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The message could not be sent because the connection to SMTP server mail.ntelos.net timed out. Try again or contact your network administrator. Tell me. please, how do I get it back? I use Firefox and Thunderbird. W7. TIA Sue |
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- Posted by chuggerguy (My Page) on Fri, Feb 21, 14 at 3:34
I don't have an answer for you Sue but until someone more knowledgeable comes along... My first reaction is that if Thunderbird hadn't had problems accessing SMTP before now and you haven't changed anything, it's maybe just a temporary problem on the mail server. If so, nothing you can do except wait and try later. I don't really know, just trying to think what I would do. Two questions (prompted by a couple things I read while searching): (1) Do you happen to know whether or not Thunderbird just updated? |
If a restart of the computer didn't get the connection back, go to your ISP's homepage and find the contact or technical support number. If the outgoing mail server is down, we would not be able to help. I was not able to ping mail.ntelos.net when I tried, but some providers don't allow ping as a method of checking the server for connectivity. This error does not seem to be related to Thunderbird, unless you changed some settings before the error started. |
If the above options have produced nothing...go into Computer Panel click on Network and Sharing Center...and at the bottom of that page...click on either Connect to Network or Troubleshoot Problems. One or both of those options should either help you reconnect...or point you in the right direction. As an aside...my ISP does this every once in a while when they apply for a new IP # and the easiest way to re-establish my connection is to unplug my computer from its electrical source...wait a minute of so and reconnect. When I boot up...the connection is repaired/re-established. Anne |
Surprise! It is working now. LUMOS was doing some updating. Thanks for the helps; never know when they might be needed. Sue |
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Anybody have any suggustions as to how I can deal with the many grackles (starlings) that have invaded my yard? Everything in my yard - deck - sidewalk - arbor - fountain - etc. is constantly covered in poop. When I come home from work each day the bottom of my 165 gallon pond is white. I'm afraid that my fish are going to be poisoned. When I clean it up, it's the same scenerio by the next morning. It actually looks like it snowed overnight in parts of my back yard. I bought an owl statue to use as a deterrent, to no avail. I would appreciate any suggestions. I am rapidly becoming a big-time bird hater !! |
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I have a nesting colony of grackles (not starlings, they have those yellow beaks) that come back every year. They do make a mess but will drive away herons, hawk, cats and other pond predators during the daylight hours. The good thing is usually they will disperse the first week of June and you won't find them grouped together. Also they will get to know you and many times will not even sound an alarm (those loud clicks) when you garden, and will not fly off. I think that is kind of neat, especially when someone else comes to the garden and they react very differently. You can net the pond with a fine net to catch the nest waste they toss in the pond. They are trying to get rid of the baby bird smell - hence dropping it underwater. You can use a pool skimmer net to collect the droppings too. They usually are easy to take out of the pond. I try to remember that it is a big world, and that the yard is really not mine- that we must share. I don't know if you are of the same mind set. But perhpas knowing the mess is temporary may relieve you a bit. Lisa |
- Posted by mickster696 Iowa (My Page) on Thu, May 13, 10 at 8:11
Thanks for the advice, although it really wasn't the kind of reply that I was hoping for. I do realize that all creatures share the planet and I am tolerant - to a point. I am in need of a practical solution, such as a scarecrow. Anyone have any ideas of where to get one, what type, etc. If I resign myself to netting out the continual barrage of bird droppings in my pond I would get nothing else done. Also, as I said, my entire yard and every structure in it is constantly covered in bird poop. I can't sit in my swing in the evening and enjoy myself for a few minutes without hosing it off and waiting for it to dry. Sometimes animals become a problem and it is difficult to empathize with their plight. I can't imagine the people in New York who deal with the thousands (millions) of rats and the filth and disease that they spread resolving that we must share our world with them and clean up their messes. Any ideas anyone??? |
- Posted by goodkarma_ 5b (My Page) on Sun, May 16, 10 at 8:22
Mickster I understand your dilemma. But right now the grackles have babies, which is why they are so messy. To disturb them now means keeping them from their nests and reducing their chicks chance of surviving. That is why I gave the advice I did. Hopefully you can gut it out for a few more weeks and work on keeping them from establishing a nesting area near your pond next spring. After the babies leave the nest you really won't see them very much at all. Lisa |
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Who was William Foy?
In 1835, William Foy, an African-American living in New England, gave his heart to Christ and became a member of the Freewill Baptist Church. In 1842, while preparing to take holy orders as an Episcopal minister he had two visions. Foy began traveling around the local area relating his visions to various Millerite groups. Adventist historian J.N. Loughborough writes:
"Having a good command of language, with fine descriptive powers, he created a sensation wherever he went. By invitation he went from city to city to tell of the wonderful things he had seen; and in order to accommodate the vast crowds who assembled to hear him, large halls were secured, where he related to thousands what had been shown him of the heavenly world..."1
How familiar was Ellen Harmon with Foy?
