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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A wine storage business owner has been sentenced to six years in state prison for stealing $2.7 million worth of wine from his clients' storage lockers and under-reporting about $3.5 million in payroll taxes.
Orange County prosecutors said 65-year-old George Osumi pleaded guilty Thursday to more than 70 counts, including burglary, perjury and grand theft. He could have faced up to 80 years in prison if convicted at trial.
Authorities say Osumi ran Legend Cellars Inc. in Irvine where he broke into private storage lockers and stole customers' wine. Osumi was able to conceal the theft by leaving behind bottles of a much cheaper vintage. Among the victims were Osumi's son and daughter.
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after i buy one from a store, how soon will they produce, and how many do they produce usually in a year? |
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8-20lbs depending on variety/age/care |
OOPs.. wrong post PJ- 8-20lbs depending on age/variety/care |
- Posted by bamboo_rabbit 9A Inverness FL (My Page) on Fri, Feb 22, 13 at 16:06
For southern high bush on a 7 year old bush about 10 lbs depending on pruning, how happy the plant is and the variety. They will produce the first year if you let them, which you shouldn't. |
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- Posted by preppyjock 8 (My Page) on Fri, Feb 22, 13 at 16:25
wow. how tall will they grow? and since when i planted the shrub in the ground, it died. so i am thinking about growing in a big pot. will it still produce that many? |
0-10 lbs or so if you are factoring in age. I think the other estimates are for fully mature and happy bushes. |
- Posted by bamboo_rabbit 9A Inverness FL (My Page) on Fri, Feb 22, 13 at 17:06
Preppy, I have seen Emeralds so tall that the migrant workers could not pick them easily but height is controlled by you through pruning. Rabbiteye blueberries can hit 15-20 feet I guess again if allowed to do so. There are some commercial growers here in Florida that have acres and acres of blueberries all in 30 gallon pots. They may produce slightly less in a pot for most people. I know Steve (Fruitnut) had a huge yield out of a Star BB in a pot..bigger than I have ever got from my inground plants even but he is a rockstar grower:) He knows his stuff. Bamboo_Rabbit say.... a slightly reduced yield in a pot is still way more production than a dead plant in the ground. :) |
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- Posted by foolishpleasure 7B (My Page) on Fri, Feb 22, 13 at 17:21
I grow blueberry only in pots by this way I can control the soil PH I tried in the ground never worked for me.I use different sizes pots depending on how big the tree is and how old I have them in 10, 15, and 20 gallons pots. I am happy with the production I will never be a blueberry wholesaler just for my kids to eat and they eat a lot of it. |
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The annual Master Gardener plant sale in Baton Rouge is this coming Saturday (May 7th) from 8:00 - 3:00. It's at the Burden Center on Essen Lane, between I-10 and Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center. I saw a preview of some of the plants tonight, and I can't wait! |
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Yesssss..! I'm in Baton Rouge too and this is my favorite plant sale of the year. Bring your wagon and be patient cuz the lines will likely be pretty long. I'm planning to concentrate on hummingbird plants this year...but I'm easily distracted :-) |
Here is a link that might be useful: My garden blog...
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Do they take credit card or check or is it cash only? |
No credit cards this year - cash or check only. Something else that is new this year is if you buy 5 plants ($5.00 or higher), you get one $5.00 plant free. |
I didn't get there until later in the morning and things were picked over quite well by then. Intended on going earlier but it just didn't happen. However, I did get a couple of Shasta Daisies, Sweet Annie's, and Tomatoes. I wish I would have bought the one red rose that was left but talked myself out of it. Uggh! Why did I do that? LOL. Oh does anyone know if there is a place online that lists the roses that are grown in the field nearby? Basically if you walk straight out of the payment booths, the rose I must have is on the second row. It is orange, pink and I think red on the same bush. I loved it along with Singing in the Rain and one called Red Orange. Do you know if you can visit those at anytime or do they charge? |
The sale I look forward to is Hilltop's Plant Fest in the fall. Anyone know the date this year? |
Jane, just took a peek at your blog. You have some beautiful plants! Love those irises. I think your hummer is a female Ruby-throated. Any males hanging around? |
Kahlanne, I'm sorry you didn't get there earlier. There were lots of good plants, but they went quick. The number of plants was down from previous years, at least partly due to the cool spring (some just weren't mature enough to sell). There is no fee for viewing the rose garden, but I'm not aware of a list of the roses grown. I don't remember the hours, but I'm pretty sure it runs along normal business hours - basically, anytime Burden is open, the rose gardens are accessable. HanArt, based on the usual date for Hilltop's Plantfest, and the fact that the normal 2nd Saturday Class is cancelled for Oct. 8th due to "Plantfest Fatigue Syndrome", I would assume that the sale is the first weekend in October. |
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I bought an 8ft tall giant japanese timber bamboo in Vancouver (mild weather) And brought it home to my much colder area. The first three nights dipped down to -12 celsius and then got nice and warm. The bamboo is currently planted in the ground with good drainage and an abundance of organic fertilizer and has been watered regularily. Day temperatures range from 10 to 20 celsius and nights don't get cooler than -5. However all but some of the leaves on the very top have turned yellow or dry crusty brown. I can see a new pointy shoot emerging out of the dirt that has ceased growing since I planted it. Is this normal spring time behavior for this species or do I need to interveen and try to save it? And if so what can I do? Thanks for your input! |
