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July 16, 2008, 11:10 AM
By Scott Raab
Booker's father is voting lunatic. I met him in the mayor's office one day, a lanky drink of water with a puckered wit and the wry smile of a man who didn't go to Stanford, Oxford, or Yale, but who has lived in -- and lived through -- a history his son has only heard and read about.
"Stupid," he rasps when I ask how he feels about Cory's wee-hour tours of duty.
At least he's with a couple of detectives.
"A bullet don't know that."
Still, it's very inspiring.
"To who? That's what's so inspiring: It'll show you how crazy he is."
Mr. Booker's joshing, I think, and there's surely more pride than irony in the laugh that follows. And I'm not joshing -- there is something inspiring about Cory Booker's courage, about him rolling down his window to chat about piss tests and tell a pie-eyed ex-con, whose life plan is to get his ass home before he wets his pants, not to say pooh-pooh to a minimum-wage gig.
You think Will Smith ever had balls brassy enough to say "pooh-pooh" to a goddamn zombie? No way.
You think anybody ever asked Will Smith if he was black enough to save a city?
"I am a black American," Booker says. "Pure and simple. Who has come from a very black-American experience -- if you look at the black northern migration, that's my family. It's an American story, it's a black-American story. It's who I am. Being black isn't about the music you listen to. It's not about the food you eat. To me, it's 'Are you continuing the legacy of struggle for justice?' Not black justice: the justice that this country is still in pursuit of.
"People say white people have difficulty speaking about race? America has difficulty speaking about race. People -- black and white -- who can't fit me into their comfortable paradigm for how I should be get uncomfortable. I'm going to continue being me. I'm going to be as authentically and unapologetically me as possible. I love this world that we're living in now, that I live in a city that's very soon going to become a place where nobody has a majority -- blacks still are 54 percent, but soon it'll be a city where we have a plurality of people."
You think anyone ever mistook Will Smith's bravery for insanity?
"Look," says Booker, "I just want to live my life as best I can, in consistency with the values that are at my core. I just want to be able to say that I lived a life of integrity -- but also that I was audacious, that I took risks, that I was never willing to be satisfied with what I had but was willing to put it all on the table again to gamble in order to win the big fight.
"I'm willing to put myself in danger. If I took a bullet tomorrow -- I don't mean to be dramatic about it -- I'm not afraid of death. I'm done. But I've had a great life. God has used me in a wonderful way."
Not every lunatic is a prophet, of course. But lunacy in the service of prophethood? Hell, that's an Old Testament requirement.
"All my life I've fantasized about fighting the good fight," Booker tells me during my second or third ridearound -- it's a cool way to spend a few hours, frankly -- when I tease him about urging zombies to remake themselves. "I am a raging idealist, and I think that's a good thing. It's all about energy, and the more you throw positive energy and unconditional love in the world, the more it's gonna hit and stick."
And then Booker launches another homily, this one about visiting a funeral home and getting hugged by a grateful ex-junkie who told him, " 'I was hooked on dope and you talked to me. It stuck with me, man -- I cleaned up my act.' "
Me, I wonder if Cory Booker ever ran across Mencken's line about how "a good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." Or Aristotle's ancient tip about creating believable drama -- "Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities." Because Booker has had more epiphanies than I've had bowel movements, and he won't stop the I-am-legendizing.
It doesn't matter if T-Bone is real. It doesn't matter that back at Stanford Booker talked a suicidal student off of a roof and felt God's grip as he clasped the man's hand and led him to safety. It doesn't matter that Booker's big arms cradled a bullet-riddled teenager in front of Brick Towers as he died. It doesn't matter that during the brief time before he began his Newark mission, when he felt lost, his mother told him the Bible story about the talents, and then Booker went to visit a girlfriend living on an island off the Carolina coast and went hiking with her and found a long-abandoned church whose lectern still held a dusty crumbling Bible open to -- go ahead, guess. Correct: the story of the talents.
Goddamn prophetic leader.
Finally, when Booker tells me the story -- for the second time -- about being seated alone in a row on an otherwise full airplane when, just before takeoff, a woman boarded with her two screaming children, and Booker recalled how Viktor Frankl, recounting what he learned as a prisoner at Auschwitz and Turkheim, wrote about the crucial freedom of choosing one's attitude toward one's circumstances, however grim, in his brilliant Man's Search for Meaning -- goddammit, I've heard enough.
You do realize, Mr. Mayor, that you're invoking Frankl's death-camp experience to describe a crowded flight?
Booker roars with laughter.
"Have you ever been on a cramped airplane? With the airplane food? They're not tryin' to put you to death?"
Then he turns serious.
"Look, these stories, which I tell often -- these are anchors to me. I look for things that prove my theories of life -- and these are all stories that prove my theory of life."
Fine by me. But what matters -- the only thing that truly matters, because Booker isn't Will Smith, and Newark is no soundstage -- is what he does as mayor. Story hour is over, but Booker, for all his bounteous gifts, often sounds as if he may not yet grasp the simple truth that rhetoric can't put a patch on reality.
Clement Price certainly does.
"If he doesn't do great things in Newark, he ain't goin' nowhere. No. Where. That's American Urban Politics 101."
And then a most profound and amazing thing happened. Or, rather, didn't happen.
It happened, and it didn't, while Cory Booker made a speech. And a great speech it was -- in February, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center. I sat up in the balcony with my little tape recorder, and before it started, a Booker aide -- a thirty-two-year-old guy raised in East Orange, New Jersey, and Brooklyn -- asked me if Obama was like Bobby Kennedy, and I started talking about 1968, before Booker was even born, and what it felt like then to have hope and to feel inspired, and how it felt in America when Martin was martyred in April and Bobby was killed in June and what it feels like now, which is -- not to put too fine a point on it -- lousy.
Goddamn 1968.
And maybe that softens me up for Booker's speech, which isn't really all that great until he gets to his windup and starts in with the revival preaching, and folks whoop and cheer along as he shouts, over and over, "I believe in Newark" -- not just as himself, Cory Booker, but in the name of the Puritans who founded the place in 1666, and the immigrants pouring in still, and the migrating waves of southern blacks, all those who came, and are coming, here -- here, to godforsaken Newark, New Jersey, full of belief.
"We must honor those who came before us," he pleads now, "by unceasingly, unyieldingly, stubbornly believing in our city."
Then, a cry in his voice, he says, "There is a boy in Newark who went to school today who needs to hear all of us say, 'I believe in your dreams.' "
And it hits me then: He's right. This is no soundstage. He isn't Will Smith. And while I may not have to live in Newark -- thank God -- I surely don't want to live with more faith in the zombies than in that boy.
Booker's voice is booming now, his cadence taut, his muscled arms curled in at his sides. There is a grandmother kneeling in prayer. There is a man in a prison cell about to come back home. And at last -- "There is a victim of crime frustrated and angry in our city right now -- she needs to hear us say, I believe in your cries for justice."
The whole place goes nuts, and not just because everyone in the hall knows that Booker means the Delaware State student who survived last August's slaughter -- Natasha Aeriel, who lay in a hospital bed under police guard when she identified the animal who murdered her classmates.
They also know that there are nearly 275,000 people in Newark -- and all of them are victims, too.
Booker hears them roar and lifts himself behind the podium, one fist pumping the air, filled with the fury of his faith.
"There is a city in New Jersey," he roars back, "larger than them all, with the eyes of the nation now upon it. We must let the world know that we -- as a city -- believe. We believe. We are Newark, New Jersey, Brick City -- believers in life, love, and liberty."