In an interview Mrs. White admitted that she attended William Foy's lectures:
"Question : Then you attended the lectures that Mr. Foy gave?"Ellen Harmon was very well acquainted with Foy and his visions. Delbert Baker, an Adventist who authored a book on Foy, tells us:"He came to give it right to the hall, in the great hall where we attended, Beethoven Hall. That was quite a little time after the visions [of 1842]. It was in Portland, Maine. We went over to Cape Elizabeth to hear him lecture. Father always took me with him when we went, and he would be going in a sleigh, and he would invite me to get in, and I would ride with them. That was before I got any way acquainted with him."2
"Ellen White said that she had copies of Foy's visions and had heard him speak on a number of occasions, so she was acquainted with him and his material."3
Private meeting with Foy
In December of 1844 Ellen Harmon had her first "vision". Delbert Baker tells us:
"Shortly after Ellen had her first vision, Foy sought her out and expressed his desire to speak with her. Referring to this meeting, she said, 'I had an interview with him.' We have no record of their conversation, but quite probably it dealt with her visions, what she had seen, and perhaps the accompanying physical phenomena."4The evening following this "interview", Ellen was scheduled to speak of her first vision at a meeting held east of Portland. Unbeknown to Ellen, Foy had decided to attend the meeting. While she was speaking, Foy leaped to his feet and declared it was just what he had seen! He excused himself from the meeting and had no further contact with Ellen White after that point. Later, in 1845 when he published his visions, he had them copyrighted. Mrs. White describes the experience as follows:
"Question : Did you ever have an interview with him? "What an amazing coincidence! Ellen Harmon interviews Foy regarding his visions, and later on the same day she relates her visions in a meeting and her visions sound so similar to Foy's that he cannot restrain himself from interupting the meeting, standing up and telling the crowd that she was relating exactly what he had seen in vision!"I had an interview with him. He wanted to see me, and I talked with him a little. They had appointed for me to speak that night, and I did not know that he was there. I did not know at first that he was there. While I was talking I heard a shout, and he is a great, tall man, and the roof was rather low, and he jumped right up and down, and oh, he praised the Lord, praised the Lord. It was just what he had seen, just what he had seen. But they extolled him so I think it hurt him, and I do not know what became of him."5
Did Foy endorse Ellen Harmon's visions?
In 1906, over sixty years after the incident with Foy, Ellen White recalls that Foy was jubilant over her relating the vision, and stood up and praised God. Of course, we now know from the Israel Dammon incident that Mrs. White sometimes stretched the truth when relating incidents in her early life. Besides this recollection, there is no other evidence Foy ever endorsed Ellen White, accepted her visions, or accepted her shut door teachings. In fact, after the meeting mentioned above, Mrs. White never had any further contact with Foy. This is odd considering they lived in the same area and both claimed to be receiving messages from God.
Did Foy pass the prophetic baton on to Ellen Harmon?
Adventist historian J.N. Loughborough, in his book The Great Second Advent Movement describes the process by which Ellen Harmon was selected as God's prophet. Loughborough claims that God picked Foy as the first person to receive visions. After Foy failed to fulfill his commission he sickened and died, and the prophetic baton passed to Hazen Foss, who then received a vision. After Foss refused to relate his vision, God turned to the "weakest of the weak," Ellen Harmon.
There are many problems with this reasoning. First and foremost, Foy did not die shortly after the disappointment as supposed by Loughborough. Foy continued in the Christian ministry pastoring various Freewill Baptist churches throughout Maine. He continued witnessing for the Lord throughout his life until his death on November 9, 1893 at the age of 75. His tombstone can be viewed in Birch Tree Cemetery in East Sullivan, Maine.
Second, Foy's visions appear to support doctrines that Adventists reject, such as life after death. In his book Foy describes his visions as out-of-body experiences:
"...it appeared to me that I was a spirit separate from this body."6Foy's visions seem to indicate the spirits of the dead are in heaven, as he describes below:"It appeared to me that I was a spirit separate from this body, standing upon the earth alone."7
"My guide now informed me what I must do, saying, 'Thy spirit must return to yonder world, and thou must reveal these things which thou hast seen...'"8
"My guide then spread his wings, and brought my spirit gently to the earth, then soared away; and immediately I found myself in the body."9
"I then saw an individual which had passed through death. Her brightness was beyond the expression of mortals, and at her right side stood a guardian angel, the angel's raiment was like pure gold and his wings like flaming fire, and as she passed me, she cried with a lovely voice, 'I am going to the gate to meet my friends.' An angel then appeared flying through the midst of this boundless place, and came to the spirit of one of those which had not passed through death, and cried with a loud voice, saying, 'This is my mother.' He then became her guide."10The fact that Foy's visions indicate life after death would lead many Adventists to question whether Foy's visions actually came from God.
Foy's visions show a heaven that is devoid of modern technology. The angels who record the sins of humans in books receive their updates from angels flying back and forth between earth and heaven:
"I then beheld angels ascending and descending to and from the earth; they bore tidings to the recording angels."11Of course, this was before the advent of radio, telephone, and internet communications. The only way to communicate in the 1840s over a long distance was for someone to personally carry a message between parties.
