under the fifth seal, and the last overwhelming judgments on the ungodly under the sixth seal, at the eve of Christ's coming.
the night likewise--withdrew a third part of the light which the bright Eastern moon and stars ordinarily afford.
13. an angel--A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read for "angel," which is supported by none of the oldest manuscripts, "an eagle": the symbol of judgment descending fatally from on high; the king of birds pouncing on the prey. Compare this fourth trumpet and the flying eagle with the fourth seal introduced by the fourth living creature, "like a flying eagle," Revelation 4:7 , Revelation 6:7 Revelation 6:8 : the aspect of Jesus as presented by the fourth Evangelist. John is compared in the cherubim (according to the primitive interpretation) to a flying eagle: Christ's divine majesty in this similitude is set forth in the Gospel according to John, His judicial visitations in the Revelation of John. Contrast "another angel," or messenger, with "the everlasting Gospel," Revelation 14:6 .
through the midst of heaven--Greek, "in the mid-heaven," that is, in the part of the sky where the sun reaches the meridian: in such a position as that the eagle is an object conspicuous to all.
the inhabiters of the earth--the ungodly, the "men of the world," whose "portion is in this life," upon whom the martyrs had prayed that their blood might be avenged ( Revelation 6:10 ). Not that they sought personal revenge, but their zeal was for the honor of God against the foes of God and His Church.
the other--Greek, "the remaining voices."


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The sun finally arrived at Phoenix Muni today and not
a moment too soon. It's amazing how it
changed the whole atmosphere at camp.
More smiles everywhere. Except
for our young lefty Gio Gonzalez. When you are of Cuban heritage and grew up in
60-degree weather–sun or no sun–is still
cold. "Bobby, I can't take this. It's freezing out there." I just told Gio to chill out, so to speak,
but actually this crisp weather might be good for him. Mike Selleck,
our baseball information specialist extraordinaire, came up with this dandy on
Gonzalez: last year when the game time
temperature was 72 degrees or hotter, Gio was 5-2 with a 2.84 ERA in seven
starts; however, when the mercury dipped under 72 at game time, he was 1-5 with
a 7.88 ERA in 10 starts
I'm not sure if it's because of the competition at
several positions this spring or that this group just likes to hang together,
but it was remarkable to see so many position players working out before their
report date this morning. Leaning on the
dugout rail, I couldn't help but notice a few of them. The ball seems to jump off Chris Carter's bat, and like the A's other jumbo-sized prospect Michael Taylor, he clearly uses all fields. Also, I couldn't help but wonder what Daric
Barton's mindset is this spring, as I watched him field ground balls at first
base. He was trading off there with
Carter, newly-acquired Jake Fox and
six-time Gold Glover Eric Chavez, who's hoping to play several positions this
year. Barton, who still is looking to
have a breakout season at the plate, has made himself into an outstanding
defensive first baseman. But when a Gold
Glover like Chavez suddenly is on your turf, and a couple of sluggers like
Carter and Fox have also joined the party, one had to wonder what's occupying
Daric's mind. They say competition
brings out the best in an athlete, and something tells me Daric is about to take
it to a different level this year.
One of the real pleasures of Spring Training
is the plethora of fine dining establishments here in the Valley of the
Sun. You could eat at a different place
every night and wouldn't run out of choices.
While I realize most Spring Training fans flock to fashionable
Scottsdale, some of my personal favorites are located right here in
Phoenix. There's Lon's at the Hermosa
for mesquite-grilled cuisine in a Santa Fe-like setting, sensational Italian
fare at La Fontenella, down-home BBQ at Honey Bear's near Phoenix Muni,
martinis and big-league steaks at venerable Durant's on Central Avenue, and the
Barrio Caf� for gourmet Mexican food in an authentic family atmosphere. However, the one Scottsdale-based restaurant
that is truly a Spring Training classic is Don & Charlie's, a steak and
chop house on Camelback (near Scottsdale
Don Carson, a Chicago
transplant, is a dear friend. When I
first started coming to Arizona
for Spring Training in 1993, I was introduced to Don and just marveled how he
took every single player, coach, manager and front office executive under his
wing. Rarely did they even pay for their
dinners there. Over recent years, it's become such a mad house that it conjures
up the old Yogi Berra line about "it's so
crowded, nobody ever goes there anymore" line.
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cred, you would have hated to see another guy who was at the bar: Will Clark. One baseball legend who was not there that
night–and someone I wish I knew beyond a few handshakes over the years–was Mr.
Baseball himself, Bob Uecker. A close friend of Carson's, I can't help but share this one
last story with you that Don told me about Uecker.