Goddamn right.
And then my throat starts to ache, and a tear rolls down my cheek. Which is neither profound nor amazing, though it certainly shocks the shit out of me. This guy is good.
But the amazing and profound thing -- the thing that happened and didn't -- was this: For the first time since 1961, six years before the riots, Cory Booker's city went forty-three days without a murder. Through the first week of May, there have been a total of twenty-two homicides in Newark, a drop of more than 30 percent.
And -- all due respect to Will Smith, and to Yahweh, too -- that's a goddamn miracle.
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2. Measures and repeatable measurement procedures TRAINING
that relate to the project and stem from plan and/or
program objectives. Introduction of PBMC can go relatively smoothly or be a
disruptive experience for several reasons, in part, because
3. Outcomes and outputs that can be verified through staff and contractors must be prepared to make a significant
measurement and evaluation. cultural change. Agency staff must resist thinking in terms
of compliance with method specifications and remember
4. Incentives and disincentives that encourage the con- the contractor is focused on achieving specific results. Both
tractor to achieve performance targets. agency and contractor staff must cease to think in terms
of bid quantities and come to terms with a new payment
scheme that provides negative and possibly positive incen-
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR tives for achieving performance standards. Agency staff and
contractors may be unaccustomed to the partnering that suc-
There are a variety of approaches to monitoring and evaluat- cessful PBMC demands (Science Applications International
ing the contractor. The first approach allows the contractor Corporation 2007).
to monitor itself through frequent and periodic reporting.
The contracting agency normally would require the contrac- Training has a major role to play in bringing about this
tor to submit monthly and annual reports on service levels shift and to help ensure that PBMC works. Furthermore, as
being achieved. The agency will have to be certain that the an agency accumulates experience with PBMC and under-
evaluation is performed properly by joining the contractor takes new contracting efforts, there is a need to communicate
when it collects data, conducting random inspections, insist- lessons learned. Some examples of topics on which training
ing that the contractor execute a sound QC plan, and ensur- reaps large benefits are as follows:
ing that the contractor provides documentation suitable for
making payment determinations. Once the agency is confi- � The acquisition process
dent that the contractor is providing accurate information, � Understanding and use of performance measures and
the agency does not have to undertake as much oversight. standards
The big advantage of this approach is that it is less costly � Contractors communicating to subcontractors their
than other approaches and the agency communicates that roles and responsibilities
it trusts the contractor; partnering is strengthened. Many � Agency and contractor implementation of effective
would say the evaluation responsibility should not be placed practices and lessons learned
on the contractor, however, because the risk of inaccurate � How to get the most from partnering
reporting increases. � QC and QA procedures
� Evaluation of contractor performance.
In the second approach, the agency has primary respon-
sibility for determining the performance of the contractor. A
disciplined approach is essential, typically an MQA process. In CONTRACT TERM AND RENEWALS
addition to periodic inspections, the agency might use random,
unannounced inspections. If the agency conducts the evalua- Selecting a desirable contract term and renewal terms is a
tions with the contractor present, it promotes good communica- key issue (A Guide for Methods and Procedures in Contract
tion and understanding. If the agency conducts the evaluation Maintenance 2002). Some agencies want a short initial term
without the contractor present, the arm's-length approach will in case the contractor fails to perform or to be in line with
reduce the strength of the partnering relationship. budget realities (Stankevich et al. 2005; Hill et al. 2007).
Other agencies would like the initial period to be long enough
The third approach is to use an independent third party so that contractors can fully depreciate their equipment and
to conduct contractor evaluations; a method that provides therefore offer a lower price. Many agencies lean toward a
the most objectivity. It also leaves room for the agency and long first term because the contractor will make decisions
the contractor to develop a strong partnering relationship, more in tune with the long-term interests of the agency; for
because the burden of evaluation lies with neither the agency example, minimizing life-cycle costs. Recently, the British
nor the contractor. There will be an added cost of an inde- Columbia Ministry of Transportation increased its contract
pendent evaluator, but it is likely to lead to monetary and term from seven to 10 years (Stankevich et al. 2005). As
nonmonetary benefits (Science Applications International implied earlier, VDOT recently decided not to include bridge
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Dude can't get a gig on TV anywhere but little watched Current TV and mainly because he's a liar. Via the appropriately named Crook and Liars.
"On the Young Turks Friday, David Shuster claimed that he is almost certain that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be indicted in the coming months for his role in the numerous scandals floating around his first campaign for governor. Shuster later clarified his claim on the Take Action News Facebook page:
According to lawyers familiar with a Milwaukee criminal corruption probe, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is now a "target" for prosecution.
The legal sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Walker faces "serious legal challenges," including a "possible indictment" regardless of the gubernatorial recall election results on Tuesday.
The investigation began in 2010 when Walker served as Milwaukee County executive.
Six people have been charged, with accusations ranging from campaigning for Walker on government time to embezzlement. 13 other Walker associates have been given immunity from prosecution in exchange for their testimony in the case.
This week, Governor Walker acknolwedged he has now transferred $160,000 from his campaign accounts to a legal defense fund. Mr. Walker confirmed the money is strictly for his own defense and not for any current or former staff.
Lawyers for Governor Walker recently appeared at the Milwaukee courthouse but refused to say why they were there. The lawyers have also refused to comment on the Governor's status in the investigation.
On Tuesday, Wisconsin voters will go to the polls in the state's recall election. Fifteen months ago, Walker set off huge protests at the Capitol when he took aim at unions representing state government workers and passed a law ending many of their rights to collective bargaining."
This of course is bullshit. It's simply being floated up to to discourage voting on Tuesday. Remember back in 2006 he had the same "conviction" about Karl Rove getting indicted.
"Tonight on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, MSNBC reporter David Shuster said he was "convinced that Karl Rove will, in fact, be indicted." He made three points to support his position:
1. Rove wouldn't have testified for the 5th time unless he believed it was the only way he could avoid indictment. At this point, according to Shuster, the burden is on Rove to stop it.
2. It's been 13 days since Rove testified and he has not heard that he is clear. Lawyers Shuster talked to say that if Rove would have gotten himself out of the jam, he would have heard by now.
3. Rove is referred to in the Libby indictment as "Official A." According to Schuster, every time Fitzgerald has named somebody as "Official A" that person has been indicted.
Of course he was bullshitting then too. He's known for that around media circles thus he's basically anathema except on CTV.
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*paid programming emerged in the world soon after the appearance television.
*98% of the people on Paid Programs who claim to be "Licenced To Kill" are actually not, and the other 2% are dead.
*2 out of 10 old people on average have died while watching Paid Programming.
*Theirs a 30% chance that your listening to a Paid Program right now, and if not, your thinking about taking that risk.
Like Meth, Paid Programming gives you a false sense of power. . .
Now here are some products featured on Public Access Television that are sure to make you complete uncomfortable.
1.The Shake Weight
My Boyfriend impromptu gift is so awsome
The Shake Weight has been gaining recognition in the exercise equipment world since 2009. The work out equipment that has been featured on Paid Programming many times and has since been discussed on the Ellen Degeneras Show, and has even been the sub plot for an entire south park episode. The shake weights popularity is largely contributed to its name, its look and how you use it.
