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LOS ANGELES, February 28, 2013 — In a dire warning for the American people, President Obama insisted that the sequester cuts that are not really cuts would lead to a severe cut in presidential hyperbole.
An angry Obama insisted that although his entire presidency has been rhetoric, there would be no more flowery words left for Americans once fictional budget cuts take place March 1st. His lips would be sealed tighter than Belinda Carlisle and the rest of the Gogos.
House Speaker John Boehner insisted that there would not be an actual cut in Obama's hyperbole, since this would be virtually impossible according to the laws of nature. Yet there might be a slowing in the rate of growth of his tiresome rhetoric, which is enough to cause the White House concern.
Obama insisted that although he knows the American people are tired of hearing him say the same things over and over again, he needs to keep talking. If Americans went even a single day without hearing his platitudes, slogans, bromides, and meanderings, it could cause a great sense of national malaise; there would be an incredible void if he went silent. He needs to let us know he cares, which is impossible if heartless Republicans confuse closing loopholes with him closing his piehole.
Obama pointed out that unless he reminded Americans that "the time for talk is over," they would never know when that would be. To make matters worse, it would be impossible for Americans to judge results and "move forward" unless the Obama campaign explained to people what that meant. Sometimes people do not feel he is doing an excellent job, and without constant self-promotion that message could be lost in a fog of confusing things such as metrics and facts.
With a shortage of words, he could no longer say "let me be clear," "crystal clear," or "perfectly clear." He would just have to be clear. There would be no room to say "It goes without saying" anymore. He would just have to get to the point and say it, or even worse for him, not say it.
Obama emphasized that budget cuts could even be extended to his meaningful gestures. His pointing of his finger and his tilting of his head at a precise angle to portray meaning could be sacrificed in favor of a standard grimace.
After receiving condolences from the liberal media, Fox News shifted to a press conference with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Cantor had the temerity to point out that if Obama would just do an ounce of actual real work, there would be no need for so many speeches. Obama was tempted to refer to Cantor as a racist, sexist, bigoted homophobe, but the sequester hyperbole cut forced him to choose only two of the four typical liberal lines of attack. Unable to make any hard choices and decide which words to cut, Obama called Cantor a "racaphobe." Cantor shrugged.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid insisted in the interest of fairness that Obama be allowed to just take extra words from other people who talk more than he does. The problem is this option had been explored by Simpson-Bowles back in 2010, and not one single person fitting the description was found.
Michelle Obama consoled her husband by pointing out that he could still do absolutely nothing even if he would be unable to talk about doing something while doing nothing. President Obama insisted it would not be the same. Yet just to make sure, he took in eighteen holes of golf while sulking over being free to be but not free to talk about his hardworking stressful life. Valerie Jarrett then gave him some ice cream, tucked him into bed, kissed his forehead, and read him two-thirds of his favorite bedtime story, "The Little Prince."
While these teleprompter prepared speaking cuts that are not really cuts will be devastating to his ego, the American people seem to be adjusting just fine. They actually like their politicians doing more and saying less.
This has been the sequestration hyperbole report.
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I have good insurance.
It never fails, after any procedure at WVMC - The day after, expect a call from the billing department 'When do you plan to pay your bill.'
I have to say "When I get it,' and after I know what my insurance is going to pay."
I think it's pretty simple - we all want a hospital we can trust, and feel like we are receiving the best care possible, at a price that isn't astronomical that it makes a person feel they need to go somewhere else.
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It does seem strange and almost illegal/unethical for a hospital to charge maximum to insurance companies (which we all pay) and then charge a different price (for the exact same product/procedure) for different individuals. I wonder if this dual pricing would work at Walmart? Or, Toyota? Or, the IRS?
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VERGENNES — The Vergennes sewer fund should soon be $107,876 richer, City Manager Mel Hawley told Vergennes aldermen at their Nov. 11 meeting.
City and Vermont Agency of Transportation officials earlier this fall agreed on that figure as a tap-on fee to the city sewer system for the historic former Vergennes rail depot, which was moved in October 2012 from North Main Street to a Ferrisburgh site next to the VTrans park-and-ride lot and is now state-owned.
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BRISTOL — The intersection in front of Holley Hall in downtown Bristol will likely get a bit of a makeover to fix what the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) says are safety issues.
The Bristol selectboard heard two alternative designs for the intersection presented by VTrans and Stantec Consulting at the board's Monday, Dec. 3, meeting.
HANCOCK — On Nov. 15, the town of Hancock took another step toward recovery from Tropical Storm Irene when it settled on a contractor to repair a damaged bridge on the lower section of Churchville Road.