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That's not normal spring behavior. It would help to know what species you have. If it is really a Phyllostachys, it should be able to handle those temps. I'd like to know how long this plant was in a pot before you bought it. When bamboo divisions are made and potted up they normally need 3-6 months to recover from the shock and to make sure the transplant shock hasn't harmed them. Also, is it dropping leaves? In any case, a photo would help. |
I will get a picture up on here another time but no the leaves arnt falling off just withering and drying out. I also have three types of bamboo in the front yard that is doing the same thing if that's another clue? |
Are you getting strong winds? Did the three other bamboo get planted at the same time? If not, how long have they been in the ground? And what species are they? |
yes we get some wind from time to time but never anything extreme a few large plants blew over on one occasion. The three smaller bamboos were planted last june and are all hardy to my are according to the people who i bought them from who specialize in bamboo (fargesia natida and phyllostachys aureosulcata and Phyllostachys atrovaginata). They were all green and fine all winter. They were all buried under the snow and then i uncovered them and they turned brown in places a few weeks later. The large timber bamboo (phyllostachys vivax i think) was just planted a couple weeks ago. |
My best guess after the info you have provided and the picture is that you have cold damage, and there is nothing you can do to remedy the situation other than wait. I don't think that the bamboo is permanently damaged, but you will lose that foliage. In a couple of months you should have new leaf tips showing. It is true that the various species you have should be hardy in your Zone. However, "hardy" simply means it won't die in the winter. It does not mean that you won't have leaf damage and culms possibly dying each winter, but being replaced during the growing season. People in your Zone, for example, often lose all aboveground growth each winter (see picture link below for Zone 6 NY). |
Here is a link that might be useful: F. nitida
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For years, the summer movie season has been filled with titles with roman numerals. The sequel season has both critics and audiences complaining about the lack of original content, although enough people line up to see familiar characters, rehashed plots and plain old retreads that the studios continue to churn them out year after year.
Pity the poor movie that isn't completely pre-sold to a particular audience yet isn't exactly original in its ideas or storyline. When the media wants to unleash its fury, it goes after the movies that aren't part of a franchise but are so formulaic they may as well be.
That's the case with R.I.P.D., based on a not-widely-known comic book. The film has been included in a bevy of articles ahead of its release about summer box-office "bombs." According to industry insiders, Universal, the studio behind R.I.P.D., is bracing for a bloodbath at the box-office with the film. Universal didn't screen the movie in advance in many markets, and where it did screen the movie early, it was only an hour or two before the first screenings available to the general public. That's not a sign of confidence; it's the sign of a studio that wants to prevent bad word of mouth on the film for as long as it can.
The problem with this strategy is that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: once the word gets out about the studio's efforts to keep viewers from previewing a movie, those who do go to see it expect the worst, and that's what they claim to see. On the plus side, the bad buzz allows some attendees to enjoy the film more than they might have had they gone with sky-high expectations.
Whatever R.I.P.D.'s flaws—a story too reminiscent of Men in Black and Ghostbusters... uneven special effects... a mindless, overextended finale—the film is blessed with a loony performance from the great Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), who delivers several hearty laughs, especially during the film's first half.
Nick (Ryan Reynolds, Turbo) is a police officer who has made a foolish decision: he's held on to some riches obtained during a bust made with his partner, Hayes (Kevin Bacon, X-Men: First Class). Hayes isn't too happy when a contrite Nick says he's changed his mind and wants to give back his part of the haul, so Hayes dispatches Nick to the afterlife.
That's where Nick meets Proctor (Mary-Louise Parker, RED 2), the bureau chief of the Rest In Peace Department (R.I.P.D.). She lets Nick know that things aren't looking too good for him in terms of eternal destiny, but he can earn her recommendation for reconsideration by serving with the R.I.P.D. The department's mission? To find souls that have escaped justice and are living on Earth, disguised as humans. If the premise sounds a lot like Men in Black, with aliens swapped out for dead souls, just remember that Hollywood isn't exactly a hotbed of originality.
But it takes only one special element to set a movie apart from the uninspired stories that fill movie screens throughout the year, predominately during summer. What gives R.I.P.D. a surprising edge over some of its current competition is Bridges' performance as Roy, who is assigned to be Nick's partner. Gruff and disdainful of new-kid-on-the-block Nick, Roy, who lived during the 1800s but has spent decades in spiritual limbo serving with the R.I.P.D., combines gruff weariness with old-fashioned dignity as he schools Nick in the ways of "dead-os" (the escaped souls disguised as humans) and capitalizes on his own unusual avatar. As Roy explains to Nick, the way they appear to each other is not the way the humans they come into contact with see them. Nick has the form of an older Asian man, while Roy is a buxom blonde who turns the heads of every male in her vicinity.
