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Funeral services have been announced for fallen Mokena soldier, PFC Aaron Toppen.
Toppen's body is expected to arrive at Chicago's Midway Airport at noon Saturday, with an escort traveling south on Cicero Avenue to 159th Street, then west on 159th to Harlem Avenue, south on Harlem to 191st Street then west to Wolf Road in Mokena, then south on Wolf, according to Vandenberg Funeral Home.
Visitation for Toppen will take place from 1 to 9 p.m. Monday at Parkview Christian Church, 11100 Orland Parkway, Orland Park. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Parkview, with burial to follow in St. John's Cemetery in Mokena.
The 19-year-old was one of five American soldiers killed June 9 by friendly fire while on a patrol in southern Afghanistan. Military officials said an air strike was called in after the unit was ambushed by the Taliban. It was one of the deadliest friendly fire incidents in the nearly 14-year war.


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Terror Trailers: 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D' & 'Mama'
Its seriously going to get scare. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D picks up right after the original film, in a very strange "sequel" reprieve since the last remake didn't do much to stir the pot in the horror genre, and Mama that stars a transformed Jessica Chastain, presented by Guillermo Del Toro has got this genre-lover uber-excited.
Lionsgate's TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D continues the legendary story of the homicidal Sawyer family, picking up where Tobe Hooper's 1974 horror classic left off in Newt, Texas, where for decades people went missing without a trace. The townspeople long suspected the Sawyer family, owners of a local barbeque pit, were somehow responsible. Their suspicions were finally confirmed one hot summer day when a young woman escaped the Sawyer house following the brutal murders of her four friends. Word around the small town quickly spread, and a vigilante mob of enraged locals surrounded the Sawyer stronghold, burning it to the ground and killing every last member of the family–or so they thought. Decades later and hundreds of miles away from the original massacre, a young woman named Heather learns that she has inherited a Texas estate from a grandmother she never knew she had. After embarking on a road trip with friends to uncover her roots, she finds she is the sole owner of a lavish, isolated Victorian mansion. But her newfound wealth comes at a price as she stumbles upon a horror that awaits her in the mansion's dank cellars…
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
Five years ago, sisters Victoria and Lilly vanished from their suburban neighborhood without a trace. Since then, their Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica Chastain), have been madly searching for them. But when, incredibly, the kids are found alive in a decrepit cabin, the couple wonders if the girls are the only guests they have welcomed into their home.
As Annabel tries to introduce the children to a normal life, she grows convinced of an evil presence in their house. Are the sisters experiencing traumatic stress, or is a ghost coming to visit them? How did the broken girls survive those years all alone? As she answers these disturbing questions, the new mother will find that the whispers she hears at bedtime are coming from the lips of a deadly presence.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, directed by Luc Besson, hits theaters first on January 4, 2014 while Mama, directed by Andy Muschietti, hits theaters January 18, 2013.
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My virtual meditation space
Just Leap In is an interactive 3D space that's similar to Second Life but works in your browser (Firefox or Internet Explorer) while SL requires a dedicated program. I tried Second Life a year or two back and have to confess that even clothing an avatar the way I liked it was beyond me. I never got round to actually creating anything there. I presume my character is still hanging around on some park bench somewhere!
Just Leap In is still in beta but it's much easier to use. It took very little time to create a virtual meditation center. I've decorated it with pictures of Buddha statues, thangkas, and scriptures that I uploaded, as well as with some of the pre-made furnishings that are available in the space. I've even uploaded an audio-visual guided meditation (that's what the …
My new publication comes out tomorrow!
The wonderful people at Sounds True are bringing out a double-CD set of my teachings on the Mindfulness of Breathing practice tomorrow (Jan 1, 2009). It's called "Still the Mind" and it's a step-by-step guide to the four stages of the practice, illuminating the principles underlying each stage and explaining the various ways that our awareness of the breath can be used to cultivate calmness, energy, mental integration, and one-pointed concentration.
Here's a bit of the blurb.
The average person has 12,000 thoughts per day—most of them a recurring handful of unwelcome distractions. On Still the Mind, master meditation teacher Bodhipaksa offers an essential program for anyone looking to move beyond the chatter of a too-busy mind, while laying the foundation for a daily meditation practice. Two CDs of instruction and guided sitting sessions will help you discover the breath as an untapped
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The friars of the South Bronx
I just came across this fascinating NYT article about a burgeoning monastic community that was established in the Bronx in 1987 by the Franciscan friars. They take vows of poverty, obedience, and chastity, spend up to five hours a day in prayer, and spend time visiting and helping the sick, poor, and elderly.
One interesting thing is the relative youth of the friars. The oldest and longest-serving resident at St. Crispin's is the Rev. Rich Roemer, who is relative young 39, while the youngest friar is Brother Juanmaria Arroyo Acevedo, at a mere 24.
In some ways the community reminds me of FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) residential communities, which also represent an attempt to create a realm of simplicity and spiritual practice in the heart …
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Wordless Wednesday: Dolphins in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
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The difficulty of making changes
Scientific American has a very interesting and challenging article on how difficult it can be to bring about personal change. It's worth reading the entire article, but here's the handy digest (you know, just in case that resolution to stop skimming the surface of articles isn't working out for ya).
- Studies of personality development often focus on traits such as extroversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism and openness to new experiences. In most people, these traits change more during young adulthood than any other period of life, including adolescence. Openness typically increases during a person's 20s and goes into a gradual decline after that.
- This pattern of personality development seems to hold true across cultures. Although some see that as evidence that genes determine our personality, many researchers theorize that personality traits change during young adulthood because this is a time of life when people assume new roles: finding a partner, starting a
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Readout of the President's Call with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel
Today, as a part of their regular communication and cooperation on bilateral and regional issues, President Obama spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel. The readout of the President's call is below:
They reviewed the recent meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in Amman and the President reaffirmed his commitment to the goal of a comprehensive and lasting peace in the region. The two leaders also discussed recent Iran-related developments, including the international community's efforts to hold Iran accountable for its failures to meet its international obligations. The President reiterated his unshakable commitment to Israel's security, and the President and the Prime Minister promised to stay in touch in the coming weeks on these and other issues of mutual concern.
Jarrod Bernstein is the Director of Jewish Outreach in the Office of Public Engagement.
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Since I ended the last installment with the revelation that we were language school students with Metropolitan Stefanos, I would love to be able to say that his overwhelming Christian Spirit (which was evident) was more than we could oppose and we quickly were convinced that we MUST be a part of the Ancient Church.