Some say Judging a book by its cover is wrong, i think the majority of us will pass on that for this. originally intended to help women get those Michelle Obama arms, many women have been using it to improve form for handing out handys. . . giving hand jobs. I imagine that this is quite popular among strong, single, self empowered woman and also prostitues, hookers, and trannys looking to improve their form. but if this seems a little unfair for you men out their dont be mad, they recently just came out with the male version
My Boyfriends impromptu gift is so awsome
2.Happy Hot Dog Man
Yes people this actually exist. Whenever i believe that corporate america isnt taking over our youths minds i simply take a look at this and let out a well deserved "what the fuck?". The Happy Hot Dog Man ( which really doesnt deserve to be capatalized) is a plastic tool which changes your regular hot dog into the shape of a creepy edible humanoid figure. the whole purpose of this is to make "Dinner time fun and exciting" and fails, but what it does accomplish is making even the most serious hot dog eating contestant want reconsider what they do for a living, and yes were talking to you Kobayashi.
I imagine he's screeming in terror
3. Time Life Music Collections
The Time Life corporation was founded in 1961. Since then, Time Life has been breaking out music collections of all those rock n roll & country hits from the 60's, 70's and 80's, and making your ears bleed with each new release. Time Life is magic folks. As we far as we know, humanity stopped making terrible music in the 90's (well at least not as much). But still Time Life has managed to keep generating new hits from the 60"s, 70's and 80's for years now.
The ONLY reasonable way that explains why this keeps happening is this. The Time Life Corporation is stuck in a time loop that goes from 1960 -1989 and repeats all over again. Its suprising that nobody who works at or with the corporation has noticed this, most people would have noticed that something was strange after seeing John F Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and John Lennon get assasinated for the Zillionth Time. Which of course may tell us that the workers at the Time Life Corporation are indeed, PURE EVIL
Dr. Evil, Worker at Time life from 1961 -1989 over and over and over. . . .


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Booking.com USA: "Meets BBB accreditation standards … to make a good faith effort to resolve any consumer complaints."Overlooking Santander Bay and the city's cathedral, the Hotel Bahía has free Wi-Fi and a 24-hour front desk. Santander's ferry terminal and main train and bus stations are just 215 yards away. There are 3 people looking at this hotel. More
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Places of worship
Multifaith rooms on campus
On-campus multifaith rooms provide a place of worship on campus for all staff and students, regardless of religious belief. Offering a quiet and peaceful environment, you are welcome to escape the daily stress of university life to pause and reflect or to practice your faith.
- Melbourne Burwood Campus - Elgar road, building EC or building b, room 2.24
- Geelong Waterfront Campus - D1 203.03
Muslim prayer rooms on campus
- Melbourne Burwood Campus- Elgar road, building EC Spiritual Centre
- Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus -Portable if 1.006
- Geelong Waterfront Campus - D1 202.03 and 202.04
- Warrnambool Campus - F1.03
Deakin Chapel
Nestled near the lake just west of the administration buildings on the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus is the picturesque stone chapel. It is a focus of religious activity on the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus and is used regularly by the Chaplains and student religious groups. The sandstone church is in English Gothic style, with white internal walls set with stained glass windows. The Chapel is carpeted and simply furnished with a wooden altar and upholstered chairs.
The Chapel in its present form comprises a number of elements brought together from various areas of Victoria by people who wished to provide a religious centre for students and staff of the University and to preserve one of the historical churches of the district.
There is seating for up to 60 guests, and 80 can be accommodated with standing room. The Chapel is non-denominal and details of the University Chaplain can be provided.
Opening hours: The Chapel is open 10 am - 3 pm weekdays during term as a quiet, relaxed communal place for students and staff.
Hiring the Chapel: The Chapel can be made available to members of the University and the wider community for weddings, funerals and other religious occasions.
Places of worship near campus
Religious groups are found in the Yellow Pages Telephone Directory under the heading "ORGANISATIONS - CHURCH AND RELIGIONS". If you need further advice or assistance, and looking for a local Church, please contact one of Deakin's multifaith chaplains.


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Hi Melissa. If your back hurts with your mattress on the platform and doesn't hurt with your mattress on the matching boxspring, then we know where the problem is. Did you try putting your boxspring on the platform to see if you sleep without pain. I know it'll be too high, but worth the experiment. If you aren't getting rid of the platform and intend to get a boxspring, then it would make sense to get a boxspring like the one you have/had...but thinner.
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Sydney NSW 2240 Australia
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Dr Oliver Rivers brings the message of yoga in a colourful holistic approach, presenting complex philosophical and practical material in laid back terms and with humour
Introducing Sunray Workshops to Sydney:
Yoga and wellbeing workshop
$79 total for two days!! (Regular price $285)
8am - 5pm both days
Yoga, meditation and green salad on the side- a dish of wellbeing
Yoga is an ancient and complete science of life that originated in India. It offers a profound understanding of our essential nature and the interrelationship between body and mind- thus, it brings us back to harmony, balance, physical health and peace of mind, which yoga views as our true nature. In this workshop we combine yoga, guidance towards a yogic diet, yogic breathing techniques, relaxation and meditation exercises as important key elements of wellbeing. We instruct SIVANANDA yoga combined with traditional Hatha yoga- the classical tradition of Indian yogis and the basis for all modern styles of yoga. Our practice focuses on preserving the health and wellness of the practitioner while retaining the vitality of the body as a constant on the health's ease-dis-ease continuum (ease-disease). This happens simply and naturally by cultivating the body and the mind. The SIVANANDA philosophy of wellbeing recommends the following 5 basic principles: proper exercise, proper breathing, proper relaxation, proper diet, positive thinking (and meditation). Meditation and related relaxation techniques have scientifically shown to be highly beneficial to health, promoting inner peace, better sleep, concentration, mind power and mental focus- all of which are discussed and experienced during this workshop. As part of our positive thinking techniques, we will introduce Neuroplasticity ('Plasticity' relates to the dynamic process in the brain of learning) as an introduction to learning powerful tools to create a completely new life 'story' (that determines the way we perceive and interpret our life events). During your time at "A dish of wellbeing", you will receive practical information on the relationship of diet and health, as well as step by step guidance to a balanced yogic "Sattvic" natural diet and life style. A yogic diet nourishes the body while calming and purifying the mind. The Sattvic diet is based on "Alkaline" fresh, light and highly nutritious food that keeps the body lean and limber and the mind clear and sharp. We also suggest how to change your diet gradually rather than dramatically in order to be able to sustain this life change long term. This workshop involves a combination of individual and group work, as well as group discussions.
$79 covers the cost of the workshop
Herbal tea provided
Bring your own yoga mat (otherwise, let us know and we can provide)
Bring your own blanket (If required)
Bring your own bolsters (If required. Cushions provided)
Bring note pad and pen
Ask Sarah about lunch options
8am – 5pm both days
About us
Sunray workshops facilitator Dr Oliver Rivers is a down to earth guy who lives in the real world and presents complex philosophical and practical material in laid back terms and with humour. Oliver engages with his audience, motivating & teaching how to take a giant leap, in order for people to 'take matters into their own hands' and create a turning point towards a better life & uncover their full potential.
About Oliver
Oliver has 17 years experience in professional counselling and psychotherapy, working both in Australia and overseas, in hospitals, medical centres and private practice, with individuals and groups.
Oliver's doctoral research and dissertation took place with cancer patients in Austin hospital, Melbourne. He holds a Masters from Lesley University U.S.A and completed a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies at the European Graduate School, Switzerland, in Intermodal Therapies approach. Oliver has taught in various universities such as Lesley University (Netania/Boston), Queen's College [Melbourne University], International College [Melbourne University], LaTrobe University, RMIT University and MIECAT Melbourne.