Town officials and Phelps Engineering Inc., awarded the bid to Champlain Construction at a selectboard meeting that Tuesday, for a project total of $259,688.90. The town expects that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will pay a large portion of that cost, while the rest will come from the town's road budget.
VERGENNES — The long-planned and often delayed move of the roughly 160-year-old former Vergennes railroad station to the Agency of Transportation's Ferrisburgh commuter lot has once again been postponed, and this time state officials are blaming Tropical Storm Irene.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury officials' hopes of seeing a speedy replacement of the deteriorating railroad bridges at Main Street and Merchants Row have been dealt a serious blow by tight state and federal finances.
Both of the bridges were built in 1920, and both are showing substantial signs of wear and tear as they continue to bear heavy traffic loads traveling through downtown Middlebury.
BRISTOL — Bristol selectmen learned at a Monday meeting that plans for repair of two key bridges in town are coming together, but that residents should not expect for the spans to be in full working order any time soon.
A highway official explained the state's multi-year plans for repairing the one-lane bridge on Route 116 that crosses the New Haven River in the southern part of town, and town officials signed an agreement that will lead to repair of the closed bridge at the base of South Street just below the village.
SHOREHAM — The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) officials are targeting President's Day for the reopening of so-called Bridge No. 2, which spans the Lemon Fair River on Route 74 near the Cornwall-Shoreham town line.
On Monday morning VTrans officials closed one lane of Bridge No. 2 after discovering a large hole in the concrete deck of the steel-beam span, erected back in 1939. Officials closed the 182-foot-long bridge to all traffic later in the day.
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I am building a cedar arbor. I put 2 coats of Cabot oil based exterior stain on the main,most visible part of the arbor. The first coat just looked to faint,but when I applied a second,it became too dark and very glossy.
Is there anything I could do short of sanding down to bare wood? Thanks for any advice |
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Not now, you need to strip off the whole coatings. The second coat was applied when the first was too dry to allow the second to penetrate. Strip with sodium hydroxide and neutralize with oxalic acid. Not a fan of Cabots. I use Ready Seal on all the decks I do. Right now I have a deck 1200 sq ft that has to be stripped and neutralized then sealed. The customer allowed her gardener to do her deck and now she is paying for it. Like allowing your dentist to give you a vasectomy. |
Lol.thats funny.let me ask u this. Will it fade over time? If so,would it take years? |
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No it will not disappear over time. You might get a bit of the sheen off by rubbing with mineral spirits. But the darer color will not come off without full removal. |
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1 Fighting cancer (hey, every bit helps) Earlier this year, The Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons was approached to star in ''Up2 You + Me,'' a Web music video for Stand Up to Cancer. ''At that point, I hadn't even heard of [the event],'' he confesses. But he gladly volunteered. ''It doesn't matter who you are or how you're involved if you make any effort, you're a part of it,'' says the actor, who'll answer phones at the fund-raiser alongside stars like Reese Witherspoon and Stevie Wonder and famous cancer survivors including Christina Applegate, Michael C. Hall, and Maura Tierney.
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''I have played the piano off and on my entire life,'' says Parsons, 37. ''I'm working very diligently on learning Claude Debussy's 'Clair de Lune.' I play other things this morning I was practicing the theme from Taxi. But I do think I have an affinity for classical music. Not only is it beautiful, but I enjoy the melodic complication of it. It's a problem to be solved, and I enjoy that puzzle.''
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The former Blossom star, a Ph.D. in neuroscience, appears on The Big Bang Theory this season as Sheldon's quasi-love interest. ''She's so damn smart,'' says Parsons. ''I think she understands the dialogue better than any of us do.''
4 Correcting people's misconceptions about Texas
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Ozone Park is a working-class neighborhood that throughout its existence has provided young immigrant families with the opportunity to own their own homes.
Bordered by Atlantic Avenue, 108th Street, North Conduit Avenue, and Saophire Street, Ozone Park is located in Queens Community Districts 9 and 10.
In anticipation of the extension of the New York Railroad into southern Queens, music publisher Benjamin Hitchcock and real estate developer Charles Denton bought a large section of land in South Woodhaven in 1880. They called the region Ozone Park, hoping that a neighborhood named after the breezes from Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean would be appealing to city residents hoping to escape overcrowded living conditions.
Soon after the Ozone Park railroad station opened in 1882, young families began to arrive-first Irish and then Italian. The demand for homes exceeded the supply, and the developers quickly constructed more. Two other events resulted in neighborhood growth in the early 20th century: in 1910, the Lalance and Grosjean tinware company commissioned a housing development for its employees; in 1915, Brooklyn Rapid Transit extended its Fulton Street elevated line to Lefferts Boulevard, and the possibility of a five-cent commute to Manhattan lured more residents.