Alas, the reality is that we ALREADY thought we were a part of that ancient church. So we had quite a bit of deprogramming to go through. To illustrate, I will relate one conversation that Urmas and I had with Met. Stefanos. We were speaking and the Metropolitan was obviously very excited. We asked him why this was the case and he told us that the Church had just received a new icon and that it was to be blessed later that day so that it could be used in the services at the chapel at the Church Offices. Once Urmas and I were alone, we both smirked and said to ourselves, "Yeah! Let's get real excited. We have another idol to worship. Whoopee!" Yep, lots of deprogramming….
His Eminence STEPHANOS, Metropolitan of Tallinn and all Estonia with the Hales' language teacher, Merike
To be honest, other than his Christian example, the Metropolitan didn't really have much religious influence on us, beyond being mentioned in our newsletters. I mean, really, you didn't think we could let the fact that we were up close and personal with a "head guy" of some errant church group go without us harping about it at every opportunity. Oh yes, we took full advantage of it. We talked it up really big. We had made contact with him and once we had shown him the error of his ways, we would be expecting to bring in several tens of thousands of his "followers" with him to the "one true church." Yeah, sad. I know.
For several months, our only Orthodox "contact" was in language class. But those classes only lasted several weeks at a time, with large breaks between sessions, so it was not really a big deal. We moved to the Estonia in June. The following spring, during Easter, we were invited to attend the Midnight Mass at the Catholic Church and we agreed to go.
Our language teacher, Merike, was raised as a Lutheran (the traditional Estonian church), but was very good friends with one of the Catholic priests (she had taught him Estonian). She was the one who invited us to go. Urmas and I went with her and experienced that service. I am very tempted to write about it, but it really isn't relevant to the story at hand, so I won't. But if you ever see me, and we have the time, ask me to tell you about it, because it was a hoot.
By the time that service was over, the public transportation was stopped for the night. So we were walking to our homes so that we could drive Merike home. We only lived about a half mile away. As we were walking, we passed an Orthodox Church. The Estonian Orthodox Church follows the Western Calendar (like Finland), so they were having their Pascha Liturgy as we passed. Merike asked if we wanted to go in and watch some of the service. Now, Urmas and I can be irreverent and goofy in the best of times. We had just endured 4 hours of Roman Catholicism at its finest (with the whole funny story that goes along with it). Were we wiser, we would have declined.
Ss. Simeon and Anna Church, Tallinn, Estonia
Instead, we agreed to go on in. Picture the scene: It is dark. The only light is from candles near the altar area and the small amounts of firelight that are coming from the cracks in the door of the wood burning stove that was heating the entire structure. It is smoky, both from the fire and the incense. It was deathly quiet. And then….
One of the priests at the altar began to chant. It was not a quiet chant. It was very LOUD. And bless his heart, while I am sure this priest was a wonderful man, he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. His abnormally loud outburst struck Urmas and me very funny. It didn't help that it was in Estonian and we didn't understand what he was saying (some of those words were beyond our meager abilities). But we both burst out laughing.
Every person in the church turned to look at us. We were laughing too hard to care. Merike was looking for a hole to crawl into. She quickly ushered us out and we continued our journey home. Looking back, the thing that really makes me glad about that night was that Metropolitan Stefanos wasn't there. He was in another city that evening.
That was a good thing. As the story unfolds, you will find out that it was in that very church that Urmas and I first really got introduced to Orthodoxy and first became convinced of the truth and rightness of the Orthodox Church's claim to be the ancient church.


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Casting call draws more than a hundred hopeful 'Extreme Weight Loss' participants
UPDATED 12:46 PM CST Mar 02, 2014Despite the frigid temperatures this weekend, more than a hundred prospects wait in line to talk to 'Extreme Weight Loss' producers for a chance to change their lives in front of millions of viewers.
Video TranscriptHOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE KNEW YOUR WEIGHT AND FOLLOWED YOU TO THE GYM IT'S A PROSPECT THAT HAD HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TALKING TO TV PRODUCERS TODAY.. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S CHINH DOAN TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE CASTING CALL FOR ABC'S "EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS." ON A COLD SATURDAY MORNING, PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE A FURNITURE STORE TO SIGN UP FOR A PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL TRANSFORMATION(DANIEL SHUTE: it's kind of eye opening to see that there is people that want to try and lose it ) LOSING POUNDS....GAINING CONFIDENCE AND IMPROVING THEIR HEALTH ... ALL WHILE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WATCH ON NATIONAL TV (CHINH DOAN: and this is the line an hour and a half before doors even open. some people have been here for hours. this woman here since 330 this morning )(tiffany reikofski: first in line cause im motivated and ready to make the change) FOR SINGLE MOTHER TIFFANY REIKOFSKI(REH-KOS-SKEE) , BEING ON ABC'S EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW HER THREE KIDS A DIFFERENT LIFESTYLE (TIFFANY REIKOFSKI: I failed as a mom to teach them that exercise and eating healthy is important)(vanessa bond: we're gonna get started soon ) MANY OTHERS ALSO WALK IN WITH DETERMINATION(daniel shute: this time im going to do it for me and be focused on me doing it and see if i can get started on my own ) MAKING THE "CALL" DIFFICULT FOR CASTING DIRECTOR VANESSA BOND(VANESSA BOND: everyone has a story and of course everyone deserves the opportunity to work with chris and heidi powell ) AND BEHIND THESE CURTAINS THEY áSHARE THEIR PERSONAL STORIES WITH áSTRANGERS.(VANESSA BOND: I think the biggest thing is if you came down to meet with us today youre clearly ready to make some changes)(TIFFANY REIKOFSKI: obviously im fat im forty and i was desperate but i am motivated now 5) ALREADY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION ... TOWARD THE HEALTHIER VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES. IN OMAHA, CHINH DOAN KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN THOSE WHO MADE IT TO THE NEXT ROUND WILL GO THROUGH MORE INTERVIEWS. THE SHOW COULD START SHOOTING FOR ITS FIFTH SEASON AS SOON AS MAY. IF YOU MISSED TODAY'S CALL - IT'S NOT TOO LATE.. WE'VE GOT MORE INFO ON KETV DOT COM
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Lincoln Inc - A Book ReviewHow many books or documentaries are there on Abraham Lincoln? Far into the hundreds of thousands and growing each year. What is it about this man that has him the subject of so many nonfiction, fiction, and poetic pieces? What is it about this man that he can be found in every corner of the commercial world? Lincoln, Inc.: Selling the Sixteenth President in Contemporary America by Jackie Hogan dives deep into an aspect of Lincoln that we are submerged in yet have never noticed how far deep we are. It can generally be agreed upon that Abraham Lincoln is an iconic figure in American history and is used to represent honesty, integrity, and many other characteristics that everyone is encouraged to follow. But have we found the real Abraham Lincoln or have we created a Lincoln to fit us and the society around us? Hogan takes the reader into how Americans have viewed and used the Lincoln image from the time of his first appearance in the public eye until today. The book shows how as society changes, so does the approach we have to Lincoln. The reader finds statistics of which quotes or attributes are most used of Lincoln and why. So many quotes are ignored because they do not fit in with how society views him. Myths rise up to push him to a higher pillar and have become facts that are even taught in school. Why is there such a fascination? The author points out that it could be because Lincoln never wrote a memoir or anything similar before his untimely death. Who was the real Lincoln? Will we ever know? It doesn't matter to most of America who use his name to help promote commercial products and use his image in movies and books. He appears in science fiction, romances, and mysteries. Each representation is unique and tries to mold him into what we want. This is a very interesting book that approaches a subject that has never really been taken by the horns and wrestled with. Americans take Lincoln's image and name for granted and don't question why it is being used and how. Yet, Abraham Lincoln is a big part of our lives that is still an enigma to most. A great book to give you a different perspective on Abraham Lincoln and how we view him and use him. I had never thought of how much we actually use him to make money or to get something we desire. This book is worth your time reading and could be a great discussion starter with others. Note: This book was provided by the publisher upon my request.