Oliver has advanced clinical experience, having worked in institutions specializing in treating Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, trauma and sexually abused patients. He has extensive experience working with adults from diverse cultural backgrounds, with a wide range of issues including identity issues, relationship issues, depression and post traumatic stress disorder. His research interests include the capacity for psychological change, spiritual awareness and self-development.
Influenced also by his extensive studies of Yoga and Buddhism in the Himalayas in India, as a practitioner and a certified yoga teacher, Oliver combines Eastern philosophies and yogic techniques in his experiential workshops.
Hence, Oliver's great variety of approaches and techniques helps people of all ages overcome fears and emotional barriers that inhibit growth and self-development, and, therefore, allows individuals to uncover their full potential.
Oliver's life philosophy and professional approach is based on a holistic view: natural foods, exercise, yoga and meditation that are combined with spiritual and psychological self-awareness and an on-going pursuit of self-actualization, promoting general wellbeing. Oliver's group workshops ensure that clients receive the skills and knowledge to assist them on their journey towards healing and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The group workshops deal with the brain's negative-wiring and self-harming thoughts that prevent individuals from realizing their inherent power, helping individuals to increase self-esteem and confidence, and assisting them in the discovery of inner peace and happiness.
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Lichborne: Mists of Pandaria beta first impressions for death knights
Every week, WoW Insider brings you Lichborne for blood, frost, and unholy death knights. In the post-Cataclysm era, death knights are no longer the new kids on the block. Let's show the other classes how a hero class gets things done.
Having finally had a chance to play the Mists of Pandaria beta, I'll be looking this week at the basics of the experience for a level 85 death knight coming into Jade Forest, the first zone in the leveling experience.
The setup
Upon logging in to Mists of Pandaria for the first time, you will, of course, have to choose new talents. With the talent system being so radically changed, there's really no around it. Luckily, it's a relatively painless process. Having played around a bit with most of the choices, I'm not sure if many of the choices are that dynamic, but your mileage may vary.
On tier 1, you may see some blood death knights going for Unholy Blight to have a nice bit of runic power AoE, but other than that, the three choices are pretty clearly split between the three specs. That said, it's not a horrible tree, either. You can pick some cool stuff that'll help with your desired role and keep on playing, and I like that. It's just not going to be a free choice, per se. At the moment, it just appears that there's almost always a clear winner for most situations on any given tier based on your preferred spec, role, and playstyle.
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Another blow in the keylogging experience {WoW}
Mar 15th 2008 3:11PM What motivation would Blizz have to fix it? Their user numbers keep going up, so it obviously isn't driving people away. Until it causes _THEM_ some discomfort they have no reason to care.
Fired for a screenshot {WoW}
Jan 1st 2008 7:15PM Ahoni nailed it. This guy apparently had attitude going way back. Regarding the 6 month break, He doesn't mention whether he was paid salary or hourly. If salary, then you don't get paid for extra work, period. Welcome to the real world.
He obviously was aware of the difference between his performance and their expectations, most likely was giving attitude during the review, walks out and tries to stir the pot with his co-workers, gets sent home because of his disruptive actions, and sends a basic "$*@& You" back to them. Clearly an attitude problem all around.
If unemployment has a clue at all, he will be denied. If you want to make more and be a "craftsman" work for yourself, or someone that is looking for that. These people obviously aren't in the prima-donna market.
Enter to win a TCG Feast of Winter's Veil set from Upper Deck and WoW Insider {WoW}
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I would like an epic mount for winter/s veil this year. I have been as good as a warlock can be.
Blood Pact: Let's lock and roll to 60! {WoW}
Dec 5th 2007 11:01AM Absolutely! I got my SH, and people have been asking about it since. A friend even refers to me as "Warlock of the Corn".
It is, in my opinion, the coolest looking 'lock weapon I can get! (as of lvl 58, anyway)
Patch 2.3 will ruin the game and destroy Azeroth {WoW}
Nov 13th 2007 12:01AM @52: I agree completely. I am GM, but had delegated 50% of the guild bank duties to one of the officers. Now he is unable to access the bank controls at all. Plus, as you said, the pricing seems to create a disparity between large raiding guilds and smaller, casual guilds. There is no way I am going to be able to raise the capital to open the second tab, let alone any of the others. Ultimately, Blizz will have to cut the cost, or smaller guilds will simply have to continue using banker toons, which is terribly disappointing.
2.3 next week, according to WoW Taiwan {WoW}
Nov 6th 2007 4:20PM This surprises me, actually, given the poor functionality I am experiencing with the guild vault. Items vanishing without a trace, unable to configure withdrawal levels for various guild rankings, etc. I hope they get it ironed out before it goes live. As it is, I will either need to spend several hundred gold to setup various access levels, or still have to maintain at least one bank toon to interface to the vault.
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Read more about Spirit on the Spirit website.
Apical's Assertive Vision has become Spirit. The Spirit processor is a state-of-the-art detection, classification and tracking engine capable of accurate analysis of people and other objects in real time. It is designed for integration into embedded systems and requires no external software processing.
It makes no compromise on performance and processes all pixels in HD video in real time. For example, any number of people can be detected and tracked based on a set of models of the face, upper and full body.
It can run independently of Apical's Assertive Camera image signal processor but takes advantage of Assertive Camera's image processing functions to enhance accuracy when used in conjunction.
The processor is implemented on the Xilinx Zynq 7045 SoC and is designed for integration into FPGA and SoC devices.
Key Features
System comprises a dedicated hardware analytics engine together with real-time firmware running on an embedded processor.
- Detects and classifies objects as small as 50 pixels wide in a full HD frame
- Real-time processing of full HD video without resize
- Up to 16 different object types simultaneously detected and classified
- Any number of object detections per frame
- Real-time grouping and tracking of any number of individual objects
- Works directly on raw sensor data or on standard camera output
- Currently trained to detect and track people in complex environments
- Full hardware implementation of main detection and classification algorithms
The system is currently implemented on the Xilinx Zynq 7045 SoC development board.


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I wonder how right-wing nutjobs are going to spin this. For the first time since the Great Depression, there's actually an OUTFLOW of Mexican immigrants from the U.S., as immigration into the U.S. is at about 1/4th of what it was in 2000, and half as much as it was when Obama took office, while more people are moving from the U.S. to Mexico.
Mitt Romney, as well as most of the former Republican field, all have tried to woo "conservative" (OK, let's be honest and just say "bigoted") voters with very strong anti-immigration rhetoric. Just think back a few months during the debates, when you had Repub candidates falling all over themselves talking about which one of them would build the biggest wall or would beef up border security the most. Republicans have attacked the Obama administration, stating that ridiculous tough anti-immigration laws like those passed in Arizona and Alabama are necessary, because the Federal government supposedly wasn't doing its job. Yet the analysts who provided the immigration report note it was a tougher deportation stance under Obama that is partially responsible for the change in the immigration trend.
I find the entire immigration debate rather distasteful. I think it's quite obvious that simple racism is the true motivation behind many folks' very strong anti-immigration views. When you see a Romney or other pol pandering to the anti-immigration crowd, I think they're mostly playing off people's underlying racism for their own political game. God knows Republicans have made an art form out of subtly (or not so subtly) using race to their political advantage, be it the immigration debate, or the quite transparent voter "fraud" laws that do little to combat fraud (what little there IS in the United States), but do a lot to ensure a weaker minority voting bloc.