The Italian and Irish communities have been joined by Latino and Indian populations. But the character of the neighborhood remains the same: it is a working- to middle-class neighborhood proud of its identity as a place where new immigrants are able to achieve the dream of homeownership.
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Boys diving: Josh Arndt's state repeat came with nervous moments
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Mel Kovenz's hands were shaking while he watched Saturday's state diving finals wind down.
And he wasn't even competing.
It was even worse for LaPorte senior Josh Arndt, who was trying to become the first diver to win consecutive state titles in 20 years. With scores down across the board thanks to some exceptionally strict judging, there were plenty of nervous moments for Kovenz — LaPorte's diving coach — and his star pupil.
After Arndt's last dive, he climbed out of the pool at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis and stood behind the hot tub, less than 10 feet away from the diving platform. There he watched Hamilton Southeastern's Cody Coldren, who was in second place, take his final dive.
"He nailed it," said Arndt, who for a split-second feared that Coldren would overtake him and win state. But then the scores went up and it was official: Arndt had beaten Coldren 484.00-464.25 to go back-to-back.
"Immediately, tears filled my eyes," Arndt said. "It sank in right away."
And it lifted a weight off Arndt's shoulders.
"The pressure was coming down hard on me," he said. "And I was feeling it."
Fifteen of the 16 state finalists had lower scores on Saturday than they put up in the regional round four days earlier. Kovenz and Arndt thought that was not a coincidence.
"At state, the judging was quite biased," said Kovenz, whose complaint was not that the officials favored any one diver but that all competitors' scores were too low.
"The judging was like — I don't even know, I'd say Olympic level," Arndt said. "They were judging really hard, really technical."
So the scores weren't what Arndt was expecting. But the result was, and that was all that mattered.
"State record doesn't mean anything to me anymore," the Indiana University recruit said. "I repeated. A win's a win and I'm going to take it."
What made the championship even sweeter was the Orange Wave cheering section of almost 40 family and friends there to share the moment.
Though Arndt understood the magnitude of what had happened almost immediately, it took a bit longer for his coach.
"It took me 10 minutes for it to sink in," Kovenz said. "It's over, you get away, you come home (and wonder), 'Did that really happen?'"
Arndt, meanwhile, had moved on by Monday, when he was helping Kovenz coach some middle-school divers.
"I love coming in and working with other kids who want to try diving," said Arndt, who didn't pick up the sport himself until freshman year. "I want to pass that on.
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On the heels of its largest enrollment, 99-year old Anderson University announced plans today to invest approximately $3 million to construct two new residence halls, expand an existing residence hall, and add a restaurant within its library for student dining – all in time for the institution's centennial celebration which kicks off in August. Enrollment this fall is expected to exceed 2,400, up from 1700 only five years ago. The school also expanded its campus from 68 acres to 270 acres last year. US News & World Report recognizes Anderson among the top 25 institutions of its type in the South and among the 77 "Up & Coming" universities in America for 2010.
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I've never used cast iron much but think I would like to try some after reading various posts here.
My main question is about the non stick quality that develops over the years. I'm assuming this is from a build up of oil in the pan and never washing the pan with soap. Does the food ever pick up a rancid taste from the pan and/or how does the food NOT get a rancid taste? Can wine be used to deglaze or is that too acidic? I asking about Lodge type cast iron, of course, not Le Creuset. Thanks! |
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I have never noticed any rancid taste....and I can detect rancid a mile away....don't know why not....but guess the oil gets "cured".....like a dry cured ham. Wine is fine to deglaze....just don't simmer anything in wine for a long period. Linda C |
I used to use one fry pan and one dutch oven a lot. Never picked up a rancid taste. I will admit I did not use it for Tomato sauce. |
- Posted by bumblebeez (My Page) on Thu, Dec 16, 04 at 13:59
Thanks! What I needed to know. |
- Posted by stochastic (My Page) on Thu, Dec 16, 04 at 18:23
I think part of the key to keeping seasoned cast iron happy is using it really really regularly. We have a pan that's used for breakfast meat every morning, and it's soooooooo sweetly seasoned. As good as a commercial non-stick, and no flavor transfer at all when it gets used for other things. But, I also suspect that whatever the "seasoning" is is partially destroyed and reformed every time that it's used---so no single bit of the black ook is really staying in place for very long. Any chemists out there? |