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La Quercia's sister Italian restaurant La Pentola shines in Yaletown
If there is one thing to remember when you go to the new La Pentola Della Quercia in the Opus Hotel, it is this: order dinner famiglia style.
This splendid way of sharing several dishes, so typical of Italian dining, isn't mentioned on the menu, but it's available indeed. Regrettably, we didn't ask, and curiously, our waiter didn't mention it, even though I overheard the foursome next to us order a family-style dinner for $60 a head right when we were settling our bill. (A follow-up inquiry to the restaurant found that family style is an option—one that's even noted on the website—and price varies depending on what menu you build.) Going the a la carte route made it difficult to decide what to have, given the menu's breadth of appealing dishes, delivered by the extremely capable duo of Adam Pegg and Lucais Syme of Kitsilano's La Quercia.
Situated in the former Elixir digs, the space feels like one you'd see featured in a Restoration Hardware catalogue, classy but comfortable with white wooden finishes offset by shiny copper pots in glass display cases, funky copper light fixtures, dark wooden furniture, small floor tiles the colour of crostini, and what must be one of the healthiest Phalaenopsis orchids in Vancouver in the centre of the room.
La Pentola (which translates as "little saucepan") specializes in northern Italian cuisine (including nose-to-tail meat and fish dishes), but one of the highlights of dinner was from the country's south. The dreamy cheese called burrata was a special that night, but our waiter said the restaurant is hoping to regularly source the delicacy—which apparently was made in Napoli just three days before it appeared in front of us. Burrata means "buttered", and, made with mozzarella and cream, the cheese is just as rich. Cloudlike in appearance and texture, the pure white mound was served very cold with crusty white bread and little side dishes of fine black pepper, coarse sea salt, and Arbequina olive oil from Spain—all nutty and aromatic. The burrata is the starter equivalent of a gentle embrace you never want to be released from. (Elsewhere, the chefs use local ingredients as much as possible. But in these parts the 100-mile diet isn't going to get you the world's best olive oil.)
You might need a translator for several of the menu items, but not for the must-have souffle di parmigiano. It looks like an upside-down muffin and, slightly crispy on the outside, tastes like a fluffier version of the best cheese bread you've ever had. Indulgent to be sure (especially after the burrata), this antipasti comes with a nice complement of thinly sliced zucchini.
Kale-and-ricotta-stuffed pansotti makes for a light primi to share. Tossed with walnut sauce, it showcases just how extraordinary simple pasta can be when it's made by pros (or, if you're lucky, your own Italian grandma).
Not-so-saucy osso buco (veal shanks whose name translates as "bone with a hole") is comforting if not necessarily memorable, served complete with a little silver spoon sticking out of the bone for you to scoop out the marrow. I'm perplexed by the ever-growing popularity of the jellylike substance, but humans have been sucking it back for centuries. It's high in nutrients, and some foodies find it downright decadent. (Marrow aficionados can also order a roasted version as an appetizer that comes with salsa verde.) Don't be fooled by the accompanying gnocchi, which is served Roman-style here, more pucklike than dumpling-ish, the deep golden sunflower colour coming from the semolina flour. An impossibly smooth carrot purée cozies up to fresh salmon that's rolled around Italian parsley and other herbs; this nightly-special secondi is perfectly cooked though subtle in flavour.
If you want your mind blown, save room for the lemon-cream dessert. Abundant in flavour, soft in texture, and topped with big blackberries and raspberries, it's worth visiting the restaurant for this alone. And order an Americano to go with it. Made with Lavazza special-reserve beans, it's among the city's best (in a city that has too many restaurants that invest in pricey espresso machines but not in training staff members on how to use them properly—a pet peeve).
Service is excellent, though the gentleman running the food was too rushed for questions on a recent early Friday evening visit. Since La Pentola is a hotel restaurant, it serves breakfast and lunch as well. (I like the sound of eggplant terrine with agro-dolce prawns and the beef-brisket panino for a midday meal.) Dinner for two with two glasses of wine, two antipasti, one primi, two secondi, two desserts, and a couple of Americanos came to $143 before tax and tip.
A trip to La Pentola is a great alternative for those who've been wanting to try La Quercia but aren't willing to deal with its waiting list, which, according to our waiter, can be as long as two months. Taste the food here and you'll see why. And remember to order family-style.


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Items are scavenged and used by Joel and Ellie across their journey in The Last of Us.
They are grouped into nine main categories:
- Throwable objects - Some items can be picked up and then used as weapons, such bottles as bricks. Some crafted objects are also used as throwable weapons like a Molotov Cocktail.
- Ammunition - Arguably the most important item, ammunition is needed for Joel's firearms. It can be found on defeated survivors but is usually in very short supply.
- Binding - Bindings are materials used to bind one or more items together, like Duct tape.
- Alcohol - Alcohol can be used in crafting — for instance, combining a rag and alcohol together will give Joel a Molotov Cocktail. Also it is a critical part of Medkits.
- Blade - Blades such as scissors, can be used for Melee Upgrades or to make Shivs.
- Sugar - Packets of oxidised sugar, these do not replenish Joel's health, but can be used to craft Smoke bombs.
- Explosives - Rare explosive materials used to make smoke and nail bombs
- Rag - Discarded cloths used to make molotov cocktails and medkits.
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Very-high resolution aerial imagery, while providing a very high level of detail of the land surface, also introduces new challenges for land use / land cover classification. Higher spatial resolution increases the spectral heterogeneity in the land cover features being classified, and markedly increases the shadows in the image resulting in very large numbers of confused pixels which can exceed 55% of an aerial photo image. This paper describes a methodology that resulted in a LULC classification accuracy of 89% with a Kappa of 85% (five classes: coniferous, deciduous, bare ground, water, and roads) by overcoming the intense pixel confusion caused by very heavy tree shadows and the use of very-high resolution (30cm) multispectral imagery (Green, Red, NIR) in a forested, non-urban area. ISODATA classification using a large number of clusters with subsequent iterative majority filtering handled the heterogeneity well. Shadowed areas were identified, removed, and underwent a separate ISODATA re-classification to effectively assign those pixels to the base LULC classes to overcome the confusion caused by shadows. A process of elimination, using a hierarchical class model, was a simple, effective way to overcome the challenges of having to deal with the spectrally complex, highly confused deciduous class.