When broadcaster Harry Caray died on Feb. 18, 1998, a memorial service was held
in Palm Springs,
where Harry lived in the offseason. Both
Carson and Uecker were, of course, good friends of the Cubs' announcer, so they
decided to drive from Arizona to Palm Springs for the
service. Don couldn't judge how long it
would take to drive there, so they ended up arriving rather early to the
church. They entered and sat down in one
of the back rows. At the front of the
church, there was a coffin. Don,
somewhat puzzled, under his breath, asked Uecker, "Hey Ueck, isn't that coffin
kind of small? I mean, Harry was a pretty
big man." Without the slightest
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Having slowly come to grips with E shape barre chords I'm now grappling with A shaped ones. The two popular fingerings I have seen involve one finger each on the 2, 3, 4 strings or alternatively using the ring finger across all three strings. I'm struggling with both but am having a slightly easier time with a hybrid fingering involving the pinkie on the 2 string and the ring finger across the 3, 4 strings. However I haven't seen this taught anywhere. Before I put in too much practice I'm just wondering if technically there are any problems in using this fingering or if it will cause me any problems down the line.
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My advice would be to practice all ways of playing each chord shape as some will be useful in some positions but not in others, for example when playing that shape at the 19th fret I can't use three fingers- they just won't fit, so I tend to cram in whatever fingers feel comfortable depending on what chords come before or after. You may find it more useful in the long run to practice with middle, ring, pinky as this makes it very easy to play barre versions. |
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Whether you're using retargeting methods (in other words, keeping track of people who've visited your site and displaying ads to them as they visit other sites online) or regular display advertising, you want to be clear on your message. "Include call to actions such as call, shop or order now," Ms. Burton reiterates. "Click here is no longer a strong enough call to action. You have to be clear on why the user should engage with your ad."
Kathy O'Dowd-Grandt, manager of activation for display advertising, VivaKi Nerve Center (a research and development center), agrees and goes even further in emphasizing how short an attention span your audience has. "Users are going to give a couple seconds of attention and it's going to be wasted if they can't make heads or tails of a cluttered ad." She also adds that using large font and bright colors are very effective in highlighting one or two important sentences.
Banner blindness is a common epidemic in the online world. Web users are served million ads every day. It's imperative to not only understand your consumer, but also the environment in which you're advertising.
Ms. Burton stresses your ad should match the content of the publication. "Text ads are great for text heavy environments such as search landing pages or blogs with lots of relevant content. Image ads are great for very photo heavy sites (like People.com) or retail sites. Videos are great on sites where people are consuming lots of video such as YouTube, Hulu or Funny or Die." Ms. O'Dowd-Grandt believes that the use of images is a powerful tool. "Use this inventory to find your audience in premium spaces, to grab attention, and to help them become familiar with your brand."
Once you determine your message, know what type of ad you want to run, where do you place it on the page? "When it comes to measuring performance, placement is everything in determining efficiency," advises Ms. Burton. Ads closest to the top are called 'above the fold,' or ATF in ad lingo; these ads are generally the most effective and best performing, and normally the most expensive. Ms. O'Dowd-Grandt adds that although ATF ads are more expensive, you can purchase them through private deals with your sites of choice, or through self-serve platform targeting.
To get the maximum return on advertising investment, advertisers need to be diligent about constantly monitoring progress and improving performance through small changes in their campaigns. "This may seem like common sense," Ms. O-Dowd-Grandt says, "but too often time-strapped businesses take a 'set it and forget it' approach to advertising."
Now that the user has clicked on the ad, what do you do? If the landing page isn't effective, then the perfect ad has been wasted. Keep it simple and relevant. Once they click, you want for them to buy. "If your ad talks about 15% off sales on sweaters, make sure the landing page mentions the 15% sale, features the sweaters that are part of the sale and makes purchasing as seamless as possible," Ms. Burton insists. "The rule is the fewer clicks to the goal conversion the better."
Ms. O'Dowd-Grandt wants to make sure the user follows through on what the ad calls for. "Just like the ad, an advertiser needs to ensure the landing page is clean and is easy to understand what's required to complete this action," she says. "Also, make sure that the most pertinent information is in view without needing to scroll down."
Even though display advertising has lowered the barrier to entry for small businesses, Ms. O'Dowd-Grandt encourages small business owners to do their research. "The display industry is growing and becoming ever more complex," she explains. "Newcomers may find it difficult to get the most from their dollars when they lack the experience and background to effectively advertise online. There are industry publications online and platform help centers that can help small business learn the art and science of online marketing."