I believe what happens is that a carbon layer builds up on the cast iron. Other cooking pots are too smooth, whereas cast iron has a rough enough suface for the carbon to grab onto. The ultimate non-stick pan would have a diamond coating, so carbon is part-way there! By the way, I use a little soap in mine everytime I wash mine, and it worls just fine. I do NOT soak it, however. |
- Posted by bumblebeez (My Page) on Wed, Dec 22, 04 at 8:24
What if I don't use the pan regularly? I bought a cornstick pan this week and don't anticipate using it more than once a month at most. I would like to coat it with hot bacon grease before each batch but seems like I've read somewhere that it would taste old/rancid if I did that. I have a dutch oven and skillet that I never use for the same reasons. |
I have several pieces of cast iron cookware and I don't use any of them more than once every couple months. It's not that I don't like them because I do but I have other cookware that I think is probably a little better for most of the kind of cooking I do. I simply apply a light coat of vegetable oil (I use canola) to the cast iron before I put it away. When I'm ready to use it again I put in a teaspoon or so of oil and wipe it out thoroughly with a paper towel. This will remove any residue left from the previous coating. I like to use a little bacon grease for searing meat so I preheat the cast iron then wipe a little bacon grease in the pan and I'm good to go. |
- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Sat, Jan 8, 05 at 12:41
"I'm assuming this is from a build up of oil in the pan and never washing the pan with soap." Not really - what happens is that oil penetrates the microscopic pores in the cast iron during the seasoning process and gets baked in (chemically it makes a polymer of the oil on the surface of the pan). This keeps the food particles out of the pores, hence the non-stick tendencies. All you have to do to maintain that layer of polymerized stuff is wipe the pan with oil after use. Cleaning with soapy water doesn't affect my pans, because I wipe them with oil and dry them on a warm burner before storing them. That rebuilds the polymer layer a bit. "I bought a cornstick pan this week and don't anticipate using it more than once a month at most. I would like to coat it with hot bacon grease before each batch but seems like I've read somewhere that it would taste old/rancid if I did that." Same with the skillets and dutch oven: soapy water to remove the food residue, then a wiping with fresh oil and dry it on a warm burner. |
If your skillet or whatever gets burnt or any stuck on food, do not use hot or soapy water and scrub it off. Instead pour oil in followed by a couple of tablespoons full of salt, and scrub with a paper towel until clean then wipe out. If your pan looses its seasoning or cannot be cleaned with oil and salt, place it in the oven and run through the cleaning cycle. When done re-season. |
- Posted by lazygardens (My Page) on Sun, Jan 9, 05 at 10:17
I regularly scrub mine with hot soapy water, even boiling soapy water in them, then reoil them, and they retain their non-stick properties. That's the way my granny taught me. I thinnk there is a good bit of folklore about the care and feeding of the things. About all that is 100% true is that they rust like heck if you leave them to sooak, and they do not like being run through dishwashers. |
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25-man gear should not be better than 10-man gear {WoW}
Apr 1st 2009 12:48PM About the only way that I would run 10 and 25 mans if they had the same iLevel gear would be if they were actually different instance, or if there was something I really really wanted badly, and didn't have the DKP to buy it in my guild or something stupid like that, but as far as replay value, with 10 and 25 mans, if they continue to make the 10 and 25 mans the exact same instance, I do not know how much longer I will be playing, it seems like get geared up get some achievements and then I am bored...
Please Blizzard, Please make 10 and 25 mans different, if its not bad enough when your guild has a raids on farm status, it only makes things worse when the 10 and 25 mans are exactly the same.
Breakfast Topic: Pride in your Achievements {WoW}
Feb 26th 2009 3:01PM Right now Sarth + 3 Drakes is what I am most proud of, but as far as looking forward, I think I will be most proud of the Master Fisherman acheivement with the reward of "Salty Chesticles" being my name.
Forum post of the day: Great idea, poor implementation {WoW}
Feb 13th 2009 1:53PM I understand that you are paying for a game, and the ability to play said game, but at the same time, I along with millions of other people pay for the game as well so don't think you are special...
Also take into consideration the real marketplace as you so kindly brought up...
I pay Microsoft for their product, I can make suggestions, but that is all they are, suggestions they can choose to try and work to integrate my suggestions, or they can do their own thing...
If Blizzard was to take every whiny little bitches suggestions as to what would make the game better, there would be no end.
Buff this class, nerf that class, they have to do what they have to do, if they decide to give us more features in the game that is cool, but you are by no means entitled to them developing content to suit your needs, they have developed a product, and you have paid for it...
Your subscription allows you to continue playing the game, but you have already paid for the content itself...