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Hi. I'm trying to find out some info on this lamp. It appears to be very old. I don't know what the mineral is on the base. I'm sure it was very pretty new, and was thinking of restoring it. It still works perfect. The height is 20". Any ideas...? Thanks
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wow! that's rough! The mineral is most likely glass. It's probabably about 90 years old...seems like iron with brass? Be a lot of work, but pretty lamp when you are done. Linda C |
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That was my first take as well.......twenties. There are a few things, however, making me wonder if we can't take it back another ten years or more. The socket design looks older. That style is more typical of 1915 or before. There should be some sort of marking on it. Is it legible? Does it have a wattage listed on the socket. If you look directly down the socket, can you see the insulating material? |
- Posted by javaandjazz (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 17:10
The base could be a green onyx |
If it takes a standard light bulb, that pretty well fixes the age which it's not older than at about 1910. |
"it still works perfect" doesn't mean it's safe to use. I see it's been rewired, but that doesn't make the rest of it safe. Those old sockets had less than adequate insulators. Couple that with a metal pull chain. Yes, green onyx was popular in that timeframe. It is splitting hairs to peg it right down to a decade, but it's possible to do it with the metal parts if you want to put that much time into it. |
- Posted by onegroovydude (My Page) on Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 23:45
Well I looked under heavy light, and saw that the sockets say: Benjamin 250W. The cord is original, and has never been replaced. It needs to be, but appears to be all original to me. The plug says: Glade Mfg. Co. Chicago USA. The bottom of the lamp says: RMC954 or 95A. Can't tell for sure. |
I'm sorry........from the photo, the cord looked plastic-covered. So is it cloth covered? 250W stamp does put it past 1910. So does the fat socket style, because that's when the wire knot was coded in. That's also when the edison base was becoming the norm for bulb manufacture and socket producers were building for it. There's just a real lot of info out there on sockets, including Benjamin and the socket can be rather valuable in and of itself. This type of socket would have required a shade ring, and a few other features make me think it's after 1910 but pre-1920s. Patents were flying in that timeframe and it's a great tool for nailing your lamp's age pretty accurately if they have not been replaced. |
- Posted by onegroovydude (My Page) on Mon, Feb 6, 12 at 14:28
Ok. Well I'm curious, because I don't deal in lamps much, but do people generally prefer them restored like old coca cola machines, or untouched like guns..? I'm really wondering about the sockets. They have a really good patina built up, and I didn't know if people would prefer them aged, or buffed to a mirror shine like on a restored brass blade fan? What do you think.... |
- Posted by antiquesilver (My Page) on Mon, Feb 6, 12 at 14:41
I'd leave the socket covers untouched, but that's just me! |
I want them polished bright and shiny...but I want the mouse hole left in the cupboard and the signs of use left on the Coke cooler. |
- Posted by cloud_shine (My Page) on Tue, Feb 7, 12 at 21:26
The lamp's socket cluster has a lovely patina that I would not remove. Most of the lamp's value is in that cluster and most antique lamp collectors would want it in original shape and with all its original components. |
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- Posted by onegroovydude (My Page) on Thu, Feb 16, 12 at 20:22
Thought I would follow up. The lamp is basically done except for the polishing of the green onyx base slab. I didn't polish any brass, only cleaned the dirt off. I wire wheeled all the rust off the rest, and re-painted it antique white. I spent today trimming the lamp all in, and it looks great. One question. Since the lamp has two sockets, but the cord only has two wires, how do you make both sockets work with only two wires, since there is a positive and a negative for each socket? I didn't even think of taking a photo before I ripped the old wires out. I would post a pic ofthe lamp, but I'd like to wait until it's all done, and re-wired. |
I could explain it to you, and I'm not trying to be snarky, but I am concerned. I also don't want to be responsible if you do it wrong. That is about as basic as it gets, and if you have to ask, then you shouldn't be trying to wire it. This is a metal lamp, with metal sockets, and pull chains. If it's not a proper job, and each component checked carefully.......and considering the age of the components.....all parts of this lamp you touch, could be hot. It's not expensive to have a lamp rewired at a lighting store. Just spring for it. |
I never knew of green onyx. It looks similar to certain low grade jades. |
- Posted by cloud_shine (My Page) on Sat, Feb 18, 12 at 11:50
You will need to connect one wire from each socket with each of the wires leading to the base. I find that plastic twist-on electrical connectors work best for this. Rewiring a lamp is a basic skill that everyone should have in their repertoire. There are tons of how-to videos on youtube.com or get a household fix-it book from the library. Sometimes with an old lamp like this, it's best to prolong the life of the sockets and pullchains by minimizing their use. I often use a remote switch to turn them off and on. Good luck! |
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I have 2 Datura's planted from seed -in large pots. They were growing very well -about 2 ft tall -no flowers yet. I had mixed some Miracle grow Shake and Feed in the soil when I planted them and so I added some more this past weekend. Now all the new leaves are coming out deformed and curled - upside down boat. Also coloration is distorted -parts dark parts yellow. We have had several huge storms with lots of water and now extreme heat. Any suggestions? |
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I have no Datura in my collection, though from your description I would venture to guess that it maybe just too much fertilizer and rain. I would let the soil get almost bone dry then flush the soil well with tap water. Repeat again the next time the plant needs water. Also, I would check for insects. Just an personal observation, I do think Datura is not a plant that requires high feeding and does better on only occasional |
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DG Wagner, N Momi, S Kaur, SK Batra, SM Lele. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background: MUC4, a high-molecular weight glycoprotein, has many unique domains that can involve signaling pathways, tumor growth and metastasis. We have previously shown that the expression of MUC4 is significantly decreased in prostatic adenocarcinoma as compared to benign/hyperplastic foci. In this study, we examined the expression of MUC4 in various patterns (Gleason) of prostatic adenocarcinoma and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) which has not been previously published.
Design: Archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue diagnosed as prostatic adenocarcinoma from resection specimens was utilized. The adenocarcinomas (28 pattern 3, 24 pattern 4 and 8 pattern 5) were re-reviewed, graded (Gleason) and foci of HGPIN (13) were selected by two of the authors followed by immunostaining with anti-MUC4. There were 31 benign controls selected for comparison. The immunostained slides were scored using the H-score which is a summation of the product of staining intensity and proportion of cells staining. Statistics were employed using the unpaired t-test.