In an ideal world, this report would make Republicans think twice about using anti-immigration rhetoric for political gain. However, we don't live in an ideal world, and I have no doubt that we STILL will hear anti-immigration rhetoric from the right, particularly as the Arizona and Alabama laws continued to be publicly and legally debated.


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By Jeff Walsh
There exists a subset of movies that tries to make you think there is a good movie happening at a level that you don't understand. There is vague symbolism, knowing glances between characters, shifts in shooting style, all a clear tip-off to people who "get it." The subset keeps you quiet for fear of dismissing a movie that seems dull and contrived on its face, but where you risk being exposed as a cinema fraud if you say the emperor isn't wearing any clothes.
On the high-end, I've felt this way about critics' darlings like "Syriana" and "Half Nelson," and on the low end, part of me thought there certainly had to be more going on in "Garcon Stupide," a French movie by Lionel Baier. The movie centers on its young protagonist, Loic, who meets guys online and has sex with them. He doesn't want to know their stories; it isn't intimacy, just sex. He lives with a girl who lets him crash for free, and listens to his vague plans to better himself.
A lot of the character is told from the perspective of a guy he meets online and their chats. He will open to this guy about his life, but they can't have sex, because he keeps clear barriers between the two. It reminded me a party where I ended up in the bedroom, sitting on the bed with the hottest guy at the party, just the two of us in this empty room. He told me he was about to break up with the guy in the other room, who was obviously head over heels for him. He told me he cheated on him, too. Then he commented that it was easy to talk to me, and that he always likes to have people to talk to and people to have sex with, but they're never the same people. At which I joked and said, "Well, I don't know you too well yet, maybe we should rethink this..."
Loic drifts from his boring job at the chocolate factory, to hanging out with his roommate at her museum job, to going online in Internet cafes and finding sex for the night. He doesn't like chitchat; it's all very much just finding a guy, time, and place. Once he's there, he gets right down to business. Every time the movie gets a little bit meandering, the director seems to plant a nudity-heavy sex scene to pull you back into the fold.
The biggest issue is that there was no reason anything seemed to be happening. The character had no goal, nothing he was trying to pursue. The guy he talks with admires a photo he took on his camera phone, and that sends him off to become a photographer. He wants to shoot lions in the safari, but his roommate said he needs to shoot his real life, so he starts taking pictures of his tricks. Then he reads a newspaper article about a soccer player, and he starts stalking him. If it was supposed to pull me in and make me feel his lack of direction, it didn't.
Ultimately, any revelation or insight possibly gained in the movie was too little too late. The connective tissue between the tangential threads was the lead character and we never had too much info about anything related to his interest or why he pursues the things he does.
As a French movie, I was fully ready for the ending where one character starts laughing, then the person next to them starts laughing, until everyone starts laughing as the credits roll, as you think what the fuck just happened? This movie doesn't go that far, instead showing the character seeing someone who reminds him of himself and thinking he's not the only one who has gone through similar things and is trying to find themselves. Or something like that.
You forgot to mention how the plotline seemed to be written by 4 or 5 different screenwriters, all jumping in at random segments, trying to turn the train in their own direction and genre.
Let's break down the film shall we?
First it was porn. Then it was "ooooh, this guy wants me for more than my body," romance; for 5 seconds. Then more porn. Then it was drama, where Loic acted like a child, was pushing away everybody, and the character who was dislikable was Loic himself. Then more porn. This is followed by Loic suddenly being jealous that his girlfriend was getting some, which started petty and became "Not so close to the glass, Clarice." Then more porn, except this time, they split screen an anal orgy with chocolate making machines, which is the most hilarious part of the movie where Jeff says "So they're making a reference to FUDGE-PACKING?!?" (fall off sofa in laughter). Next comes some psychological thriller as Loic becomes the freaky stalker to the soccer star. Then there's some tragedy. Then some voyeur porn scenes. Then more tragedy. Then for no reason at all, to no point, we meet his parents, who by the way, have no lines at all, except for his father telling him his mom is making pottery. Then it tries to be inspirational, and Loic is watching some protest, doing nothing, talking about his weird mission statement, and then he is on a ferris wheel, looking at some blonde with a similar head injury (who appeared to be the director). And they're staring at each other. . .
Roll credits.
Yeah, that's it. it ends. Nothing is answered, not one plotline is finished or tied up or explained. The movie is like some long painful hallucinogen trip. The only thing more abstract and schizophrenic than this movie was it's trailer. It was nice, you got the entire movie in 30 seconds, and you didn't miss anything.
"What is the purpose of life? It is to live it."
Patch watched this movie with me at my apartment, since that sort of comes out of nowhere in the middle there.
"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there." -- Josh Billings.
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Hahaha. Reminds me of "Juste un question d'amour". (Just a question of love) I really liked that movie.
Hahaha Ça a l'air pas mal sexé!! (if you know what that means, message me!
Guys are pretty confusing, and apparently drooling over them doesn't really break the ice...
My french ain't fantastic, but i think i can translate:
"Hahaha, This seems like not bad sex!"
I may be way off about the sex, but I know that Ca a l'air means "this appears, or seems like," pas mal is "not bad." And sexe. . .something to do with sex.
"What is the purpose of life? It is to live it."


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This quick and easy recipe is adapted from The Complete Root Cellar Book, by Steve Maxwell and Jennifer MacKenzie (Robert Rose Inc., 2010; www.robertrose.ca). Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.
1. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
2. In a large bowl, combine vegetables. In another bowl, mix seasonings and oil. Pour half over vegetables and toss to coat.
3. Divide and spread vegetables evenly between 2 large rimmed baking sheets.
4. Add bread crumbs to remaining seasoning mix and stir to combine. Toss chicken in this mixture to coat. Arrange chicken pieces evenly across top of vegetables.
5. Roast for about 25 minutes, switching sheets between racks halfway through, until chicken is no longer pink inside and vegetables are golden and tender. Combine in a serving dish.
Makes 4 servings
Tip: Pre-prep ingredients. Cover and refrigerate for no more than 1 day, keeping meat separate.
Learn how to build a root cellar in your basement.
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This news got my attention when I checked my Twitter stream this morning: Google AdWords Advertiser Threatens Suicide To Get Google's Attention! Apparently, the advertiser from India has threatened to kill himself in a thread posted on Google AdWords Help. Desperate but real.
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I was running my usual search query report to optimise my campaign one day when I came across a search query match type that looked unfamilar from the usual 3 : Broad, Phrase and Exact. It was a match type mentioned as Broad (Session-Based). So, what exactly is this new match type about?
SEM Education?
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Search engine marketing, and online marketing as a whole, has picked up a lot in recent years, and the industry has indeed moved on from simple keywords and ads a few years ago into the conversions, web visitor tracking and the ROI tracking we see today.
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Since the launch of Google's display ad builder, it has definitely aid many advertisers in their efforts to maximize the reach of their ads on GCN. This is exactly the purpose of this tool, particularly for advertisers with a smaller budget. No more cost worries on creative designs.
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When it comes to Search Engine Marketing, one very crucial factor in a successful campaign that many may not have thought deeply about is the Quality Score of keywords within the campaign.
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A Google bomb (or "link bomb") is an Internet Slang for a certain kind of attempt to raise the ranking of a given page in results from a Google search- often with humorous or political intentions.