In summary, the modern Adventist may have some difficulty believing Foy's visions originated with God. This fact would lead one to question whether there was ever any prophetic baton that was passed from Foy to Ellen White.
Mrs. White Had Copies of Foy's Visions
The two initial visions of Foy were published in 1845 in a pamphlet in Portland, Maine. Later statements from Mrs. White indicate that she apparently had a copy of these visions.
"Then another time, there was Foy that had had visions. He had had four visions. He was in a large congregation, very large. He fell right to the floor. I do not know what they were doing in there, whether they were listening to preaching or not. But at any rate he fell to the floor. I do not know how long he was [down]--about three quarters of a hour, I think-- and he had all these [visions] before I had them. They were written out and published, and it is queer that I cannot find them in any of my books. But we have moved so many times. He had four."12
From Foy or from God? You Decide:
Ellen G. White
Christian Experience and Views of Mrs. White (1851) | William E. Foy
The Christian Experience of William E. Foy (1845) |
All the angels that are commissioned to visit the earth hold a golden card, which they present to the angels at the gates of the city as they pass in and out. (pp. 37, 39) | I then beheld countless millions of shining ones coming with cards in their hands. These shining ones became our guides. The cards, they bore shone above the brightness of the sun; and they placed them in our hands but the name of them I could not read. (pp. 10, 11) |
On either side of the chariot were wings, and beneath it wheels. And as the chariot rolled upwards, the wheels cried Holy, and the wings as they moved, cried Holy, and the retinue of Holy Angels around the cloud cried Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty. (p. 35) | There were countless millions of bright angels, whose wings were like pure gold, and they sang with loud voices, while their wings cried, holy. (p. 18) |
And as the chariot rolled upward, the wheels cried, "Holy," and the wings, as they moved, cried, "Holy," and the retinue of holy angels around the cloud cried, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty!" Maranatha, p. 305 | Behind the angel I beheld countless millions of bright chariots. Each chariot had four wings like flaming fire and an angel followed after the chariot, and the wings of the chariot, and the wings of the angel cried as one voice saying "holy." (p. 18) |
On one side of the river was a trunk of a tree, and a trunk on the other side of the river, both of pure, transparent gold... Its branches bowed to the place where we stood, and the fruit was glorious; it looked like gold mixed with silver. (p. 17) | I then beheld in the middle of this boundless place a tree, the body of which was like unto transparent glass, and the limbs were like transparent gold, extending all over this boundless place...the fruit appeared like clusters of grapes in pictures of pure gold. (pp. 14,15) |
I asked Jesus to let me eat of the fruit. He said: "Not now. Those who eat of the fruit of this land go back to earth no more... (pp. 19, 20) | With a lovely voice the guide spoke to me and said, "Those who eat of the fruit of this tree return to earth no more." (p. 15) |
...in His right hand was a sharp sickle; in His left, a silver trumpet. (p. 16) | Against His breast and across his left hand was as it were a trumpet of pure silver... (p. 18) |
Here on the sea of glass the 144,000 stood in a perfect square. Some of them had very bright crowns, others not so bright. ... And they were all clothed with a glorious white mantle from their shoulders to their feet. (p. 11) | I then saw in midst of the place an innumerable multitude, arrayed in white raiment, standing in a perfect square, having crowns of unfading glory upon their heads. (p. 19) |
Jesus raised his mighty glorious arm, laid hold of the pearly gate and swung it back on its glittering hinges, and said to us, You have washed your robes in my blood, stood stiffly for my truth, enter in. We all marched in and felt we had a perfect right in the City.(p. 11) | Before the gate stood a tall and mighty angel clothed in raiment pure and white; his eyes were like flaming fire, and his he wore a crown upon his head which lighted up this boundless plain. The angel raised his right hand, and laid hold upon the gate and opened it; and as it rolled upon its glittering hinges, he cried with a loud voice to the heavenly host, "Your all welcome!" Then the guardian angels in the midst of the saints struck a song of triumph, and the saints, both great and small sang with loud voices and passed within the gate... (p. 10) |
1. J.N. Loughborough, The Great Second Advent Movement, p. 145.
2. Ellen White quoted in an interview. Manuscript Releases vol. 17, pp. 96-97; Ms 131, 1906, pp. 1, 4-6. Relased by the Ellen G. White Estate, Washington, D. C. June 4, 1987.
3. Delbert Baker, Spectrum, "Questions and Answers about the Unknown Prophet, William Foy", vol. 17, no. 5, p. 25.
4. Delbert Baker, The Unknown Prophet, p. 143.
5. E.G. White interview cited in footnote #2.
6. William Foy, Christian Experience of William Foy, p. 9.
7. Ibid., p. 16.
8. Ibid., p. 20.
9. Ibid., p. 21.
10. Ibid., pp. 11,12.
11. Ibid., p. 20.
12. E.G. White interview cited in footnote #2.


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New TVB police drama, Highs and Lows <雷霆掃毒>, will be airing on September 24. Starring Raymond Lam (林峯), Michael Miu (苗僑偉), Kate Tsui (徐子珊), and Ella Koon (官恩娜), Highs and Lows will revolve around the Narcotics Bureau of the Hong Kong Police department and its drug-trafficking cases.