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to reviewer ubang why do you think douglas was too old? he was 39. certainly many 39 year olds are very athletic. this was a great movie. i didnt like the 1961 version with steve reeves at all! too stupid! i wasnt sure if it was meant to be stupid but i sure couldnt take it seriously i havent watched the 1940 version yet but will check it out. but, after seeing this one i dont think the others can compare. :)
ubang -
Love the movie, but this copy with the RETRO written so as to cover up part of the top left of the screen is a real abomination. Pass this one up
and buy a copy without the STP stickers☹
Incidentally, Fairbanks actually was too old to play this part if you want to be a purest! But the movies are about fantasy are they not?
picfixer -
Big budget fizzle
Douglas Fairbanks was a little long in the tooth to play a romantic young adventurer, yet since he continued to look good topless and his acrobatic skills remained intact, the public couldn't get enough of him. (Though this film was a box office disaster.) Huge, modernistic sets provide an interesting though antiseptic vision of the Arabian Nights. The "distant" directorial style, static camera angles and lack of close-ups fail to evoke any sense of intimacy, which is particularly noticeable during the love scenes. The monsters are childishly primitive even by 1924 standards, though some of the other FX are quite good. A huge number of extras are employed in the film's closing minutes, which was what the public had come to expect in an epic -- that is until the Depression severely limited studio budgets. This is an interesting movie that's well worth watching, but it isn't one of the silent era's greats. FOOTNOTES: The exotic Anna May Wong has a supporting role as a treacherous handmaiden. Also, there are at least nine different films titled or alternately titled "The Thief of Bagdad." Without question, the finest of them is the Korda family's magnificent 1940 production, starring Conrad Viedt, Sabu, June Duprez and John Justin, supported by Rex Ingram as the gigantic jinni. To this day it stands alone as the greatest Arabian Nights fantasy. A beautifully restored version is available on DVD.
DJ Psychomike -
One of the greatest adventure films ever made
Great fun and a wonderful story- from beginning to end a fantastic film.
ladycat -
Fantastic film!
This is the best Douglas Fairbanks film I've seen, and by far one of the best of any silent film I've ever seen!
The plot is suspensful, the acting is great, the score is wonderful, and the special effects are stunning. Fairbanks really outdid himself in this movie.
robcat2075 -
music not PD
It's a great movie, but but that soundtrack is a recent addition and is still under copyright. Rent the proper DVD and you can see it in a resolution that does some justice to the fine work of the movie makers.
Cat Lady -
Love it!
This one is worth watching twice, for the elaborate sets, the special effects (I still haven't figured out how they did such a realistic underwater sequence), and Fairbanks' acting as well as his athletics. For this being a silent movie, the life and mindset of a thief and the real remorse he felt upon finding beauty and then getting religion are conveyed very well.
Was this story built on an existing legend, or is the original tale? It's very good. I like it even better than the later version with Sabu.
The soundtrack is also excellent, and the print is pretty good. Five stars for this one.
dramafan -
glad it's here, but...
... that Retro logo at the top is too distracting. It should be in a bottom corner and transparent.
I don't mind the subtitles so much but wish there was some way they could have been added in some space underneath the actual film, not right on top of it. (No idea if that was even possible, just saying wish it was.)
5 star film, 3 stars for this particular rendering due mostly to the Retro logo and also the subtitles (as they stand) being distractions.
forgetme -
Spanish subtitles
Please note this silent movie has
Spanish subtitles over the original titles. Being spanish myself, I don't mind it, but english speaking people could be upset by it.


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Hidden in the rugged ranges of Queensland's central highlands, Carnarvon Gorge features towering sandstone cliffs, vibrantly coloured side gorges, diverse flora and fauna and Aboriginal rock art. This spectacular gorge system, an oasis in the semi-arid heart of Central Queensland, is the central highlands' most popular attraction. Here, the boulder-strewn Carnarvon Creek winds through the gorge, through eucalypt and cabbage palm forests, which attract 170 bird species.
... moreExplore creeks, mossy gorges and cool rainforests on 21 kilometres of walking tracks. Walk to Mickey Creek Gorge and look for swamp wallabies or climb up the Boolimba Bluff walk to the top of the bluff, 200 metres above Carnarvon Creek. Be rewarded by the discovery of over 2,000 engravings, ochre stencils and freehand paintings adorning sandstone walls on the longer Art Gallery walk. Spot whiptail wallabies and fairy-wrens, and watch platypus in the creek in the early morning. Have a picnic on the large grassy picnic area near the entrance to the gorge. Enjoy camping in the visitor area during the Queensland school holidays: Easter, June to July and September to October. Bookings are essential.
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Children are welcome. Keep to tracks and supervise children closely - especially near cliffs and water courses.
The Carnarvon Gorge visitor area has wheelchair-accessible toilets, picnic tables and disability car parking.
General Comments
Permits are required for camping in the Carnarvon Gorge visitor area, and fees apply. Book in advance.
How To Get There
Carnarvon Gorge is between Roma and Emerald. From Emerald, drive 65 kilometres south to Springsure then 70 kilometres east to Rolleston, and a further 61 kilometres south on the Carnarvon Highway to the Carnarvon Gorge turnoff. From Roma, drive 90 kilometres north to Injune then a further 160 kilometres along the Carnarvon Highway to the park turnoff.
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