Their mission is to expose a plot to reverse the vortex that sends souls to the afterlife, thereby returning the dead en masse to Earth, where they'd overrun humanity. To prevent that, the duo will have to warm up to each other and learn how to work together.
That part of the film's premise might sound familiar, too. Yes, R.I.P.D. is another buddy-cop movie dressed up as an ghost-driven action flick, and like the best movies in that genre, it rises and falls based on the chemistry between its leads. Here, Reynolds plays the straight man to Bridges' grizzled vet, who has a few personality quirks. When Roy reflects on Nick's earthly death, he contrasts it to his own more brutal end. "You got shot with a modern bullet," he tells Nick. "I would've loved a modern bullet." Why does Roy bother to eat human food that, as he explains, he can't taste in his dead-but-just-visiting guise? "I enjoy the mouthfeel." But Roy isn't always so laid back. When a skeptical Nick challenges Roy about his attitude—"I thought you were a rebel"—Roy gets his back up: "I fought for the North," he responds, indignantly.
R.I.P.D. chugs along for about an hour, getting by on goodwill toward Bridges' character and performance, before it resolves with a bloated, chaotic finale typical of too many summer-movie extravaganzas. That makes the second half of the film more disappointing than the first, but given the drumbeat of negative press surrounding the film, and the studio's treatment of it, you wouldn't be faulted for expecting much worse. So few movies have anything pleasurable to offer, but R.I.P.D. has yet another memorable Bridges performance. That's not nothing—even if the movie surrounding that performance isn't up to his level. That includes the film's ridiculous theology, which is nothing more than a flimsy set-up for yet another buddy comedy with its own twist.
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For many college football fans, EA Sports' NCAA Football title has come to represent something of a disunion when it comes to gaming. The lone college football franchise grew stagnant with last year's release, which offered little in the way of updated gameplay and design. The same old running and blocking problems plagued NCAA Football 13, and the continuing disarray on the defensive side of the ball was enough to push a lot of devoted gamers to the brink of breakup with the title.
EA Sports would have to deliver something new with NCAA Football 14 in order to retain its audience, and if the game's demo is any indication, then it appears as though college football fans may finally receive the game they have desired for so long.
The demo, which was made available in the United States on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 last week, gave gamers their first look at new gameplay features and improvements. The first thing those familiar with the series will notice is the new Infinity Engine 2.0. It's ostensibly the same physics engine that was introduced into the Madden series a year ago. Individual player movement and impacts now bear a more lifelike feel, essentially ushering the franchise into the real-time physics era.
This year's instalment also includes the new Force Impact System, which aims to overhaul the running game. Weight and speed will now be accounted for when players attempt to make sudden movements, juke, and change direction. The ball carrier will have to lay off the gas pedal to make sharp directional shifts on the field, which is compensated for with the reintroduction of a manual speed burst option. Blocking AI has been completely overhauled as well. The result offers prospective gamers the ability to mimic the high octane spread offense of schools like Oregon with an effectiveness that has previously escaped the franchise.
On top of the plethora of tweaks and updates to actual gameplay, NCAA Football 14 also boasts some changes to in-game and menu design. Menu screens have taken a page from the book of Madden as well, moving to the mosaic style seen in Madden 13. Player models and field graphics recieved a much needed color boost, too. A brighter gameplay color palette is on display in the demo version, although stadium designs, and more specifically crowds, appear to have taken a step back. Sidelines, unfortunately, still appear to masquerade crashtest dummies as football players observing the action.
Save for the new physics engine, perhaps the most welcomed addition to the title is the long overdue inclusion of multiple camera angles. Past incarnations of the game only allowed gamers the ability to pullback and view their entire team during pre-snap. New coordinator, zoomed, and wide angles open up the play and offer a little more assistance in reading opposing defenses and offenses.
Aside from what hands-on experience with the demo version tells us, a host of new features designed to improve the game's dynasty mode aim to streamline recruiting and player development activities. Power Recruiting eliminates the phone call portion of the pursuit by substituting it with a points allocation system. Coach Skills offer the ability to build your team any way you see fit, allowing the head coach to upgrade deficient areas or remain focused on existing strengths.
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Add it all up and it appears as though NCAA Football 14 is set to be anointed the franchise's crowning achievement. It comes just in time to bid farewell to the current generation of consoles, which is far too late, but bodes well for the future. With a year of battle testing the Infinity Engine and camera angles in the Madden series, combined with an extensive overhaul to menus and presentation, EA Sports should finally deliver the college football product to help fans fill the void between Saturdays.