Choi Heung Wing (Michael Miu) is a Narcotics Bureau's Operation Wing Senior Inspector, who has served a friend and mentor to Wai Sai Lok's (Raymond Lam) Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) Senior Inspector. The duo often work closely together in solving narcotics cases.
While investigating a case, Sai Lok found disturbing evidence that challenged whether Heung Wing was an upright officer or a corrupt cop involved with major drug trafficking criminals. Putting aside his personal feelings, Sai Lok investigates Heung Wing further. Operation Wing Chief Inspector, Poon Hok Lai (Ben Wong 黃智賢) also plants a seed of suspicion between the former good brothers.
Sai Lok also loses his love life to narcotics. After informer Chan Ka Bik (Kate Tsui) withdrew from the love triangle involving Sai Lok and CIB Officer, Ko Hei Suen (Ella Koon), Ka Bik becomes a drug dealer, even rising in ranks to become a formidable "Drug Queen."
Joining forces with Heung Wing, Sai Lok puts aside his painful love to bring down Ka Bik's narcotics operations.
Produced by Lam Chi Wah (林志華), Highs and Lows marks the comeback of Elaine Ng (吳綺莉). The 30-episode drama also stars MC Jin (歐陽靖) and Derek Kok (郭政鴻).
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Ahh so exciting! But the poster is a bit uhh..
^ hahaha, agree
Yup, it isn't a good PS poster.
Can't wait!
yay michael miu! always love him in cop dramas. definitely prefer him in these roles as compared to his l'escargot character
Poor Ella Koon is not even in the poster. I thought she was first female lead.
I didn't know Ella is first lead. But that's not the full version of the poster.
Her photo is bigger than that of Kate's.
Not surprised at all. Kate Tsui is TVB's biological daughter while Ella Koon is only filming TVB drama series on a per-series contract. Why should TVB promote her and not Kate Tsui?
I think TVB gives Ella pretty good chance in every single series even this one, but I guess due to the contract she recently signed, she is not that well-promoted by TVB any more but still, her role seems to be first lead and her character must be super nice. I don't think this year TVB promotes Kate since this is the only series she got so far.
The above poster is cut 2 side parts. The full one has Ella.
Ugly poster. The plot is interesting though.
seems interesting…
The plot of HAL is good!
Poor Ella. The series and poster is promoting Kate as the main female.
Well, it sounds like Kate is the 'love of his life' but we all know Ella get the dude at the end >_>
I hope ella turns out to be his true love instead! Why can't the nice, sweet girl win over the sexy, bad girl for once?!
Don't the nice boring ones always win anyways?
Whatever, i'm rooting for LF & Ella. ^_^
Not really, guys are always attracted to the vixen. Just say no to drugs and to Kate!
Haha ohhh, i thought you were talking about TVB endings.
true that. the nice girls always winssssss the guys in tvb dramas. They may be attracted to gangsta girls but too marry them is a whole different business.
I still feel grumpy to ron's pairing in Twin of Brothers.
Ella is with one of main actors :P. The poster promotes Ella more.
I thought TVB was doing better in their posters. what happened
The pose was everyone shocked at tvb latest scandals over the director xD
Wai Sir! I'm excited!
Love the poster!!! Yea!! Love Kate!!! Wassup wassup
Love Kate but dun like the poster
Agree. Poor content poster.
I don't think this is the official poster. Well, at least i hope it isn't.
MM looks great in the new hair do!
Hope this does it for Raymond…. he's in a series of so so shows lately!!!!
Cant wait to see Elaine Ng after so long!!!
Looking forward to seeing Kate, Ella, LF and MM
The plot also sounds pretty good.
Not very keen with Michael Miu's look this whole series. Really? That splat of moustache? It looks ridiculous!
*Coughs* Back on track, yes the plot looks pretty interesting.
I hate that moustache. He was so much hotter in Gun Metal Grey.
Agreed wholeheartedly! Or even when he was Kong Sai Hau! \o/
I am actually excited about this one. Always wanted to see Ray as a cop, and I've always liked Ella. Ditto everyone else on Michael's moustache though. Ugh!
Don't like Ray as cop, look so weak at least in the trailer – when he draws his gun and points at Michael – I almost fall off my chair from laughing.
Can't wait to see this series. Have'nt seen Kate for awhile. Did Ray end upwith Kate or Ella? Does anyone know?


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Air to air shot of aircraft over city. Two men on wings of aircraft doing stunts, hanging from wings etc. One man on top of aircraft, the other hanging from undercarriage. One man stands on wing and the other does a handstand. Men crawl towards centre of aircraft and shake hands. Aircraft over sea, men stunting on wings. C/U (camera mounted on aircraft) as man hangs from wing, then does a handstand. We can clearly see the cameram an turning the camera as the stunt man performs his tricks. C/U men leaning into wind walking towards camera - no strings attached! He blows a kiss at the camera. C/U stunt men and pilot leaning against the aircraft (now on the ground) talking.