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Bizarre classroom posters from the '70s, Part 4: School's out!
The school year's ending for lotsa students -- and so is our salute to bizarre classroom posters from the '70s. Our first batch of rare finds featured captions, while our second and third groupings didn't, so we came up with our own.Big posters below.
Ditto in regard to our fourth showcase of these alternately beautiful and strange images -- the final ones in our collection. Enjoy them one last time.
"These steroids make me feel great!"
"Why am I sitting here listening to this crap when I'm in my sexual prime?"
"When I grow up, I'm wearing a thong."
"This is how I'm going to make it on Wall Street, bitch!"
Page down to see more from our final collection (we think) of bizarre classroom posters from the '70s."Pass another note, Jimmy, and I'll stop coming to school in my pink bathrobe."
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How do I stop or cancel a cheque or my chequebook?
To do this, contact any branch or Telephone Banking (if you're registered). Provide as much information as you can, eg your account details, the cheque number (which you can tell from the cheque stub), who it was made payable to and the amount. There may be a charge for a stopped cheque, depending on the circumstances.
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Kuchar birdies No. 16 in Round 1 of THE PLAYERS
In the opening round of THE PLAYERS Championship 2013 , Matt Kuchar hits his 83-foot approach shot on the par-5 16th hole to within one foot and would eventually tap in for birdie.
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April 7, 2009
Velázquez Statement on the Earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy
New York, NY – Congresswoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) today extended her heartfelt condolences to the families impacted by the earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila, Italy in the early hours of Monday, April 6. The death toll resulting from this magnitude 6.3 quake has risen to over 200, with another 1,500 injured.
The following is a statement from Congresswoman Velázquez:
"I feel a great sadness for the people who have been affected by the recent tragedy in Italy. The worst earthquake to hit central Italy in decades has caused great loss of life and unimaginable destruction. My thoughts and prayers are with those who have family and friends in the Abruzzo region."


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August 19, 2013
Brad Keselowski, right, congratulates Joey Logano who celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Pure Michigan 400 auto race at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Bob Brodbeck)
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CARSON, Calif. -- A couple of notes from the LA Galaxy's 1-0 defeat to the San Jose Earthquakes
*Victor Bernardez scored in the third minute of stoppage time from a free kick won by Simon Dawkins.
*The LA Galaxy did not have a shot on goal until a 66th minute effort by Sean Franklin. The second came less than ten minutes later when a Robbie Keane shot was saved by Busch.
*The last four goals that LA have conceded to San Jose have come off set pieces - dating back to Chris Wondolowski's goal off a Marvin Chavez corner kick in the 61st minute of play in San Jose's 4-3 win over LA at Stanford Stadium in June.
*During the match, Time Warner Cable Sports announced that have reached a deal with Cox Cable to air their two sports networks. More on this soon.
*San Jose Earthquakes have nine stoppage time goals this season -- six of which are game winners.
The return leg is at Buck Shaw Stadium at 8 pm PT on ESPN2.
We're just hours from the game so here are a few links and observations to get you to kick off.
*Landon Donovan talks about his role against San Jose, referee Ricardo Salazar, and more
*Donovan also spoke about the play of Steven Lenhart, Alan Gordon and Chris Wondolowski
*Todd Dunivant talks about the fact that there is no disadvantage for LA to host the first leg rather than the second leg.
*LAGalaxy.com's John Wilkinson gives his match preview of the game .
*A few injury updates on Juninho, Christian Wilhelmsson, and Sean Franklin
*Also, if Juninho is unable to play then expect Marcelo Sarvas to start.
Lastly, check out my Three Points to the match
Robbie Keane vs. Victor Bernadez
The burly Honduran defender is considered by many to be the club's most important player, but he'll have his hands full against an in-form Keane.
Omar Gonzalez/Tommy Meyer vs. Steven Lenhart/Chris Wondolowski
The main event of sorts. Gonzalez and the rookie Meyer will be tasked with shutting down the divisive Lenhart and MLS goal-king Wondolowski.
Todd Dunivant vs. Martin Chavez
Perhaps one of the most important battles of the night, Dunivant is expected to be tested early and often by Chavez, who tallied ten assists in the regular season.
Western Conference Semifinal First Legs
Seattle Sounders 0 - Real Salt Lake 0
Eastern Conference Semifinals First Legs
D.C. United 1 - New York Red Bulls 1
Houston Dynamo 2 - Sporting Kansas City 0
PREDICTED LINEUP: Saunders; Franklin, Gonzalez, Meyer, Dunivant; Sarvas, Juninho, Beckham, Magee ; Donovan, Keane
Kick off for tonight's Western Conference Semifinal First Leg between the LA Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes is just a few hours away.
Check out my Three Points to tonight's match here
Below is Mark Rogondino's View from the Booth...
LAGalaxy.com has provided this match preview of tonight's Western Conference Semifinal First Leg between the LA Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes...
CARSON, Calif. -- Landon Donovan knows the intricacies of the California Clasico, perhaps, more than any other player or coach in MLS.
From 2001 to 2003, Donovan was a thorn in the Galaxy's side as a member of the San Jose Earthquakes, leading the Quakes to two MLS Cup titles in 2001 -- scoring in San Jose's 2-1 defeat of the Galaxy -- and 2003. When the U.S. International joined the Galaxy in 2004, the script was flipped as Donovan began terrorizing his former club, time and time again. Perhaps no moment was more distinctive than in 2005, when he helped LA eliminate the Supporters' Shield winning San Jose Earthquakes in the Western Conference Semifinals en route to LA's second MLS Cup title.
On Sunday, Donovan will once again be at the forefront as the pair face off in the first leg of the Western Conference Semifinal.
Donovan addresses his current state of mind, what his position might be on Sunday, and the role that referee Ricardo Salazar will have on the match below...
(On his mood heading into the game...)
DONOVAN: "I feel great. This is as good as I've felt in a long time, so I'm excited for tomorrow."
(On LA's postseason experience being an advantage of a San Jose team that is relatively inexperienced in the postseason…)
DONOVAN: "Well, I said before the Vancouver game that our experience can help us, if we use it to our advantage. At the end of the day, it's still a soccer game and it's 11 v. 11, but if we're smart and we put ourselves in good positions, then I think that our experience can be a big factor, but we got to get there first."
(On whether he'd rather play as a forward or in the midfield against San Jose...)
DONOVAN: "I leave that up to Bruce. I always try to be a player that could do whatever a coach needed. Wherever he asks me to play, I'm more than happy to play, and I think a lot of it depends on how the guys come out from the game on Thursday."
(On San Jose's tactics…)
DONOVAN: "They're a physical team there's no question. They're an aggressive team. I don't think that they're particularly dirty in the things that they do. I think that they definitely bend the rules as much as they can. You have to rely on the officiating to some extent, to make sure that they're protecting guys and seeing things, and calling plays that deserve to be fouls. I think that they probably get away with some borderline fouls more than other teams do. Fortunately, we have a great referee doing this game. One who has been in a lot of these games, and knows what kind of game that San Jose plays. I have no question that he's going to take care of us."
(On his conversation with the referee pregame…)
DONOVAN: "Sometimes you say things to officials if things are blatantly obvious, but it's not your job. It's the job of the officials to do their job. Some days you get refs that don't see things and miss things, and that's all part of the game. You can miss it both ways. I think Ricardo has been great all year and I think he's going to do a great job. He knows, trust me, he's watched enough games and done enough San Jose games where he knows the types of things that they tend to get away with. So my guess is that won't happen."