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Not Our Kids
By Luis Rivas
they scream like caring imposters, like
phony parents and patriots, ILLEGALS
NOT OUR KIDS, behind red-white-and-blue
flags, holding up signs to mainly central
american children that read, GO BACK TO
MEXICO, each sign a marker of american
and the honduran, salvadoran and
guatemalen children who clutch to each
other as their small eyes peer out the
heavily-tinted windows of those three
department of homeland security buses
onto the desert landscape of the great
southwest, whose land ironically is more
closely linked to the heritage of those
child immigrants on board, whose ancient
lineage once referred to the territory of
what we now call california as mexico
prior to 1850, and prior to that still the
natives, whose blood may very-well be
traced to those small-yet ancient veins
inside those buses, referred to this land
devoid of colonized fences, walls and
brown judas border patrol agents as
home, as it was intended for all its original
inhabitants, as home to hundreds of
tribes, like the chumash, the alliklik, the
kitanemuk, the serrano, the gabrielino
luiseño cahuilla, the tongva and the
kumeyaay to name a few.
but those patriotic protestors of european
descent who tell these children to GO
BACK HOME, an irony that is tragically lost
on them, all they can do is forgive
themselves and follow murrieta's mayor
alan long's bigoted wisdom as he reassures
us that it is not about the children,
personally; it's about the system, federally;
much the same as the racist says it's not
about race, it's about personal liberty (with
a priority on white people—although i'm
sure they have plenty of brown friends).
the children hold tight to each other and
ask, is this why we left, is this where we
want to be, they hate us, they want to
hurt us, to which another quickly responds,
what other options do we have, there is
nothing for us back home.
the children see past the head of the bus
driver where there's a group of white
men and women blocking the buses,
holding up signs and the u.s. flag, shouting
that they're sick and tired of illegals and
gangs and obama and the government and
taxes and caring and brown people and a
troublesome u.s. history and all the dead
indians they have to step over whose
names forever haunt "their" cities and the
new ones being bused in.
the children are scared but they have seen
far worse than this; they have seen their
fellow young travelers fall from trains in
mexico and get sucked in underneath the
wheels, get mangled and die; they have
seen the younger girls smiling with
immigrant hope one minute, the next they
disappear into the arms of a pedophiliac
night; they have seen body parts sticking
out from the desert floor like strange
brown nopal, grim markers reminding
them—in case they should forget—that
the world is a dangerous place; but there
are good people who are in it, sometimes
hiding, sometimes themselves also hurt,
scared and traveling, but we are here and,
regardless of what those confused white
settler-colonialists say, you are my son,
you are my daughter;
you are our kids.


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2013 Year End Lists: Christina Rentz, Merge Publicist
Mikal Cronin at the Bowery Ballroom - I love sold out shows at the Bowery! The energy is just the best. Seeing Mikal Cronin play his first headlining sold out show at The Bowery was one to remember, for sure!
Superchunk in NYC - Two epic sold out rock shows soon after the release of one of my favorite albums ever, a Fallon taping with the full crew including Laura AND Jason, catching up with friends old & new . . . best part of my job.
Rainbow Rowell - Please read Attachments, Fan Girl and then Eleanor and Park in that order. Buy these for everyone you like this holiday season. And follow @rainbowrowell on twitter. I hated to finish each of these books, and I want to join Rainbow's Disney live-action movie club.
Sisterland (Curtis Sittenfeld), Life after Life (Kate Atkinson), Tenth of December (George Saunders) - The three best books I read this year that weren't written by Rainbow Rowell. Put them on your holiday wish list.
Neko Case at the DPAC - Fancy venue, Neko, Kelly Hogan, Eric Bachmann, jokes about grits and hot sauce. A lovely evening!
Dinosaur Trail at the Museum of Like & Science in Durham - A freaking blast for all ages: lemurs, bears, a farm, butterfly house, mist exhibit in the summer. I think I have at least as much fun when we visit as my son does, maybe more. The Dinosaur Trail is our favorite part. Giant dinosaur figures nestled in the North Carolina woods just waiting to be discovered and "roared" at by excited little people. A little shout out to Dinosaur Train, too. It somehow never gets annoying.
Runbuds - Bull City Running Co. + a little friendly peer pressure turned me into a runner. The new session of Runbuds begins in January, and I cannot recommend it or programs like it enough. Running can be fun and it will make you feel better about yourself sooner than you think is possible.
Enough Said - Funny, sweet & sad in equal doses. Julia Louis-Dreyfus is my hero, and Nicole Holofcener will save the romantic comedy.
And more new (Non-Merge) music: Neko Case (Deluxe LP), Generationals, Preservation Jazz Hall Band, Camera Obscura, Yo La Tengo, & Kurt Vile
And my Staff "Pick":
The Rock*A*Teens' Sweet Bird of Youth - I first wanted to work at Merge in no small part because of The Rock*A*Teens. I saw them play often at the soon-to-be-torched club The Bayou when I was in college at LSU. I assumed they were a much more nationally popular band than they actually were due to the fervor they inspired in my friends and I. "Car and Driver" was the first song on every mixtape I made in the early '00's, and I could probably tell you a story inspired by every song on this 17-song album.