Was item in Eve's Film Review or Pathe Pictorial issue 362.
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Dec 18, 2013 2:09 AM by Lindsay MacLeod, KSBY News
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office says DUI arrests were down during the first weekend of its Winter Holiday Avoid DUI campaign.
Deputies say they arrested a significant number of DUI drivers during the campaign from local routine traffic enforcement, DUI checkpoints, and special "Avoid the 12" DUI deployments over the weekend.
Between 12:01 a.m. Friday, December 13, and noon Tuesday, December 17, officers representing 12 county law enforcement agencies arrested 33 people for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
The sheriff's office says 45 DUI arrests were made during the same time period in 2012.
The numbers are only preliminary because not all agencies have reported yet.
This weekend, the DUI crackdown continues. On Friday, December 20, the cities of Santa Barbara and Santa Maria will have DUI checkpoints within the cities.
On Saturday, December 21, "Avoid the 12" will conduct a multi-agency DUI and Driver's License checkpoint in the City of Santa Barbara.
Extra DUI saturation patrols will be out in Goleta, Guadalupe, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, and Santa Maria over the weekend.
All regularly scheduled patrol officers will be focusing on stopping and arresting DUI drivers during their normal shifts.
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In a tweet this morning, ESPN's Buster Olney suggested that today could rival September 28, 2011, as "one of the best days in baseball in our lifetime." And he's right. There are four games scheduled for today, with all four holding the possibility of advancement and elimination. Two of the four division series have gone as far as they can go, reaching a deciding fifth game.
This is how all of that happened Wednesday night:
St. Louis Cardinals 8 – Washington Nationals 0
The Cardinals exploded for eight runs against the Nationals. The top four batters in the St. Louis line up went a remarkable eight for seventeen, while collecting three walks. However, the real offensive dyanmo for the day was shortstop Pete Kozma who knocked in three runs with a home run in the third inning of the game off of Nationals starter Edwin Jackson.
Meanwhile, Washington's bats fell flat against a version of Chris Carpenter that didn't even have his best stuff. And that was with Bryce Harper wearing intimidating (?) red contact lenses, which I guess would be a novel look for a 19-year-old Mormon who hasn't touched a drop of alcohol.
The victory gives St. Louis a 2-1 series lead with a 4:00 PM ET start time scheduled for Nationals Park today. If the Nationals lose today's game, we're bound to hear a whole lot about how if the team had only not shut down Stephen Strasburg, but for as good as Strasburg is, even he needs some kind of run support. Scoring seven runs over three games isn't going to win any team a whole lot of games. I'm dumbstruck every time I see Michael Morse come up to the plate without it resulting in a home run. Ginormous men of his size should not ground out. Every pitch that hits his bat should get pushed over the fence in my opinion.
Neither team has announced their starters for today's game quite yet.
San Francisco Giants 8 – Cincinnati Reds 3
It's difficult to imagine a starter only lasting two and two thirds innings in a game that ends up being a success for his team, but after Bruce Bochy wisely pulled Barry Zito at the first sign of difficulty, the San Francisco Giants went into cruise control against the Cincinnati Reds. The Giants bullpen pitched six and a third innings, only giving up a single run, as Tim Lincecum came on in relief in the fourth inning and put forth more than four innings of effective work.
In addition to scoring eight runs, doubling their total from the first three games of the National League Division Series, the Giants lineup finally emerged from the slump that had mired their approach over the first three games of the series. Angel Pagan went two for three with his bat, hitting a home run and a double, but also getting on base four times in total, scoring twice and driving in two, as well.
Reds starter Mike Leake couldn't get out of the fifth inning, but it was a rough afternoon all around for the right-hander, as this first pitch acted as a harbinger for things to come.
It's an incredible come back for the Giants, who looked all but dead and gone after the first two games of the series, and while we've all been reminded on several occasions that no visiting team has come into Cincinnati this season and won three straight games at Great American Ball Park, San Francisco only needs to win one game, now, to go through to the next round.
With the series tied at two games apiece, today's decider is scheduled for 1:00 PM ET. Giants ace Matt Cain will take the mound for San Francisco, and Cincinnati will counter with Mat Latos. Both pitchers unexpectedly ended up facing each other in the first game of the series when Johnny Cueto left his start with an injury.
I'm pretty sure that it's impossible to overstate this: Go Giants!
Baltimore Orioles 2 - New York Yankees 3
In an incredibly entertaining game, the Baltimore Orioles went to the bottom of the ninth inning up a run against the New York Yankees, only for their lights out closer, Jim Johnson, to give up a solo home run to Raul Ibanez, an unlikely hero pinch-hitting for the listless Alex Rodriguez. Ibanez's heroics only served to grow from there, as the substitute designated hitter won the game for the Yankees with another home run to lead off the bottom of the twelfth inning.