Results: The expression of MUC4 was significantly higher in benign glands compared to HGPIN (p=0.0012) and prostatic adenocarcinoma (p=0.0001), including all examined Gleason patterns (3, 4 and 5). The H-score for MUC4 was significantly higher in HGPIN as compared to Gleason pattern 3 (p=0.0002) and significantly lower in Gleason pattern 4 as compared to Gleason pattern 3 (p=0.0445). There was a complete lack of MUC4 staining in Gleason pattern 5 and only rare positivity for MUC4 in Gleason pattern 4.
Conclusions: MUC4 is consistently downregulated in prostate cancer progression with an inverse relationship between expression and Gleason pattern (benign > HGPIN > Gleason pattern 3 > Gleason pattern 4 > Gleason pattern 5). Expression analysis of MUC4 may have diagnostic value in difficult cases. As a tumor modulator, it may confer a protective effect that might have therapeutic significance.
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He received excellent performance evaluations as he continued to work from home as a temporary supervisory appraiser. However, when Washburn's temporary promotion ended in January 2004, ACE appointed another individual, Randy Richardson, to the position of acting supervisory appraiser. Prior to the appointment, Richardson was a planner, not an appraiser. Neither Washburn nor Richardson was certified as a general appraiser. Washburn alleged that his jaw cancer left him with a disability and that ACE discriminated against him in violation of the ADA, Title VII and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (a federal statute prohibiting disability discrimination by federal agencies, contractors and grant recipients) by not promoting him to the permanent position of supervisory appraiser. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of ACE on all Washburn's claims. The 5th Circuit affirmed summary judgment as to Washburn's ADA and Title VII claims. The ADA specifically exempts federal government employers, and Title VII does not cover disability discrimination. As to his Title VII retaliation claim, the court held that Washburn failed to prove a causal link between his filing of the first Title VII gender discrimination suit in 2001 and the failure to promote him permanently to the supervisory appraiser in 2004. The appeals court reversed the district court's grant of summary judgment on Washburn's claim under the Rehabilitation Act, however. ACE argued that Washburn failed to prove that he was "otherwise qualified" for the supervisory appraiser position because he was not certified as a general appraiser. To establish a claim under the Rehabilitation Act against a federal agency or contractor, like the ADA for private employers, a plaintiff must establish that he or she: • Is an individual with a disability. • Is otherwise qualified for the position. • Was discriminated against solely by reason of his disability. The court found a genuine dispute of material fact regarding whether Washburn was qualified. To establish the certification qualification, the ACE relied on testimony of the ACE chief of real estate that the permanent position of supervisory appraiser required appraiser certification. Washburn countered that the job posting for temporary supervisory appraiser, which was awarded to him in January 2003, did not include a certification requirement. Washburn performed all the duties of a supervisory appraiser and received excellent performance evaluations during his temporary assignment. Moreover, Richardson, who was appointed acting supervisory appraiser in 2004, also was not certified. The court noted that neither party explained whether the requirements for the temporary or acting positions were different than for the permanent position. The court held that there was a genuine issue of material fact that precluded summary judgment and allowed the Rehabilitation Act claim to go forward to trial. Washburn v. Harvey , 5th Cir., No. 06-41232 (Oct. 10, 2007). Professional Pointer: This case demonstrates the importance of accurate, regularly updated job descriptions under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. An employer may avoid claims by carefully defining both the actual requirements and the essential functions of a job. An employer with a well-documented job description is in a much better position to defend a claim of disability discrimination. Moreover, a good job description will help an employer clearly explain the job qualifications and essential functions to an applicant and potentially avoid litigation altogether. Chris Arbery is an attorney on the Labor & Employment Team at Hunton & Williams LLP in Atlanta. 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Rhinos advance with scoreless draw
Rochester wins 2-1 on aggregate score
Sunday, September 7, 2003 - Montreal Impact News Release -
MONTREAL, QUE -- The Montreal Impact was knocked out of the first playoff round, Sunday, following a 0-0 tie against the Rochester Rhinos in front of 8,455 spectators at Claude Robillard Stadium.
The Rhinos therefore won the Northeast Division final, a two-game, aggregate-goal series, thanks to their 2-1 victory in the first leg, played Friday in Rochester.
The Montreal squad needed nothing less than a win to at least force overtime, but was unable to get the necessary goal although it dominated Rochester 11 shots to six.
Mauro Biello, the Impact's leading scorer this season, missed a penalty kick at the 15th minute of play, his shot bouncing off the crossbar.
"I missed the penalty kick and it cost us, it's my fault, there's not excuse," said Biello. "I needed to put that one away, if I would have scored it would have been an entirely different match. I simply tried to take a clean shot, and I did, but I let the guys down. But we'll be back next year, this is a young team with a bright future."
The Montreal squad, taking part in the playoffs for the seventh time in 10 A-League seasons, was eliminated from the first playoff round for the third time in club history, but the first time since the 1996 season.
"I don't see anything negative about today's game, except for the fact that we didn't score," said Impact head coach Bob Lilley. "We outplayed them, but you can't control the bounces around the goal. I'm proud of the guys because we created scoring chances and we minimized theirs, and that's all you can do. I can't question the players' effort and their performance."
The Impact had a strong start as young players Sita-Taty Matondo and Antonio Ribeiro provided some sparks up front in support of veterans Biello and Martin Nash. Matondo was brought down in the penalty area at the 14th minute, prompting referee Silvio Petrescu to award a penalty kick.
Biello, Nash and substitute Ali Ngon had Montreal's best chances in the second half. Nash received his second yellow card of the match in injury time, but the official whistled the end of the game a few seconds later.
"We have to remember that we're a better team than we were last year, we accomplished a lot, and we just need to keep improving next year," pointed out Lilley, whose team finished on top of the Eastern Conference with a record of 16-6-6 and finished tied for first place overall in the A-League with the Milwaukee Wave United. "Rochester has a lot of talent and experience in the playoffs and yet, we had them on the ropes for the last 30 minutes in Rochester and for all of today's game."
Since the Rhinos joined the A-League in 1996, this was the fourth time that these two teams squared off in post-season play and every time, the Rhinos came out on top.
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ROC: Schweitzer 15, Lavrinenko 65, Wilson 72, Hayes 81
MON: Roberto 4, Nash 63, 89, Francois 89
ROC: None
MON: Nash 89
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I have a dell laptop and sabayon linux. the dell drive password seems to keep it from booting to anything other than linux. is there a bypass?