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[284] Marked Atypical Duct Hyperplasia Which Borders Low Grade Ductal Carcinoma In Situ on Core Biopsy Should Be Managed Conservatively
Christopher J VandenBussche, Eman Sbaity, Theodore N Tsangaris, Nagi Khouri, Russell Vang, Armanda Tatsas, Ashley Cimino-Mathews, Pedram Argani. The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
Background: On breast needle core biopsy (NCB), the diagnosis of markedly atypical intraductal proliferations for which the differential diagnosis is the high end of atypical duct hyperplasia (ADH) and the low end of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) can be especially difficult, due in part to lesional fragmentation and inter-observer variability. However, this distinction has significant clinical consequences. While the diagnosis of ADH usually results in no more than an excisional biopsy (EB), the diagnosis of DCIS on NCB can commit the patient to adjuvant radiation therapy (XRT) even if the resulting EB is negative, or it can even prompt an anxious patient to opt for bilateral mastectomy. We have favored a conservative approach to such cases (i.e. diagnose as marked ADH (MADH) and treat by EB); however, we know of no formal outcome studies to support this approach.
Design: We searched our computerized hospital database from the period of January 1, 1998 to January 1, 2009 for all breast NCB with the diagnosis of MADH. Patients who had a subsequent NCB showing DCIS or invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) before EB were excluded. The resulting EB specimens were reviewed, and clinical follow up data were obtained.
Results: We diagnosed 164 patients with MADH on NCB. Among consultation cases in this group, 79% patients had been diagnosed with DCIS at the submitting institution. 82 patients underwent EB at our institution, and slightly over half (n=46, 56%) proved to have DCIS or IDC in their EB. Of these cases, 70% were managed by breast conserving therapy (BCT). However, almost half of the 82 cases (n=36, 44%) did not have DCIS or IDC on EB; of these, 15 EBs were benign, 18 showed atypical hyperplasia, 2 showed further MADH, and 1 showed lobular carcinoma in situ. Of these 36 patients, none received XRT and 23 had follow-up for at least 3 years. Only one of these patients had a "recurrence" of DCIS in the same breast, though on review this likely represented residual incompletely excised MADH.
Conclusions: Almost half the patients with MADH on NCB do not have DCIS or IDC on EB. These patients have a favorable outcome on limited follow-up without receiving XRT. Patients with MADH on NCB who prove to have DCIS or IDC on EB usually have localized disease which can be managed by BCT. While these results favor conservative approach to NCB with MADH to avoid over treatment, longer follow up is needed to determine if simple EB without XRT is adequate when no cancer is found in the EB.
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Curve Game Suspended With 10-Run Lead; Marauders And Power Need Extras
Saturday evening action for the Pirates' minor league affiliates:
Altoona Curve 11, Reading Phillies 1 (Suspended)
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After rain delayed the start of this game, the Curve must have decided that they needed to score a lot and quickly, in case the rain cut the game short. The rain did come again, but too early for a complete game. Instead, it was suspended in the 3rd inning, with the Curve leading by 10 runs. R-Phils starter Juan Ramirez could not get through the 1st inning. The first four Curve batters reached base safely: a lead-off triple by RF Anthony Norman, a double by CF Starling Marte (one run), a walk by SS Jordy Mercer, and a single by LF Quincy Latimore to load the bases. After a fly out, 3B Jeremy Farrell drove in both Marte and Mercer with an RBI single (runs 2,3). C Travis Scott singled, loading the bases again. 2B Greg Picart grounded to first, and the R-Phils' first baseman returned the ball to the plate, forcing out Latimore for the second out. Pitcher Aaron Pribanic singled into right field, bringing in Farrell (run 4), and a walk by Norman forced in Scott with the 5th run of the inning. That was the end for Ramirez, and the new reliever, Tyson Brummett, struck out Marte to end the inning.
But the Curve came right back at Brummett in the 2nd. With one out, Latimore singled, and 1B Matt Curry doubled him in. A walk by Scott and a single by Picart brought in Curry, and the Curve extended their lead to 7-0.
Pribanic retired the R-Phils in order in the bottom of the 1st. He gave up one run in the 2nd, on two singles and two ground outs. Then the Curve came roaring right back in the top of the 3rd. Norman led off with a walk, and a fielding error put Marte on first and Norman on second. Mercer singled, plating Norman. After one out, Brummet threw two wild pitches, scoring Marte and leaving Mercer on third base. Curry walked, then Farrell doubled, driving in Mercer. Curry went to third base, and he scored on Scott's sacrifice fly. A ground out ended the top of the inning, and at that point, the game was halted, with the Curve ahead 11-1. The game will resume at 1:30 pm on Sunday, and the regularly scheduled game will follow, but that game will be only 7 innings long. Hope the Curve didn't use up all their hits in those first three innings.
McPherson's AA Debut; Power Win Two
Friday evening's action with the Pirates' lower minor league affiliates:
West Virginia Power 6, Lakewood BlueClaws 1 (completion of suspended game)
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This game was halted by rain last night in the top of the 5th. The Power had scored one run in the 3rd when C Kawika Emsley-Pai walked, stole second, went to third on an error, and crossed the plate on a ground out. They rallied again in the 5th, beginning with a single by SS Drew Maggi. A throwing error on a pick-off attempt put Maggi on third base, and 2B Andy Vasquez brought in Maggi with an RBI single. Vasquez stole second, and later scored on 1B Justin Howard's single. DH Chase Lyles walked just before the game was stopped. When play resumed today, CF Mel Rojas reached base on an error at second base, which also allowed Howard to score. That gave the Power a 4-0 lead.