Raul Ibanez: 2 at-bats, .827 WPA.
— David Cameron (@DCameronFG) October 11, 2012
The performance of Ibanez was only made possible by Hiroki Kuroda's somewhat under appreciated start in which the 37-year-old right-hander went eight and a third innings, allowing only two runs on five hits and a walk, while striking out three. He was picked up in excellent relief by Boone Logan, Rafael Soriano and David Robertson, who faced seven batters from whom he collected six outs.
It would be negligent of me not to also mention the Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez, who kept the Yankees to a single run while striking them out eight times over seven innings. Also of note is that in addition to A-Rod being subbed out of the game, Derek Jeter had to leave after the eighth inning. Jeter's absence was injury, not performance, related as the Yankees legendary shortstop appeared to aggravate an ankle injury earlier in the game.
The two teams go back at it today at 7:30 PM ET, with Joe Saunders making his first start since Baltimore's Wild Card playoff game victory against the Texas Rangers. The Yankees will send Phil Hughes to the mound as they attempt to wrap this series up, already ahead two games to one over the Orioles after last night's walk-off.
Detroit Tigers 3 – Oakland Athletics 4
The line of the night belongs to our very own Scott Lewis, who wrote the following about Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde:
How this guy hasn't tested positive for elevated levels of narcissism at this point is beyond me.
Valverde got something of a comeuppance for all of his grand standing, giving up three runs in the ninth inning, including a Coco Crisp walk-off single that scored Seth Smith from second base with two out. Smith was on second after hitting a double that cashed in two runners to put the A's within striking distance. It was likely the most exciting half-inning of baseball this season. And social media was very much aware of Smith's contribution.
Seth Smith ladies and gentlemen. twitter.com/BMcCarthy32/st…
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) October 11, 2012
Prior to this season's most exciting half-inning of baseball taking place, the most brilliant defensive effort happened:
That's Josh Donaldson, reaching deep in the top of the seventh.
With the series tied at two games apiece, the two teams will play the deciding game this evening at 9:30 PM ET. Facing Justin Verlander, it promises to be no easy task for the Athletics, as it's entirely possibly that the Tigers ace may break both 200 pitches and 150 miles per hour tonight. Oakland will counter with Jarrod Parker, whose home splits this season reveal a 2.61 ERA and a 3.25 FIP.


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The 2009 Eclipse in Japan
Less than two months to go until the July 22 solar eclipse that will be visible from Southern and Eastern Asia!
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Most of those diehards who are sufficiently serious about astronomy to travel to a place half a world away to see an eclipse will probably have booked a trip to China. That's not a bad idea - China has lots to offer and is definitely worth a visit. Many people don't know that Japan too will be touched by the swath of the total eclipse, albeit only some small islands to the south of the archipelago. The largest of these is Yakushima island, declared part of the world natural heritage by UNESCO. Yakushima is basically a volcanic cone that rises almost 2000 meters above ocean level. Guess what? I went there and checked it out for you.
Seen from Yakushima, the total eclipse will last around four and a half minutes. That's about two minutes less than in the centre of the eclipse track. If you just made up your mind to go there upon reading this post, forget it! The scarce seats on the ferries to the island were assigned via lottery and have been sold out for months, so it's too late now.
This post is primarily directed at those who planned ahead and managed to obtain transportation. There won't be too many of those, but hopefully some of them will stumble upon my blog.
OK, I have to be frank here. There are good reasons to avoid travelling to southern Japan in general and Yakushima island in particular around the end of July, unless of course you thrive on sweltering, steamy heat. Seriously: it could happen that you end up seeing nothing; Yakushima is notorious for its torrential summer downpours.
Ah, but conversely, if the skies are clear, viewing an eclipse from a high mountain in the ocean and seeing the moon's core shadow speeding towards you across the sea must be an unforgettable sight to behold.
The tourist infrastructure on Yakushima island is not all that well-developed; most visitors are day trippers. After all, this is essentially a nature reserve.
Those who do go will have made the necessary preparations and probably will board the slow ferry or the fast hydrofoil (one-way trip duration 3.5 or 2 hours, respectively) in the port of Kagoshima in Kyuushuu, the sounthermost of the four main islands. A select few might even arrive on Yakushima by plane.
The town of Kagoshima is well worth a visit. Barely four kilometers east of downtown and well-visible from anywhere within the city, on the Sakurajima peninsula right in the middle of the bay there is an active volcano. It has very frequent eruptions, most of them minor, some major, and it can fairly easily be climbed - except of course during a major eruption.
If you're interested in space exploration, which I assume applies to most people who read my blog, you'll probably know that Kagoshima is also the place where the Japanese Mu-V rocket is launched, and you'll also have heard of Tanegashima, the island next to Yakushima. On Tanegashima, the Japanese space agency JAXA operates a spaceport for the large H-2A launch vehicle, and there also is a space museum. However, Tanegashima is almost completely outside of the total eclipse swath, and it doesn't have nearly as much to offer as Yakushima in terms of scenic beauty.