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dell laptop and sabayon
dell utility (39mb)
windowsxp (80gb)
sabayon (40GB) BOOT
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it seems to not take boot sector. i tried to put it on MBR and the partition. it does not boot at all with sabayon partiton set to boot. it stops on the dell password screen for the drive itself. (not cmos password)
if i delete the 2 dell partitions will it still boot?
please help! thanks
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i meant to say that it will only boot to windows (yuck) if the boot flag is on partition 2 if it is on three, it just stops after the password clears (none set). please help i hate windows i am desperate to get away to linux again
- 12-09-2006 #3
if you know what drive youve got in your pc then you can go on the dell website and download a bootable utility cd (AKA low level HDD formatter) whitch will let you edit functions on your drive if you have a compatable drive otherwise all you will be able to do is erase everything.
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thakns much man! i just decided that i did not need windows after all and bombed it. down with micro$haft


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- Maha defeat for Congress
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By: Thongkholal Haokip
With just 25 Lok Sabha seats, India's Northeast has been a largely neglected region in electoral terms. However, in the era of coalition governments, because of the expectation of a fractured verdict in 2014, it has increasingly received political attention. Traditionally, electoral battles in the region have been fought between the Congress and various state parties. Parliamentary seats are usually represented by the ruling party in the states.
In the run-up to the 16th Lok Sabha elections, the importance being assigned by the two main national parties, the Congress and the BJP, to the Northeast is underscored by the schedules of their star campaigners — Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. The Trinamool Congress chief, Mamata Banerjee, has also followed suit and campaigned extensively in the region.
BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's campaign in different parts of the Northeast has allegedly created a "Modi wave", as is perceived in other parts of the country as well. But the purported wave may be largely limited to the dissatisfied middle class and business groups of the region, who are expected to gain from Modi's economics, which is apparently focused on employment generation, and the creation of world-class infrastructure in the IT, power and manufacturing sectors. For students and unemployed youths in the region, who are desperate for job opportunities, Modi has struck the right chord. His promise to create BPO jobs in the Northeast and eventually make the region an IT hub on par with Bangalore and Hyderabad is appealing. Modi's vision to harness the potential of the herbal, horticulture and agro-processing industries has also appealed to the business classes in the region. But the pro-Modi sentiment is also a function of the anti-incumbency prevailing in many states.
The Congress, on the other hand, has been pushed to the lowest popularity level in its history because of the corruption scandals that engulfed the UPA government's decade-long rule at the Centre. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who has maintained a distance from the day-to-day affairs of the UPA government, has enjoyed great popularity and appeals to the youth of the region. Yet, despite being the Congress's star campaigner, Gandhi's charm has diminished in the run-up to the elections. He is increasingly identified with the debacles of the Congress-led UPA government. Nevertheless, for certain sections of people, particularly the underprivileged, Gandhi's "feel-good economics" is still attractive. The UPA is credited with having started as many as 80 Centrally-sponsored schemes. These schemes benefit the disadvantaged masses, primarily settled in rural areas. And this is expected to reflect in their voting behaviour.
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Following their convincing 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC on Monday evening, Landon Donovan, Omar Gonzalez and Marcelo Sarvas were named to MLSscocer.com's Team of the Week.
Donovan and Sarvas had a hand in all three Galaxy goals with Donovan ending the evening with one goal and two assists while the Brazilian tallied one assist in a dominant performance in central midfield. Meanwhile Gonzalez was confident in defense in his first match back from an ankle injury as LA silenced the Sounders attack.
Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena was also named Coach of the Week while right back Dan Gargan was named to the team of the week bench.
SEATTLE— It was the moment that left U.S. National Team fans aghast.
In the third minute of first half stoppage time of the LA Galaxy's 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC, a scuffle ensued between LA's Omar Gonzalez and Seattle's Clint Dempsey and DeAndre Yedlin.
The sequence began when Yedlin went up for a header with A.J. DeLaGarza and appeared to launch an elbow at the Galaxy center back. Gonzalez spotted hard challenge and promptly pushed Yedlin to the pitch with Demspey descending upon his USMNT teammate moments later for a heated exchange. For his role in the tussle, only Omar Gonzalez earned a caution from as tempers remained high between both sides throughout the rest of the Galaxy's road win.
The altercation between the two teams led to plenty of attention during the game, but after the match it was hardly mentioned as only Galaxy midfielder Landon Donovan addressed the in-game tension.
"It's enjoyable. It's competitive, and our team wasn't going to back down and we don't want guys to back down. We don't want to be stupid, but we want to be competitive and Seattle is the same way," Donovan said. "Sigi [Schmid] is an excellent coach and he always has them ready to go. All that stuff happens after the game. You shake hands and you move on, but it was a good game, it was a competitive game, but a clean game."
SEATTLE -- Marcelo Sarvas enjoyed one of his strongest perfomances of 2014 having a hand in each of the LA Galaxy's goals in their 3-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC in front of one very special attendee -- his father Emilio.
The performance was made just a bit more special by the presence of his father who watched the match from the sidelines of CenturyLink Field. Throughout his 90 minute shift, Sarvas' presence in the center of the park was vital as he routinely forced Seattle midfielders to make costly turnovers and eventually ended the match with an impressive 11 recoveries, seven tackles won and three interceptions.
On the offensive side of the ball, Sarvas had his fingerprints over all three Galaxy goals as he provided an unlocking pass in LA's first and third strikes while also firing a shot from distance that led to Landon Donovan's goal just before the 20 minute mark.
But Sarvas admitted that the win was made a tad more meaningful with his father in attendance.
"Landon told him that he must stay because he brought us good luck. I'm very happy and every year I want to do my best," said Sarvas. "You have to fight [for your place] every season so to have him here makes everything that much more important for me. He's always supported me throughout my career so I'm very happy that he saw me playing and he'll be going home to Brazil next week with a good impression of my play."
PASADENA, Calif. – The LA Galaxy admitted that they received a major lesson in the "little things" in their 7-0 defeat to Manchester United at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Wednesday evening.
Throughout the defeat—which was LA's largest defeat in a friendly match— United. Following the match, Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena and captain Robbie Keane stressed that LA could learn plenty from the crisp passing and quick movement that United displayed throughout their runaway victory.
A lesson that second-year Galaxy forward Gyasi Zardes took to heart.
"I felt like we learned that when the pressure is on that we have to deal with it," said Zardes after the defeat. "We can definitely learn from United who are a fast team whose speed of play is superb. We can definitely start working on our own speed of play…I still feel like this was a good game going into our Seattle game so we get prepared mentally and physically."
But for Landon Donovan, it'll be important that the players apply those lessons heading into the all-important match against Seattle Sounders FC on Monday.
"You see what happens at higher level [where] everything happens at least a second or two faster. The speed of thought, the speed of play, the way they move, the way they react to things—technically, tactically, all those things," said Landon Donovan. "And you hope when you come out of the game, especially the young guys, that they are not saying 'Oh my god, they were so amazing,' but 'they do all the little things right' and 'how can I be better individually.'"