Jameson Taillon's start was unfortunately cut short by the suspension. He had pitched 4 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and hitting one batter, both in the 2nd inning. Brooks Pounders took the mound on the restart, and he gave up Lakewood's only run in the 6th. A single, a stolen base, and another single put runners on the corners. The next batter bounced into a double play, but the runner from third scored. Pounders gave up a double in the 7th, but did not let that runner score. He also struck out 3 batters.
The Power added more insurance in the top of the 7th. RF Dan Grovatt led off with a walk, and two wild pitches put him on third base. Lyles' RBI single brought Grovatt across the plate. Rojas also singled, but was caught in a run-down between first and second bases. Another run scored in the top of the 9th, when Lyles reached on a fielding error, advanced to second on Rojas' second single, then scored on the second error of the inning.
Victor Black pitched the final two innings for the Power. He gave up a single in the 8th, but erased the runner on a double play, then gave up another single in the 9th, but kept Lakewood from scoring. Pounders earned his 5th win of the season.
Farrell's Winning Homer; A Shutout By The Marauders
Everyone in action on Thursday evening…. and the State College Spikes begin their season next week on Friday
Altoona Curve 5, Erie SeaWolves 4
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A 4-run 4th inning gave the Curve a big boost, and a run in the bottom of the 8th gave them the win over Erie. Starter Mike Colla held the SeaWolves to two hits in the 1st inning, and retired the side in the 2nd and 3rd, to get a good start. He gave up a walk and a 2-run homer in the top of the 4th, to put Erie onto the scoreboard.
The Curve had only two walks (3B Jeremy Farrell and CF Starling Marte) and a single by 2B Brock Holt over the first three innings. Then they too broke out in the 4th inning. LF Quincy Latimore led off the inning with a solo home run. After an out, Farrell singled and C Tony Sanchez was hit by a pitch. RF Brad Chalk hit the first of three singles in the gmae, driving in Farrell from second base. Sanchez reached third base on the play, then stole home as Chalk stole second base behind him, both reaching safely. A wild pitch put Chalk on third base, and he scored on Holt's double, to give the Curve a 4-2 lead.
Colla retired the side in order again in the 5th, then gave up a lead-off homer in the 6th, to bring Erie within one run of the Curve, 4-3. Colla allowed 5 hits and one walk, with 5 strikeouts in his 6 innings. He was relieved by Aaron Thompson, who pitched a 1-2-3 7th inning. Thompson was charged with a Blown Save when he gave up the tying run in the 8th. A lead-off single, a sacrifice bunt, a walk with a wild pitch on ball four, and an RBI ground out brought the game to a 4-4 tie.
Jeremy Farrell got the lead back for the Curve with a lead-off home run to begin the bottom of the 8th. Chalk also picked up his third hit of the game with a single after the home run, but he was thrown out at second base. Noah Krol pitched the 9th inning, and earned his 12th save with a perfect inning.
Triple Play For Marauders In Loss; Another Good Inning For Veal
The West Virginia Power have a scheduled day off on Tuesday, but the Marauders and the Curve are in action:
Jupiter Hammerheads 4, Bradenton Marauders 3
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The Marauders had the luck to pull off a rare triple play, but Jupiter broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the 8th to take the win.
Each team scored one run in the 1st inning. RF Robbie Grossman opened the game with a walk, then went to third on 2B Kelson Brown's single up the middle. Grossman scored on 1B Aaron Baker's sacrifice fly. 3B Elevys Gonzalez also singled, sending Brown around from second, but he was thrown out at the plate. In the bottom of the frame, with Nate Baker on the mound for the Marauders, two lead-off walks and a grounder force out at second put Jupiter runners on the corners. A sacrifice fly brought in the lead runner, and Nate Baker and Aaron Baker combined to pick off and catch stealing the second runner.
Nate Baker retired the side in the 2nd inning, but gave up another run in the bottom of the 3rd, on a single and an RBI double. The double would have been a triple, but an on-target throw from LF David Rubinstein to Elevys Gonzalez at third let Gonzalez tag him out.
The Marauders loaded the bases in the top of the 2nd, when CF Evan Chambers reached on a fielding error, and both DH Calvin Anderson and Grossman walked. But with two outs, a pop out by Brown ended the threat. Both C Ramon Cabrera and Elevys Gonzalez singled in the 3rd, but both were left on base. In the top of the 4th, the Marauders scored twice, courtesy of two wild pitches. Anderson and SS Benji Gonzalez both walked to lead off the inning, and Grossman loaded the bases with a grounder through the hole into left field. A wild pitch let Anderson score from third base, while the other two runners both moved up a base. After two outs, another wild pitch allowed Benji Gonzalez to come across the plate, and the Marauders had a 3-2 lead.
Two strikeouts and a ground out gave Nate Baker a 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the 4th. He got into trouble again in the 5th, though, with a lead-off double and a hit batter. A sacrifice bunt and a throwing error by Elevys Gonzalez loaded the bases, and an RBI single pushed the lead runner in to tie the score again. With the bases still loaded, the Marauders had a rare triple play: Jupiter's CF Jose Duarte lined right to Brown, who fired to first, where Aaron Baker doubled off the runner and fired back to Brown, who doubled off the runner at second base. Nate Baker also retired the Hammerheads in order in the 6th. He finished with 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings, with 2 strikeouts, but left the game with the score tied, so did not figure into the decision.