I'll spare you the usual jabber about exoticism and traditions that many travel books on Japan inflict on their readers. Instead, I'll give you some useful tips. Those who organized their trips themselves may already know this but some may still find it useful:
- It is not as easy to withdraw cash in Japan as it is in Europe. You may find that many ATMs don't accept credit cards issued outside of Japan. You will find ATMs that do allow you to withdraw cash with a credit card or a bank card compatible with any of the major systems (Maestro, Star, Cirrus) in major post offices, but sometimes these cash machines are accessible only during opening hours. A reader of my German blog remarked that 7/11 convenience stores also have ATMs that allow cash withdrawals on foreign-issued Visa credit cards. Anyway: If everything works out fine for you, so much the better, but forewarned is forearmed, as the saying goes. Oh, and by the way: I suggest that you check with your bank which fees are incurred for cash withdrawal with your credit card vs. bank card. Chances are that using the credit card for this purpose will result in a hefty fee.
- Foreigners tend to expect that the Japanese gift for organizing things can work miracles. I would recommend that you don't expect too much in this specific instance, not, ahem, that far South and not during an exceptional event such as this. This doesn't mean that you have to start worrying about things going badly wrong - but it may be a good idea to take sensible precautions such as sufficient personal food and drink supplies etc.. Just in case.
- And here's something positive. Japan isn't as pricey as some people would have you believe, especially not once you aren't in the major urban areas. If you plan ahead and buy your supplies in shopping centres such as Daiei, you may even spend less on things than you would have back home.
Further Information:
NASA-GSFC web site on the 2009 eclipse (That is where the above map is from)
Xavier Jubier's web site on observation locations for the 2009 total solar eclipse
Web site on the 2009 Eclipse seen from Southern Japan from the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan(NAOJ)
Total eclipse visitor information on the web site of the town of Yakushima
PS: Request for "eyewitness reports"
Dear reader: If you plan to witness the 2009 eclipse from Yakushima or one of the smaller islands, I'd be very grateful for an "eyewitness report". I could add it in my blog as a "guest article", crediting you of course, and providing a translation if necessary if you're not comfortable with writing in English. If you plan to publish your report online elsewhere, I would like to add a link to your article, so please let me know. Thanks in advance!
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Crawl through fun tunnels, hide in soft tents, and build wacky clay sculptures at the Ingleside branch library! Activities will be good for toddlers and children up to twelve. Young children must be accompanied by a guardian.
Ready, set, let's play! Bring the entire family to one of the sixteen playdates at the library held Saturdays in April. Thanks to the California State Library for funding more play!
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Friday, December 21st, 2012
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
As many of you are well aware, the Mayan prophecy dictates that 12/21/12 is the beginning of the End. (End of Times that is!) Now
Terminator Too, Judgment Play
Thursday, July 26th, 2012
by Gina Tron on Playing Around
The Terminator is back and this time you can play, too. Terminator Too, Judgment Play is so much more than a just a performance. It
Fire and Ice—Hindenburg and Titanic At the National Postal Museum
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. Fire and Ice, Robert Frost What is it about the two disasters—the Hindenburg
Entourage—The Boys Get Ready to Say Goodbye
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
The HBO series Entourage is such a hit, it's hard to believe that in the early days the show had a hard time finding places
Oscar 2010—The Good Guys—And The Bad Guys—Win
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Playing Around
So many movies. So little time. Watching the Academy Awards is always more fun when you've seen most or all of the nominated films and
Avatar: James Cameron's Big Gamble Pays Off Big
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S'more's for the Girl Scouts
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Bored Little Girl at Preschool Shoot
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Disney Families
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As much as ideas can be the start of something great, the Mindset Film campaign shows that they are not necessarily enough to get a project off of the ground, not to mentioned finished. It demonstrates this belief through the use of iconic movie images that have been tweaked so that they are not so iconic anymore. For instance, King Kong is missing atop of the Empire State Building while both the iceberg and Titanic are missing from the sea scene.
The Mindset Film campaign was created by Yeah!, an ad agency based in Curitiba, Brazil. It was art directed by Diego Prudencio and Diego Musiat with creative direction by Sandro Serzedello and copy by Fabiano Teixeira and Juliana Maimoni.


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Coeur d'Alene defensive back Addison Johnson sticks out a leg hoping to prevent Bothell's Jackson Keimig from reeling in the pass from Ross Bowers in the first half. But Keimig makes the reception and gets down to the Viking 28 yard line. The pass was good for 11-yards. (BOTHELL08)
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Anyone ever dealt with this window from Seaway? Am seriously considering 18 windows in this line. Is Seaway any good? The accolade I think is not their top of the line, but I'm not sure I can afford their Encore series.