(On San Jose's ability to test the Galaxy…)
DONOVAN: "They test your ability to concentrate for 90 minutes. There's a few teams in this league that if you're not good on the day then they can really beat you, not just beat you, but beat you handily. San Jose has scored a bunch of goals on us this year, the moments that we haven't been sharp, they've been good, and they've got three or four guys, who can absolutely punish you if you make mistakes and they've done that against us this year."
CARSON, Calif. -- After missing Thursday's Knockout Round match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC with soreness in his right quadriceps, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena told reporters on Saturday that Christian Wilhelmsson will "likely" be available for Sunday's Western Conference Semifinal first leg against the San Jose Earthquakes.
Wilhelmsson trained on Saturday for the first time since suffering the injury during Wednesday's training session. With squad rotation likely due to the three day turnaround between the Vancouver and San Jose games, if Wilhelmsson is available, he could potentially slide into midfield on either flank against the Earthquakes. The Swedish International has shown that he can have success against the San Jose as he was particularly dangerous during his 79 minute stint in LA's 2-2 draw at Buck Shaw Stadium in October.
But while Wilhelmsson appears available to play on Sunday, Arena remains coy on the status of defender A.J. DeLaGarza. The Galaxy centerback picked up left MCL sprain due to a collision with Colorado Rapids forward Omar Cummings in LA's 1-1 draw at Dick's Sporting Goods Park back on Sept. 30 and is currently listed as out on the club's official injury report. The injury prevented DeLaGarza from appearing in LA's final two Regular Season matches, but when asked on Saturday if DeLaGarza would miss out on the postseason, Arena said that no decision has been made.
"I have not moved towards that conclusion one way or the other," said Arena. "I haven't moved towards that conclusion. I was terrible in biology and never took anatomy or physiology, so I don't know the answers to those questions."
CARSON, Calif. -- Count Landon Donovan among those impressed by the San Jose Earthquakes forward trio of Alan Gordon, Steven Lenhart, and Chris Wondolowski.
The Galaxy defense will have their hands full attempting to stop the trio, who accounted for 50 goals of the 72 that the Earthquakes scored this season. To put that in perspective, it is more than five of the teams that qualified for MLS Cup Playoffs, and would be in the sixth highest team output this season.
The most divisive of the trio is Lenhart, whose physical playing style has drawn the ire of many of his opponents this season, but has also seen him tally a total of 10 goals and two assists this season. Such an output led one reporter on Saturday to question whether Lenhart was U.S. National team material and while Donovan admitted that he'd leave the decision to U.S. National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, Lenhart could be counted among the many that could help the USMNT.
"That's not my decision to make, but I think that he's had a great year. I think him and Gordon have a great partnership; him and Wondolowski have a great partnership. He's a big part of their team and a player that we have to contain," said Donovan. "There's a lot of guys that could help the national team. I assume that anybody playing against him wouldn't be too happy if they saw him lining up on the other side of the field from the U.S. team so you never know."
But Donovan saved his chief praise for Wondolowski, who tied Roy Lassiter's record for most goals in a single season with 27 this year.
"I've talked to Frank [Yallop] about him actually and he says that he spends a lot of time in front of the goal everyday doing finishing. He plays on a team where he's not asked to do a lot more than just get in front of the goal, and be dangerous. His runs are excellent, his timing is as good as anyone in this league, and his pure finishing ability is as good as anyone in this league right now," said Donovan. "When he gets a chance then he buries it. That's a credit to how hard he works. I think people assume that he just all of a sudden became this great goal scorer. I think in talking to Frank and seeing him during the All-Star Game or with the national team, you see how much time that he spends doing it. I always like to say, success is no accident and it's certainly not with him."
CARSON, Calif. – With a quick turnaround and numerous injuries, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena has repeatedly stated that he anticipates lineup changes for Sunday's Western Conference Semifinal first leg
One potential change could see Marcelo Sarvas slot into the center of midfield, in place of his compatriot Juninho. During Thursday's Knockout Round victory over Vancouver Whitecaps, Juninho took a knock to his right Achilles, but has admitted that he is hopeful that he could feature in some capacity on Sunday. Juninho did not train on Saturday, but head coach Bruce Arena told reporters after training that "his status is that he'll be playing" on Sunday.
However, if Juninho is unable to start, Sarvas represents an option, particularly after his role in helping spark the Galaxy attack in Thursday's win.
"I don't know what is going to happen. I hope [Juninho is] back and we have our full team ready to play," said Sarvas. "If I have to play there, you don't have to think too much, you just have to be ready to help the team in that position."
Adding Sarvas to the lineup could be a benefit for LA as the Brazilian midfielder enjoyed great success during the two teams' 2-2 draw at Buck Shaw Stadium in October. Throughout the match, Sarvas helped fuel the Galaxy attack by completing 24 of 31 passes while helping LA control wide stretches of the game. Despite his success, San Jose was still able to battle back from two deficits to earn a 2-2 draw against the Galaxy. But regardless of the result, Sarvas believes the Galaxy understand San Jose's style of play.
"It's a very simple game, the ball is in the defense, it's a long ball direct to the forwards, and we fight for the second ball. For 90 minutes, they play like that. It's nothing beautiful to see, it's some kind of boring football in my opinion, but it's the way that they are leading the league so we have to respect that, and be ready for it."
And just how does Sarvas believe the Galaxy will approach San Jose?
"You have to be physical also; you have to be ready for the second balls," said Sarvas. "You cannot rest during the game; you have to be alert for 90 minutes."
CARSON, Calif. – After missing Thursday's Knockout Round match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC with tightness in left hamstring, right back Sean Franklin is hopeful that he can participate in Sunday's Western Conference Final first leg against the San Jose Earthquakes.
Franklin told reporters after training on Saturday that the tightness in his hamstring stopped "a couple of days ago," causing him to be optimistic for Sunday.
"Everything seems good," said Franklin. "I trained the last two days so we'll see how I feel tomorrow. It's up to the trainers and we'll talk to Bruce about it. I'm looking forward to, hopefully, playing tomorrow."
While those comments are similar to the ones that Franklin made following last Sunday's match against the Seattle Sounders, -- when the injury first surfaced and caused him to exit the match at the half-- Franklin admitted that need to be smart about his injury prevented him from playing on Thursday.
"It was something where it was the right time to be smart about it," said Franklin. "I felt something in the Seattle game, they said be smart about it and I'm trying to do everything that I can to make sure that it's 100 percent.",
CARSON, Calif. -- The Professional Referee Organization announced on Friday via Twitter that Referee Ricardo Salazar will officiate Sunday's Western Conference Semifinal first leg between the LA Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes.
Salazar officiated just two Galaxy matches this season, LA's match against the New England Revolution in March, and their 1-1 draw with FC Dallas in April that saw him deal out six cautions -- three to the Galaxy -- and award a penalty kick for each side. Meawnhile, Salazar officiated just two San Jose matches this season, a 2-2 draw with the New York Red Bulls in April where he issued four cautions and a 1-1 draw with Chivas USA in May that saw him issue five yellow cards -- three to San Jose . Salazar has a history of officiating big games at The Home Depot Center having served as the referee for the 2011 MLS Cup Final.
While Sunday's clash between the Galaxy and San Jose promises to be a physical clash, the Galaxy believe that they will need to focus on their gameplan rather than Salazar's officiating.