CARSON, Calif. – The question of who should be the starting striker tandem is one of the main topics among LA Galaxy circles. However, based on the meteoric rise of Gyasi Zardes, it may not be a debate much longer.
The Galaxy won two titles with the strike force of Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane, but in recent weeks it has been Zardes who has started alongside the Irishman thanks to his torrid scoring run of six goals in five contests. LA's pairing of Keane and Zardes bore fruit again on Wednesday with both strikers tallying a brace in the team's 5-1 victory over the New England Revolution.
While Donovan and Zardes have often swapped positions in recent months, Keane told reporters that it may be time stop thinking of the second-year attacker as a midfielder.
"As long as he keeps continuing to learn and keeps continuing to score goals, and understanding how to be a striker and playing with someone else," said Keane. "It's not about just running in behind, it's about linking up and playing with people and understanding when you play up front it's a partnership and understanding when I have the ball he has to run off and understand where he's going to go.
"Most of the time I'll find him. If not, I'll try to find him. I keep telling him just get in behind and I'll find him."
And it's Keane's vocal nature that Zardes attributes to his ability to find spaces behind opposing defenders and create dangerous scoring opportunities.
"I definitely have been listening to Robbie," Zardes told reporters on Wednesday night. "He's constantly talking to me, even throughout the game. He's giving me little tips on what he's going to do, and he told me to pay attention to the first ball once you're running through. We worked on it in practice, and we did it in the game. When Robbie gets the ball at his feet, I know he'll find me."
Who should start up top for the LA Galaxy when they play Sporting Kansas City on Saturday? Do you prefer the tandem of Keane and Donovan or Keane and Zardes?
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CARSON, Calif. -- The LA Galaxy are throwing out the records when they take on the Portland Timbers on the Fourth of July.
Both the Galaxy (5-3-5) and Portland (4-5-8) have endured frustrating seasons that featured up-and-down form that has the two sides are currently outside the five Western Conference playoff places. For all the Timbers struggles, they still boast one of the league's most talented attacks that includes Diego Valeri, Darlington Nagbe and Fanedo Adi.
Against the Timbers, the Galaxy will look to extend their league unbeaten run to five games and build upon last Saturday's 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes.
"[Portland Timbers] are a little bit of a tricky team to scout. If you watch them last week against Kansas City, they lost the game, but you see so many flashes of greatness which is what you saw last year," said Landon Donovan. "It's dangerous because they're a team that if they turn it on then they're a very good team and they can beat you. We don't know what we're going to get, but we expect a really good game."
Don't expect the LA Galaxy to be bringing in a new Designated Player any time soon.
Just don't rule it out either.
That was the message that Galaxy club president Chris Klein gave during his 10 minute interview with the Corner of the Galaxy podcast on Wednesday. Klein discussed several topics while also reiterating the club's commitment to having three Designated Players.
"We've made a conscious decision right now that the three (Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan and Omar Gonzalez) that we have right now are the best path for us to a championship. If that changes and there's significant interest in Omar and he gets sold now or in a year or two years, we're going to get another guy," Klein told Corner of the Galaxy podcast. "It's a constant discussion that we have and something that we're always going to be involved in. By no means does Kaka going to Orlando mean that LA is out of the Designated Player market. We're always in there and we're very aggressive in the space but we're going to do what is best and gives us our best chance to win."
Klein also was quick to reiterate that the team is still a headline destination despite not currently having any vacant Designated Player slots.
"We'll always be in those conversations. We're very clear that we're always going to have three designated players if that's what the rules are in this league," said Klein. "I think what you're seeing now is that there are more teams that are willing to do what we have done. Like Orlando signing Kaka or New York City FC getting David Villa. We're always going to be in the discussion for designated players and we're going to continue to have them both internally and outside."
CARSON, Calif. -- The debate on whether U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann should have included Landon Donovan on his squad at the 2014 FIFA World Cup resurfaced again on Tuesday as the team was bounced from the tournament with a 2-1 extra time defeat to Belgium.
With the World Cup campaign complete, Donovan's future with the national team is still in question. In an interview with Dan Patrick on Wednesday (watch below at the 4:28 mark), Donovan told the radio host that he'd "love to play in the Olympics," but when asked after LA's training session hours later, Donovan was noncommittal when asked about his future with the national team.
"We'll see," Donovan, U.S. Soccer's all-time leading goal scorer, told reporters after training on Wednesday. "That depends on a lot of conversations that would have to be had."
When asked again if he'd answer a call-up from Klinsmann, Donovan reiterated his statement.
"A lot of conversations would have to take place," he said.
Whether or not Donovan returns to the U.S. remains to be seen, but the forward was pleased with the Americans' showing at the tournament.
"It's tough for all of us to watch because we feel bad for the team. Of course, as athletes we all think that we can help, but the reality is, that is the team that was out there," said Donovan. "They fought valiantly. I think that put in a different position or situation, I think they'd have a better chance to win the game, but they gave everything that they had."
Chris Wondolowski's miss in regulation stoppage time of the United States' 2-1 defeat to Belgium will be talked about for years.
After the match, ESPN posted Landon Donovan's real-time reaction to Wondolowski's shocking miss on Instagram.
The United States face a stiff test in the World Cup round of 16 match against Belgium, but LA Galaxy striker Landon Donovan believes that they're up for the task.
Speaking to reporters after the Galaxy's 1-0 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes at Stanford Stadium, Donovan spoke about the USMNT's chances ahead of Tuesday's match in Salvador.
"I think that it's going to be a good game and a difficult game," Donovan told reporters. "Belgium are a little inexperienced at this level, but a good team. If Thomas Vermaelen and Vincent Kompany can't play then it'll help us greatly. Let's hope that they win."
Donovan's supportive comments came just a day before an interview with Los Angeles Times columnist Bill Plaschke was released where he admitted that after being left off the World Cup roster, he rooted internally against the USMNT.
"I'll be completely honest, watching them play Azerbaijan, inside, part of me was thinking, I hope the game doesn't go very well today. In my heart of hearts, I thought, if we get a 1-0 win and the team doesn't perform well, that would feel good," Donovan told the L.A. Times. "Then the next day I woke up and said to myself, that's a really crappy way to feel. That's a bad way to live your life, it doesn't help me, it doesn't help the team, it doesn't help the energy that the team needs."