If you want something changed, by all means feel free to ask, but don't just whine and complain when they make a change that is a fair compromise from the current situation to your "ideal" situation of free respecs and blizzard handing out gold for you breathing and choosing a hybrid class.
Paying for respecs is the price you pay for the added versatility get over it!!! If a group is looking for a tank, I can't just spend 50 g and respec for it, I am SoL, if they are looking for a healer, I am SoL. You have the opportunity should you or the rest of the group wish to shell out the gold for it, to fill in anywhere needed, whereas I am pigeon holed into only DPSing, if they don't need a DPS i don't get an invite, so it is very hard for me to feel any sympathy for you... My choice is reroll or find a group that needs DPS, beleive me, if I could drop 50 g to fill the groups needs, you better beleive that I would, 50 g is a small price to pay for such a huge advantage over pure classes, Hybrids have it good in that they have that versatility, and in wrath 50 g should really be the least of your worries, when i know people that are making 25 k a week just farming herbs...
Forum post of the day: Great idea, poor implementation {WoW}
Feb 13th 2009 12:55PM You whine, You Bitch, You Moan, You Complain that respeccing is too expensive, Blizzard throws you a bone, and you spit in their face...
Be thankful that they are even considering putting dual specs in at all, I know I am, I am DPS, and as such it isn't such a huge inconvenience, but like the idea of having a Raiding and PVP spec, and as for those people leveling, I had to pay for respecs leveling, as did everyone else, why shouldn't you? Also that is the price you pay for being a hybrid class, you get the utility of being able to change what you do whether it be tank, DPS, heals, that gives you a huge advantage over pure DPS in that you can adapt to the situation and what is needed, all that is required is that you pay ingame gold that is ridiculously easy to get, and caps at 50g(which you can easily make in under a half an hours...)
Stop complaining!!! BE HAPPY THAT BLIZZ THREW YOU A BONE!!! SMILE AND STFU!!!
Ready Check: Guide to Naxxramas (Thaddius) {WoW}
Jan 23rd 2009 12:00PM and rightfully so, how hard is it for people to figure out right and left? But somehow, someway someone always does, for those people there are a couple of things that can be helpful, first of which is DBM (Deadly Boss Mods) pops up in Giant Blue Letters when your polarity changes, the second addon was written specifically for the thaddius fight, and is called Thadius Helper, if you still fail at Thaddius... I hate to say it but you should probabaly just uninstall wow
Mage solos Naxxramas Military Quarter {WoW}
Jan 5th 2009 6:17PM Besides, how am I supposed to make it all the way back out of the instance before a wipe without spell stealing bone armor? (Yes, I have done it...)
Mage solos Naxxramas Military Quarter {WoW}
Jan 5th 2009 11:58AM Why didn't they change Gruuls then?
This is ridiculous, my guild had me on spellsteal detail, not so i could solo the content, or just to protect myself, but its a waste of a ridiculous amount of effort if you guys have to DPS through the bone armor, I was spellstealing it to make all of our lives easier.
This is ridiculous, I understand that it may have been a bit over powered, but are they really going to make us dps through the 1,000,000 + points of damage that the bone armor protects from? Only to have them spam bone armor again when we DPS through it?
Even when spamming Spellsteal some of the mobs still manage to have bone armor up
Is there another way to dispel the armor?
WoW Insider's Loot-idays: Day two {WoW}
Dec 23rd 2008 5:45PM Happy holidays everyone
The many benefits of being a high-level Cook {WoW}
Dec 17th 2008 11:47PM Cooking is great cheap way to add stats especially for those not hit capped, need more stamina or whatever stats you may be missing, also being able to use rats, and other critters and Non Combat Pets is kinda cool. Easy way to ensure that you are at the top of your game, I often found that many people forget that there are other things that you can bring to a raid besides a flask. Such as food buffs or scrolls.
Death Knight's Death Grip as crowd control {WoW}
Dec 17th 2008 1:54PM As a mage there is nothing I hate more than being chain Death Gripped. Try to run away Death Grip, try cast Death Grip, try to eat and drink Death Grip, try to cry in a corner cuz i keep getting pwned by DKs Death Grip.
Although the worst I have seen was what they did to my tankadin friend Death Gripping him in circles around the group of 5 of them, and stunning him. I couldn't help but laugh until it came to be my turn...


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Winners of five straight National Association of Christian Athletes championships, the Lady Hawks rallied from a double-digit halftime to take the lead in the final 40 seconds before the Bearettes sank four free throws to prevent what would have been the first back-to-back losses in Coach Jason Reuter's tenure.