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Effects of biological soil crusts on seed germination of four endangered herbs in a xeric Florida shrubland during drought
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Soil crusts of rosemary scrubs in south-central Florida were examined for effects on seed germination of four herbs that are killed by fire and must recruit from seed: Eryngium cuneifolium (Apiaceae), Hypericum cumulicola (Hypericaceae), Polygonella basiramia (Polygonaceae), and Paronychia chartacea ssp. chartacea (Caryophyllaceae). Biological soil crusts in these sites are dominated by algae, cyanobacteria, fungi, and bacteria. Because crusts can change soil stability, water, and nutrients, they can affect seed germination. A series of greenhouse and field experiments were designed to first examine the effects of crusts in isolation and then to determine their role in the context of other environmental factors – time since fire and distance to the dominant shrub in this system, Ceratiola ericoides. In the greenhouse experiment, germination in autoclaved crusts was dramatically reduced relative to germination in living crusts for all but P. basiramia. In four field experiments where crusts were left intact, disturbed (mechanically or by flaming), or completely removed, the effects of crusts were variable and species-specific, but were significant enough to impact aboveground population sizes. More germination was consistently observed in recently burned sites away from C. ericoides shrubs. Overall rates of germination were generally very low during this study, possibly as a result of seasonal droughts that could have reduced germination, increased seed dormancy, and/or decreased seed viability. The importance of water for germination was confirmed in an experiment with two watering regimes and three crust treatments designed to create a gradient of soil water availability. Germination was significantly greater in the high water treatment and unaffected by soil crust moisture. Dry years are not uncommon in scrub and the results of this study help us to understand how scrub herbs fare during drought and what role biological soil crusts play in germination.
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- Title
- Effects of biological soil crusts on seed germination of four endangered herbs in a xeric Florida shrubland during drought
- Journal
Plant Ecology
Volume 170, Issue 1 , pp 121-134
- Cover Date
- 2004-01-01
- Print ISSN
- 1385-0237
- Online ISSN
- 1573-5052
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Additional Links
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- Keywords
- Cryptogamic
- Disturbance
- Microbiotic
- Precipitation
- Rosemary scrub
- Authors
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Biology, Leidy Laboratories, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6018


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The Witcher 2 for Xbox 360 is Enhanced Edition, coming in April
Screenshots, box art and an epic cinematic thrown in.
Polish developer CD Projekt RED slapped a solid release date for its Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Warner Bros. will be publishing the console release, which hits store shelves on April 17.
It's dubbed the 'Enhanced Edition', and will offer new quests, spanning apparently three additional hours of play-through. Included as well are the new quests and features added to the PC version via post-release updates.
New locations are also promised, including a forest in the Loc Muine mountains, which will add a sequence of new quests. Thankfully, CD Projekt RED is generous enough to offer the Enhanced update to PC players, too – it's also planned to release on the same date, and owners of the standard version will get it free.
As of now, there's no mention whether the RPG will eventually make it to the PlayStation 3, although the developer already expressed interest in porting it to the Sony console; we'll keep you updated on this one. In the meantime, check below for the screenshots as well as the opening cinematic from the Enhanced Edition.


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Simple question for you chaps. Would a swashbucklers combat flair work against someone if they don't speak the same language? It sounds verbal and it's a charm test so there is some confusion in our group. Thanks in advance.
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I believe it's up to the DM. On the one hand, the swashbuckler's ability could be verbal, so if the target doesn't understand the language, they may get a bonus to their willpower roll.
However, the swashbuckler could also use the weapon they are using to charm the target. For example, a flourish with a sword could be interpreted as a charm action, so the action could also be non-verbal. Fancy sword moves are somewhat universal in their intent.
In essence, ask your GM.


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We were praying for someone who was cheating on his wife. And I was struck by what one person said in his prayer: "Lord, work in his heart so that he will think less about the pleasure he is experiencing and more about the pain he is causing."
That seemed quite appropriate to me. A spouse who is caught up in adultery is living only for the moment, caught up in a fantasy of excitement and desire, and ignoring the very real consequences.
Recently a seminary paper came across my desk titled "100 Consequences of Adultery," written by Philip Jay, a student at Phoenix Seminary. The list provides a stark wake-up call about the ways infidelity can destroy a life and marriage. Here's a selection from Jay's list:
If I committed adultery...
It's a pretty sobering list, isn't it? What's even more sobering is that many people will consider these consequences and still proceed in their sin. The fantasy is more important to them than the reality.
Also note that, though the list reflects a man's perspective, nearly all the consequences would also apply to a wife committing adultery. The biggest benefit of this list may be in helping all of us realize the need to set up strict safeguards to ensure that we are faithful in our marriage commitment. If I am convinced of what adultery would do to me and to my family, I will watch my wandering eyes, guard my thought life, and avoid any situations that could put me in harm's way.
The fantasy is just not worth it.
© 2010 by FamilyLife. All rights reserved.This article originally appeared in the May 24, 2010 issue of Marriage Memo, a weekly e-newsletter.
A woman has seven basic needs that a man must learn to meet if he desires to love her as fully as God intended.
Because most men and women have differing ideas, standards, and expectations about sex, it's no wonder that many marriages suffer in this area.