"It's something that we can't worry about. We can't think about the referees, we just have to go into the game," said Dunivant after training on Friday. "Salazar doing the game; he's probably the best ref in the league. He did our final last year and has done a lot of big games, so he won't be an excuse for us. We can't think about the referees going into this game, we have to think about San Jose."


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Friday night became a nightmare evening for the visiting No. 1 Northern Neck seeded Lady Red Devils of Lancaster. In the midst of missing their leading scorer, Andrea White, their offense fell prey to a suffocating Colonial Beach defense, which limited their ability to score in transition.
In a low scoring game, in a sparsely populated gymnasium, the third-seeded Lady Drifters upset the Red Devils, 29-24. With the victory the Drifters could overtake second place Northumberland before the end of the regular season. Results of the Northumberland game (4-1, 10-4) were not available due to press deadlines.
The Drifters have proven they have the right stuff. With the majority of their losses coming in the final minutes, the Drifters continue to show poise in the face of adversity. Most recently, the Drifters have developed a new weapon in their arsenal of offense, with center Melissa Turner shooting from the perimeter, rather than the low post zone. Turner scored 6 points and dominated the defensive boards.
Collectively, the entire team has demonstrated that they should be considered one of the best teams in the area. Lindsey Graves led all scorers with 14 points.
The Drifters took an early 2-0 lead when Turner scored a long jumper from the top of the key. After Ashley Bansome tied the game at 3-3 with a backboard low post score, Lindsey Graves scored a layup to extend the Drifter lead to 5-3. Throughout the first quarter, the Drifters constantly exchanged players, while applying a pressure defense. After a layup by Lindsey Graves in the remaining seconds of the quarter, the Drifters led 7-3.
In the second quarter, the Red Devils rallied to take the lead on a 6-0 run. Utilizing a jumper from Bansome and a 3-pointer, combined with a jumper from Jasmine Moody, the momentum suddenly swung towards Lancaster. With the exception of a jumper from Turner, the Drifters offense became silent. The Red Devil rally culminated in a 12-9 lead going into halftime.
Heeding the Drifter chant, "step it up," the Drifters offense shifted into fourth gear. After falling behind 19-13 in the third quarter, the game took on a different tempo in the final quarter of play. Canesha Fulcher started the scoring with a series of two foul shots, cutting the Red Devil deficit to four (15-19). Within the next five minutes, the Red Devils found themselves trailing 23-19 and reeling from a Drifter 12-0 run. With Carley Graves tenaciously grabbing every lose ball in sight, and the Drifters scoring more than 50 percent of their foul shots, the exhausted Red Devils faced the first loss of the season as the clock ticked away.
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- 8 ounces of plaster of paris
- 4 ounces of water
- 12-ounce or larger plastic bottle (empty with cap)
- 12-inch round balloon (helium quality)
- Balloon pump
- Tub of water (shallow Sterlite bin)
- Utility knife
- Small hammer
- Glow sticks (available at glowproducts.com)
- Glittered plastic spider
- Craft glue
- Spanish moss
Step 1
Turn bottle over. Squeeze bottle gently several times; plaster will begin filling balloon. (Not all of the plaster will make it into the balloon.)
Step 2
Let the balloon dry overnight.
Step 3
Insert balloon pump and inflate balloon; it should reach a 6- to 8-inch diameter.
Step 4
Remove balloon opening from bottle mouth.
Step 5
Remove balloon and tie firmly.
Step 6
Roll it around for about a minute, trying to evenly distribute the liquid within.
Step 7
Begin rotating balloon gently in your hands.
Step 8
Place balloon in tub of water to set so it won't dent while the plaster is drying.
Step 9
Use the utility knife to create cracks around the hole.
Step 10
Remove the balloon by lightly dragging a utility knife across the surface.
Step 11
Glue glittered spider near hole.
Step 12
An "egg" will often have a hole that can be made by tapping the egg with hard instrument. Try to find a thin shell area and continue tapping and chipping away at the fragile surface until you have an opening you like.
Step 13
Pre-inflate balloon and let air out so it stretches.
Step 14
Mix 12 ounces of plaster and 6 ounces of water in the bottle. Shake vigorously for 20 to 30 seconds.
Step 15
Stretch balloon opening over mouth of bottle.
Step 16
Set egg in small urn or other egg cup; style it with Spanish moss to create a nest.
Step 17
Drop a glow stick through the initial hole.
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Vintage_harvest 23 Oct, 2010
I attempted this but couldn't get it to work. I was confused about measurements and I didn't have a funnel so it was difficult to pour into the balloon. I went to Michaels and grabbed a roll of plaster (messy but just got out the old newspaper). Blew up the balloon (not too large) dipped the plaster into water and covered. It looks awesome because of the fabric and layered look. Thanks for the idea! It will look awesome with the glow in the dark spiders!
LadyPersia 15 Oct, 2010
The directions dont read correctly. Tools states 8oz of plaster and 4 oz of water but the How To is different. I have tried this once and failed. I am going to try it again. Which measurements did you use?
michellebabb71 8 Oct, 2009
I have been making these for 2 years now and sometimes you get good ones and sometimes they are too thin. Last year I made a [filtered word] in the back and put purple lights in side of them. They looked awesome!! I can't wait to do it this year!
Edenza 1 Oct, 2009
I tried these last year and they were so thin, I crumbled the "eggs" when slicing the balloon. Heed the advice and use a LOT to make a nice thick egg. I'll try again this year but last year, it was a frustrating mess.
CutiePatootie 7 Oct, 2008
Decorated my office at work with these. Added spiders on the outside and placed in light green "moss". They look amazing! I got a lot of compliments too.
CutiePatootie 6 Oct, 2008
I used a good sized funnel to aid in the transferrance of the plaster powder into the bottle as well as the plaster mixture into the balloon. Trust me, it make life a whole lot easier. Plus you can reuse your bottle over and over again instead crushing it out of shape for one or two eggs.
janaiguana 22 Sep, 2008
Started on these yesterday, realized as I was making them that the Materials List and the Instructions call out differing amounts of plaster and water. USE THE LARGER AMOUNTS and don't over inflate your balloon or it gets way too thin. I'm going home to see how they turned out, I can't wait!
Lander 16 Sep, 2008
We attempted this project the other night. Our first egg turned out amazing. However, for the second egg, we made the mistake of reusing the bottle. Bad idea- don't do this!!! A small piece of dried plaster left in the bottle punctured the balloon as my boyfriend was turning it to coat the inside. The most incredible explosion "plastered" my living room - couch, TV, walls, ceiling, etc. I am still cleaning this out of my rug with vinegar. Do this outside to be safe!
Rachel-Nicole 11 Sep, 2008
These look so cool! Wonder if you take take them outside or if the rain and weather would mess them up?
FannyBrite 7 Sep, 2008
These are so effective and fun! The shell was quite 'thin' so I'll make another one using more of the mixture to ensure that the balloon is full. The end result is great and the glo stick works well! Can't wait til Halloween.
carlacan 1 Dec, 2007
i made this last nite using 8oz of plaster of paris and the 4 oz of water but then i threw a twist on it and added red powder paint to make it a christmas ornament. it worked great and looked wonderful. what was left, i was doing it on my lap instead of a steady surface, so as it was rolling towards the floor i grabbed it and cracked it. But i know now i can change it from spider egg to ornament.
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