"A win is a win," declared Coach Reuter after the narrow 51-48 escape. "We may have had a little Riverdale hangover [a seven-point loss to the nationally-ranked two-time state champions]. We had way too many unforced errors [20 turnovers] and stood around too much. This performance leaves a bad taste in our mouths."
In the boys' matchup, the Hawks, who are also NACA national champs, had just one starter under 6-foot-3, while none of the Bears reached that mark. With a front line that went 6-11, 6-8, 6-6 and a 6-3 point guard that has signed with Tennessee Tech, Hamilton Heights had a 15-point lead midway through the final frame, but Bradley was able to cut the deficit to just four points with 38 seconds remaining, but that was as close as the home team would come.
"We dug ourselves a hole and almost climbed out of it there in the fourth quarter but couldn't quite get all the way out," remarked Bear head coach Chuck Clark after the 72-64 finale. "They're [HH] some big boys, but we didn't quit. We've got that Bradley DNA, and we fought back."
The Bears (1-2) will get another chance to chop down the tall trees as they face the unbeaten Hawks (4-0) again Tuesday at 5 p.m. in the opening round of the MurMaid Mattress Classic at Walker Valley's "Stable."
The Bradley boys will also play Wednesday afternoon at Cleveland High's Raider Dome against Hardin Valley at 4:30.
The Bearettes (2-1) will host the Mountain View Inn Thanksgiving Tournament later in the week, facing Knox Webb at 3:30 Friday afternoon and both Oak Ridge at noon and Franklin County 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Friday's opening quarter saw the lead change hands four times but end where it started with the score knotted (10-10) for the fourth time.
Bradley netted the first nine points of the second period before the visitors finally found the bottom of the bucket with 3:15 left in the half. The Bearettes pushed their advantage to double digits by the intermission.
Down 27-17, Hamilton Heights (2-2) came roaring our of the locker room to score the first eight points of the second half to pull within two points, but the Black-and-Gold went on a 15-3 run to build its biggest lead (11) on the contest. The Lady Hawks hit the final two baskets of the period to close the gap back to 42-35 at the third buzzer.
The Chattanooga private school continued to put on the pressure on the final eight minutes, as Bradley made just two of its final dozen shots from the field. After the Lady Hawks cut the difference to just two points, Elizabeth Balogun, a 6-foot eighth-grader from Nigeria, blocked a shot. The visitors brought the ball downcourt and got it into the hands of freshman Amber Hunt, the only American on the team, and she drilled her second 3-pointer of the evening with :42 ticks on the clock to give the Lady Hawks the lead.
After a timeout, Bradley got the ball to University of Florida signee Brooke Copeland and the all-stater was hacked going to the hoop. She drained both shots to but the Bearettes back on top with 31 seconds to go and then after a three-second call agains the visitors gave the ball back, Copeland did the same thing for two more free throws with just under 16 ticks remaining to seal the victory.
"It's a team sport. We win as a team and we lose as a team," proclaimed Coach Reuter. "I've got to do a better job of making sure we don't take anything for granted. Bottom line is we've got to get much better to get to where we want to go."
Copeland posted a double-double, pacing the Bearettes with 13 points and pulling down and a dozen rebounds. Middle Tennessee signee Rebecca Reuter helped out with 10 points and eight caroms. The "Twin Towers" both blocked a pair of shots and dished off a couple of assists.
Senior Mady Stallings drilled a trio of 3-pointers as she added 11 points to the winning total, while classmate Lyndsy Davis drained a pair from "downtown" to a half dozen markers.
Sophomore Julia Gaither and freshman Hall Hughes both added five points, with the former also clearing five caroms. Freshman Emma Kate Brown pulled down four boards and snatched a pair of steals.
For the visitors, Lithuanian junior Kamile Kasculnaite led the way with 12 points, while Serbian senior Nina Vukosavljevic, who has signed to play for the New York Institute of Technology, added 10.
Senior Taylor Bentley put back in an offensive rebound to open the scoring, but that turned out to be Bradley's only lead of the contest.
Hamilton Heights scored the next 13 points and, although the hosts we able to cut the difference to just four points when the opening period horn sounded and tied the contest twice early in the second frame, the visitors never relinquished the lead.
Still leading by four at the half, the Hawks took advantage of a six-minute span in the third quarter, which saw the hosts miss a half dozen straight shots, plus turn the ball over the same amount of times, during which Hamilton Heights put 11 unanswered points on the scoreboard for a 18-point advantage.