The Marauders had 3 batters reach base over the 5th and 6th innings, all on walks. Elevys Gonzalez worked a walk to lead off the 5th, and stole second base. Grossman and Brown both walked with one out in the 6th. None of them came around to score, though. The only other Marauder to reach base was Aaron Baker, who singled with two outs in the top of the 9th. Adalberto Santos came in to pinch-run for Baker, but he did not have a chance to do anything, as a ground out ended the inning.
Brian Leach relieved Nate Baker to begin the 7th inning, and he retired the side on three fly outs. Jhonathan Ramos came on for the 8th inning, and he was charged with the loss when he gave up the winning run. A single and a sacrifice bunt began the inning, then a passed ball put the runner on third base. After an intentional walk, a sacrifice fly brought in the runner from third, to give Jupiter a 4-3 lead. The Marauders could not respond, and Jupiter had the win.
Locke Strikes Out 8; Veal Makes A Start
Thursday evening's action with the Pirates' lower minor leaguers…
Altoona Curve 5, Trenton Thunder 1
Starter Jeff Locke struck out 8 Trenton batters in his 5.1 innings of work, while getting plenty of run support — 3 home runs from his offense. The only run Locke surrendered came in the bottom of the 2nd, when Trenton loadd the bases on a walk, a hit batter, and a single. Another walk by Locke forced in the run, then a strikeout and a double play got him out of the inning. Locke allowed only a walk and a double over the next three innings. He began the 6th with a pair of walks and a strikeout before being relieved by Diego Moreno.
Meanwhile, the Curve were pounding out the hits — a total of 15, including 3 by 2B Brock Holt. Each Curve batter had at least one hit. 1B Matt Curry, who had two hits in the game, began the Curve scoring with a solo home run to lead off the top of the 2nd. Holt led off the 3rd with a line drive single to short, then moved to second on LF Quincy Latimore's walk, and scored on SS Jordy Mercer's RBI single.
Back-to-back solo homers by Latimore and Mercer added another 2 runs in the 5th inning. The Curve loaded the bases on three consecutive singles in the 6th — by RF Jose Hernandez, Holt, and CF Brad Chalk, but Latimore struck out to end the inning and leave all three runners on base. The final Curve run scored in the 8th. The inning began with back-to-back singles by DH Travis Scott and 3B Greg Picart. Picart was picked off first and caught stealing, but Scott advanced to third, and he was plated by Hernandez's sacrifice fly. Holt also tripled in that inning.
Moreno finished the 6th inning for Locke with a strikeout and a pop out. Then he struck out the side in the 7th inning. Michael Dubee pitched 2 scoreless innings to end the game. He loaded the bases with a double, a single, and a walk in the 8th, but got out of that jam with a strikeout and a force out. Then he worked around a single for a scoreless 9th.


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I was very, very disappointed in my recent involvement with Bentonville Towing. My son had an accident and totaled his car. The officers on scene contacted Bentonville Towing to come pick up the car. While there, the truck operators said nothing to us at all until I asked where the car was going to be taken. I was told the car would be at their impound lot on 8th street. That's it. No more information was provided. While working through a few other life issues we were also trying to figure out where we could have the car taken. We finally settled on a location and called to have the car towed. That's when we received the $457.80 bill. Yes, $457.80. Apparently when the police call for a tow, the towing company gets to charge $125.00 for the tow + $25.00 for clean-up. A little pricey but no big deal. (In contrast, the cost to tow the car to a location that was a further distance away than the accident scene was only $45.00.) But, here is where I have my real issue with this company. The bill included $225.00 in "storage" fees. Perhaps I am a bit naïve. But having never dealt with a car being towed to an impound lot before, I had no clue that there would even be a storage charge. The truck driver/operator never said anything at all about it. Granted, we didn't call the company until we had found a place for the car nine days later but I had no reason to think I needed to call them. If I had known I was going to be charged for every day that the car was on their property then I would have figured something out much sooner. I simply didn't know. I went to their facility on 8th street to discuss the bill and was told that it's "standard" to charge for storage. I'm actually fine with that. Charging for storage is not the problem. The problem is not telling someone (i.e. the paying customer) about the daily storage fee and then proceeding to just let the car sit there to suck money out of the customer's wallet. I was also told, "It's a business." I owned my own business as well and I can not imagine what my clients would have done if more than 50% of their final bill was from "standard" industry charges that I NEVER TOLD THEM ABOUT. That is simply not good business. Although the manager offered an apology, the bill remained at $547.80. Bentonville Towing had the opportunity to do the right thing, work with me, reduce the amount. They chose not to do so. I ended up paying in full because I had no choice. There is a right way to do business, and a wrong way to do business. In this instance, Bentonville Towing chose the wrong way. I can promise you that Bentonville Towing will never touch a vehicle of mine again and I intend to share my experience as often as possible with anyone who'll listen.