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The Week:
Sunday, April 1st - Saturday, April 7th
Two Start Pitchers Worth Using:
STL: Chris Carpenter
TOR: Roy Halladay
DET: Jeremy Bonderman
ATL: John Smoltz
FLA: Dontrelle Willis
TBD: Scott Kazmir
LAD: Jason Schmidt
CHC: Carlos Zambrano
ARI: Brandon Webb
BOS: Curt Schilling
SEA: Felix Hernandez
HOU: Roy Oswalt
TEX: Kevin Millwood
SDP: Jake Peavy
FLA: Scott Olsen
HOU: Jason Jennings
You Make the Call:
NYM: Tom Glavine
PHI: Brett Myers
WAS: John Patterson
MIL: Ben Sheets
CLE: C.C. Sabathia
CIN: Aaron Harang
OAK: Danny Haren
PIT: Zach Duke
ANA: John Lackey
SFG: Barry Zito
NYM: Orlando Hernandez
TEX: Vicente Padilla
ANA: Kelvim Escobar
Don't Bother:
NYY: Carl Pavano
CHW: Jose Contreras
COL: Jeff Francis
KCR: Gil Meche
WAS: Shawn Hill
ARI: Livan Hernandez
OAK: Esteban Loaiza
Eight games this week:
Seven games this week:
At the hitter's parks this week:
Coors Field: Arizona (4/2 - 4/4)
Ameriquest Field: Boston (4/6 - 4/7)
US Cellular Field: Cleveland (4/2, 4/4 - 4/5) and Minnesota (4/6 - 4/7)
Rogers Center: NONE
Minute Maid Park: Pittsburgh (4/2 - 4/4) and St. Louis (4/6 - 4/7)
Fenway Park: NONE
Tropicana Field: Toronto (4/6 - 4/7)
Ratchet them up!
Adrian Beltre (3B, Mariners): After an enormous spring during which Beltre tore the cover off the ball while astoundingly walking about as often as he struck out (a very good sign for Beltre), and a strong second half in 2006, Beltre looks poised to reemerge as one of the game's best third basemen. Chances are, you got Beltre late in your fantasy drafts, or if you didn't, find the guy who did and try to nab him in trade.
Rich Harden (SP, Athletics): I have just one line to share with you all. In 13.2 Spring Innings, Harden has 25 (!) strikeouts, 3 BB, 10 H, and 2 ER allowed. As long as he stays healthy, he's a Cy Young candidate.
Chris Snelling (OF, Nationals): He's healthy, he's dangerous, and he's pounding the ugly tar out of the baseball for the Nats. He still has to fight for playing time in an overcrowded outfield, but I guarantee you, he'll get plenty of playing time as long as he doesn't hurt himself again.
Barry Bonds (LF, Giants): I'm hearing crazy stories about Bonds being drafted very low in even enlightened leagues. The man leads the Giants in spring batting and looks every bit as mobile and vital as he did in 2004.
Chris Iannetta (C, Rockies): Looking for that all too important spare catcher for you bench? Might I humbly suggest this kid? Normally I urge caution when trusting minor league hitting stats garnered in places like Tulsa and Colorado Springs (both notorious minor league hitter's havens), but he's moving to Colorado anyway! He might turn out to be one of the best young players in the NL if things break right.
Jarrod Washburn (SP, Mariners): It's not so much that Washburn is a great guy to have on your fantasy roster (unless in you're deep AL only leagues), but the knee problems that limited his effectiveness last season are gone and Washburn is hitting 92 on the radar gun for the first time since 2002 when he and Pineiro were the talk of the AL West. Keep one eye on Washburn this year. He might surprise you.
Jorge Julio (CL, Marlins): Florida is a great place for an inconsistent but talented flyball/strikeout closer to go to get back in the game. Julio had very mixed results last year in Arizona, but with his trade to the Marlins, he's a solid middle tier closer again.
Ratchet them down!
Chone Figgins (UT, Angels): Not only is Figgins injured at the moment (broken finger), but he will probably not get as much regular playing time when he does come back as he'll find himself competing with Gary Matthews Jr, Maicer Izturis, and Howie Kendrick for a job at one of his three positions.
Chris Burke (OF/2B, Astros): After hitting barely above the Mendoza line this spring, Burke has Astros fans worried. He hasn't developed the way most envisioned, and he's running out of time to show signs of life.
Pedro Feliz (3B, Giants): Do yourself a favor and don't buy into the annual spring hype about Feliz and his raw power. 14 Ks to 1 BB scream .240 hitter.
Dave Roberts (CF, Giants): He's getting drafted too high in the mad scramble for steals. If you need steals bad enough to consider Roberts, I recommend punting steals. Roberts will be lucky to hit .250 this year, which goes nicely with his .290 OBP and .320 SLG.
Freddy Garcia (SP, Phillies): While it doesn't seem the latest injury scare with Garcia has too much in the way of long term repercussions, I would still be hesitant to trust Garcia with even a marginally high draft pick given the uncertainty about his arm.
Randy Johnson (SP, Diamondbacks): Consider RJ's latest "minor" injury a warning shot across your bow out there in fantasyland. The guy is older than old. Don't expect top flight performance just because his K/BB was still good last year.
Todd Jones (CL, Detroit): Avoid this guy at all costs unless you have no other closers to take and you absolutely need one more. He's never been a particularly effective closer aside from the lucky saves he's been picking up the last year or two, and now there's a hot shot right on his heals (Joel Zumaya) who will almost certainly take the job away from Jones at some point this year.


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Shappell® S3000 Ice Shelter. Does double - duty as a hunting blind!
Ready right out of the box for your ice fishing AND hunting needs! Yes, as a solo stakeout shelter or 2-person winter "lake home", the S3000 has everything you demand. Plus, its lightweight, shock-corded steel frame construction makes set-up and transport as easy as it gets. Get more for your hard-earned money... the S3000 has you covered in the outdoors - hunting or fishing - for one affordable price!
More use, more money saved:- High-count polyester fabric
- Windproof, waterproof and fire retardant
- (4) Removable windows with shades (9 x 16")
- ID pouch
- Double-stitched tent, tully-attached, no air gaps
- Blackout for site fishing
- 2 Bi-directional zipper doors
- Shock corded steel frame
- Polyethylene base folds in half for easy storage, transport
- Marine carpeted floor (S3000 model)
- Slip-resistant floor (S3000e model)
- Bucket carriers molded into floor help keep gear on Shelter when moving
- 2 Large inline fishing holes with hinged covers (11 x 26")
- Reflectors for night safety
- 4' x 5'10" x 5 1/2'h., set up. 4' x 3' x 5"h., folded
- 43 lbs.
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Shappell S3000 Ice Shelter is rated out of 5 by 2.Rated 5 out of 5 by vic98 from Fast shipping! This product was just as described, the shipping was super fast!!! Will buy from you again. Thank you!Date published: 2014-11-19Rated 4 out of 5 by DONALD from best price I could find, nice !Date published: 2011-02-03

 how is this item shipped and what are the cost?

Asked by: Ron Z

 I've included a link to our shipping and handling chart, which you will also find located at the bottom of every web page.http://www.sportsmansguide.com/shoppingresources/shipping
Answered by: customer service

Date published: 2014-11-15

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