Bradley then started chipping away at the "tall trees," cutting the difference to 13 heading into the final period before using a 15-4 late in the game to close the gap to just four points when senior Logan Cox drained a 3-pointer in the final minute. However, 6-6 sophomore Nigerian shooting guard Ezekiel Balogun got an "old fashioned" three-point play, and Tennessee Tech signee Aleska Jugovic, from Serbia, capped his 19-point game-high effort a moment later.
The Hawks shot 50 percent (19-of-38) from in front of the arc and 41 percent (7-of-17) from beyond it, while Bradley also made half (16-of-32) of its two-pointers, but was just 6-for-23 from long range. The Bears did sink 14-1of-15 free throws. The much taller visitors won the battle fo the boards by a 38-16 margin.
Sophomore Bradley McCurdy topped the Bear effort hitting 7-of-10 shots from the field and both his free throws for a career-high 18 points.
Freshman Cole Copland came off the bench for a dozen points, plus pulled down a half dozen rebounds and dished off a pair of assists, while Cox netted 10 points.
After trailing 27-20 at the half, the young Bears out scored the visitors 19-1 in the third period to put the game away.
Gareb Humphrey and Rashad Marshall led the victory with seven points apiece, while Swan Parker, Ty Beavers and Peyton Parker netted a half dozen apiece.
Hamilton Heights 10 7 17 14 — 48
Bradley Central 10 17 15 9 — 51
LADY HAWKS (48) — Kamile Kasculnaite 12, Nina Vukosavljevic 10, Balogun 7, Hunt 6, Monyers 6, Paulauskaite 5, Kevisaite 2.
BEARETTES (51) — Brooke Copeland 13, Mady Stallings 11, Rebecca Reuter 10, Lyndsy Davis 6, Julia Gaither 5, Halle Hughes 5, Emma Kate Brown 1, Katie Brown.
3-POINTERS: HH 6 (Vukosavljevic 2, Hunt 2, Paulauskaite, Kasculnaite); Bradley 7 (Stallings 3, Davis 2, Copeland, Hughes).
FREE THROWS: HH 1-of-9; Bradley 8-of-9.
RECORDS: Hamilton Heights 2-2; Bradley Central 2-1.
Hamilton Heights 15 18 21 18 — 72
Bradley Central 11 18 12 23 — 64
HAWKS (72) — Aleska Jugovic 19, Laurynas Vaitkus 13, Ezekiel Balogun 11, Ado 9, Roknic 7, Duran 7, Nauseda 4, Adheke 2.
BEARS (64) —Bradley McCurdy 18, Cole Copeland 12, Logan Cox 10, Daniel Clark 9, Taylor Bentley 7, Dee Crisp 6, Ty Morgan 2, Tucker Maroon.
3-POINTERS: HH 7 (Jugovic 3, Vaitkus 13, Duran, Roknic); Bradley 5 (Cox 2, McCurdy, Clark, Copeland).
FREE THROWS: HH 13-of-23; Bradley 14-of-15.
RECORDS: Hamilton Heights 4-0; Bradley Central 1-2.


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Honorable Rebecca McDowell Cook
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Dear Secretary Cook:
This opinion letter is in response to your request for our review under Section 116.332, RSMo, of the sufficiency as to form of an initiative petition relating to a proposed change to Section 571.080, RSMo.
We approve the petition as to form. However, since the Secretary of State has been given final approval or rejection authority under Section 116.332, our approval of the form of the petition does not preclude you from rejecting the petition.
Inasmuch as our review is simply for the purpose of determining sufficiency as to form, the fact that we do not reject the petition is not to be construed as a determination that the petition is sufficient as to substance. Likewise, since our review is mandated by statute, no action we take with respect to such review should be construed as an endorsement of the petition or as the expression of any view respecting the adequacy or inadequacy of the petition generally or of the objectives of its proponents.
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The lack of harmonisation across the EU never fails to surprise me. I understand that it is extremely difficult to achieve unity between the 28 states; still we have been doing it for a while now, so you'd think some kind of standardisation of taxes at least would be in force by now.
Not so.
At the moment VAT on e-books is charged at different rates in different EU countries.
In the UK e-books carry 20% VAT while print books are free of tax. In France e-books have 5.5% VAT, while in Luxembourg where Amazon is based, the VAT is charged at 3 percent.
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The 'Wonder'ful Mexican Riviera with a nut (allergy) Full report w/pics!