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Students interested in becoming a member of the band department are encouraged to follow this simple checklist:
Apply for ADMISSIONS
Apply for a BAND SCHOLARSHIP
Apply for FINANCIAL AID.
Apply for HOUSING
Contact Shane Sprayberry to set up an audition. firstname.lastname@example.com or 601.857.3273.
Set up a campus tour 1.800.HINDSCC.
Dorm OrientationStudents that wish to stay in the dorms will be required to complete the HCC Boot Camp. Applying for the dorms early will ensure that your orientation date will not conflict with our annual summer band camp.
Freshmen OrientationEntering freshmen are encouraged to take orientation from Mr. Sprayberry. This orientation class is the same as all other orientations but is offered a time that is most convenient for band students. Since band is added to schedules by the band director, you may be required to sign up for another teacher's orientation class. Feel free to change your orientation schedule once band is added.


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I met my handsome airman in Misawa, Japan, and we've been married over 5 years. We are now back Stateside and have added 2 handsome little boys (they take after their daddy) to our family. :o)
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Some stranded hikers rescued by NH Fish & Game not so thankful after the bill
Sunburned and tired, Scott Mason hugged his father, Michael, moments after he was brought off Mount Washington following a rescue effort that spanned several days. (Lorna Colquhoun File) |
Wearing his prosthetic leg, Southern NH Montessori Academy teacher James Osborne rides his bicycle to school almost every day. Osborne lost his right leg and part of his left foot to frostbite during an ill-fated hiking trip in Franconia State Park five years ago. (COURTESY)
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Please let me know what you think about the placement of the stairs in this house plan. I'll post the second option in the next post. This one is the original placement but I really prefer the entry to the stairway more integrated with the main living area. |
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Here's the modified placement. What do you think about that "dead" space between the back of the stairs and the front door? I'm thinking I would move the closet door to the side instead of the back and would do chest high wainscoting on the walled part to give it a decorative look. I have a nice chest and mirror that could go in that space. What do you think about this placement? |
- Posted by DreamHomeDreamer (My Page) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 22:13
If you went with either option, you could open up the wall to the living room - then it doesn't become dead space, it is a 'hallway' to the living room. If you went with option 2, you could add a coat closet behind the door which would eat up the dead space by about 2 1/2 feet deep by however wide the space is from the front of the house to the stair area. Also, I attached an inspiration-type photo for using the space under the stairs. |
Thanks DreamHomeDreamer. I'm thinking about the coat closet idea. It will add storage but will make the door off center in the foyer. The living room will actually be a bedroom for my 2 yr old now and when my 14 yr old goes to college in 4 years, it will be a guest suite (or her room when she's home) so I don't want to open it up to the foyer. Love the drawers under the stairs! |
- Posted by gaonmymind (My Page) on Fri, Jul 27, 12 at 23:09
I like the second... No one uses their front door and steps are for the family to get to their private spaces. It will make life easier since there is a little bit of a walk from the garage to steps already. |
- Posted by frozenelves8 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 28, 12 at 0:03
I like your second option and your idea of a mirror and chest. I like your plan. Would you mind posting the second floor? What's the total sq ft? |
OK, back to the drawing board. It's a 1.5 story plan so I don't think the roof line will accommodate the second option. I was totally convinced that was going to work perfectly. gaonmymind: here's the second floor. I love the floor plan except I'm just not crazy about the placement of the staircase. The front elevation is a take off of the SL plan Abberley Lane but just a 1.5 story plan. |
Can you not do a U-shape? I'm not sure where your other post was that I commented on. Perhaps you could link the 2 posts. |
I would love to see pics. Your upstairs is EXACTLY what I am trying to do!!! |
Macysam, if you're referring to me, we're just now finishing electrical so there's not much to show you. But, I must say, I am so pleased with the layout. I didn't change the stairs, it is still straight and at the front door but we're doing wainscoting at least 5' high, maybe all the way to the ceiling on the stairs and I think it's going to look beautiful. I was just there today and I'm kind of glad that I didn't change the stairs. It's a very pretty foyer (or will be). The second floor is AWESOME! I have so much storage (much of it walk-in) and we even found a neat space that will be a secret room in my daughter's room (the room with just the small dormer). None of that was anticipated because you just can't tell how much space is under those knee walls but there is a TON. I did make a couple of changes such as eliminating the door to the bathroom from the bedroom on the back of the house and moved the bedroom door to the other side of the room so that it is near the bathroom hallway door. I also added a second vanity across from the other vanity to the shared bathroom and moved the door to the storage space back. I also floored the open space over the foyer which I love so much more than the two story foyer. I'll be glad to post pictures once sheetrock is up. |
Wow! I think the finished product is going to be lovely. I love that you floored the open foyer. We have one now and I have voweled to never do that again. I have three kids and I love a plan by Jim wells it is not huge at 2700 sf but it has a lot of usable space. I just do not like the design of the bedrooms up stairs, however I stumbled upon your upstairs plan and it is perfect. I'm so excited to see pictures, best of luck -and thanks for your response. |
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