Day 2-First Day At Sea Day 3-Cabo San Lucas Day 4-Puerto Vallarta and the Search for the Golden Nectar Day 5-Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee-It's a Nippy Day at Sea Day 6-Cabo Touch and Go, Part 1 Day 6-Cabo Touch and Go, Part 2 Day 7-Final Day at Sea, Part 1 Day 7-Final Day at Sea, Part 2 Good Day L.A. and See 'Ya Real Soon This is my first TR and I'm a terrible writer so bear with me-I'm doing this for your benefit, so slack is appreciated Day 1-Doubletree Pre-Cruise, Embarkation and Let the Magic Begin Ready to travel to mexico with me? Here we go! List of characters: Me, the mom, also known as T.Q. (that stands for tequila queen, if you were wondering). DH-a.k.a. Divot (it's a military thing-just go with it). DS(6)-a.k.a. BASS (a camp name that we came up with as a family- Brave Adventurous Smart Son). DD(3)-a.k.a. GG (for gingerbread girl-she likes to run away and is always looking for trouble). This adventure began in early April, 2010. I had always wanted to go on a Disney cruise but didn't seriously consider it until the west coast cruises were offered. We have been APs at Disneyland since DS was born, so the parks are old hat to the kids(and exhausting to T.Q.) and I knew this was a way to have quality family time and lots of alone time with Divot as well. So....I am normally a very laid back person, think type B-- but I turn into a commando when it comes to vacation, especially Disney, which basically you have to be if you want to get anything accomplished while you are there...So I plan and obsess and devour the boards and listen to the podcast and read the Passporter guidebook and soak up any and all information that I possibly can before the cruise. This crazy behavior goes on for 9 months and I think that Divot must be a saint for putting up with my madness without complaining. Well, in June Disney offered a little pixie dust with kids sail free and gave us a refund of over 1000.00 yippie! More people booked the cruise after this and they started showing up on the Dis meet boards. I organized the FE exchange because I couldn't wait to get started and we ended up having a great group of participants. Now, fast forward to January 30, 2011-it's time, it's finally arrived, what we've been waiting almost a year for! January 30: We booked the Doubletree in San Pedro with Hilton points, so we got the room, breakfast, parking and shuttle to the port for free. This was a great deal and I really had no expectations where the hotel was concerned, it was a place to sleep and a ride. We live 90 minutes from the port and Divot's family lives in Huntington Beach, so we visited family instead of checking out the port area. From what I did see of the area, I was unimpressed and wouldn't want to walk around much at night. I signed up for the shuttle immediately and was told that the first one leaves at 10:30 What?? That's no good for this obsessive over planner, I have to get there before the hoards, don't you people get it? Anyway, we drive to the in-laws, have dinner and get back to the hotel around 9:00. The hotel was just okay, it looked worn and tired, like they know their clientele would only be there pre-cruise and they didn't care about impressing them, actually they totally failed at attention to detail. I'm really not picky- as long as the room is clean and I feel safe it's all good, however, when I turned the kids' bed back there were several stains (looked like blood) on their bottom sheet and there were stains on the pillows as well. I called housekeeping to bring new sheets and noticed that the "new" pillowcases had holes in them. Oh well, I'll take holes over stains and it was way past the kids bedtime at this point so let's just get to sleep 'cause tomorrow is THE DAY! There was just one problem-T.Q. couldn't sleep. I do have a history of insomnia but it hadn't been a problem for some time, so I looked at the clock all night until I finally had to get up (around 5). What time does the port open again? Oh, not for 4 1/2 more hours, what do we do until then? We had breakfast at the hotel, which was standard fare (fruit, cereal, oatmeal, eggs, sausage, bacon, french toast, waffles, pastries...) Around 9:30 saint Divot drove myself and BASS over to the port to drop off the luggage and get an early boarding card, then he and GG took the car back to the hotel and grabbed the shuttle at 10:30. Arriving at the port: We got to the port at 9:45 and grabbed a porter to help with the bags. Divot and GG took the car back to the hotel and BASS and I went to check in. After going up an escalator to the second floor of the building, we were directed to the health questionnaire and after they determined we didn't have any contagious diseases, it was on to the check-in counter. Now, I just happened to get the CM who was starting that day and the process took a really long time, but I'm happy to be on vacation, so I go with the flow and remain my usually patient self. Next, we show our KTTWC to a CM before entering the security line and she hands me a #3 boarding card. We then go quickly through security (there were no lines at this point) and went to check in at the kids club desk. The registration for the kids club was not up and running and we were directed to the sitting area next to the desk. We waited until 11 and in that time the line to register had grown exponentially. The CMs waved us over only to discover the computers had not turned over from the last cruise, so more waiting...but this turned out to be a good thing, because Divot and GG walked up at the exact moment the computers were up and running. The remaining time in the terminal went by quickly thanks to our Dis-group get together, it was great putting names to faces and meeting everyone's families. Boarding: Began at 11:45 and we were on very quickly and decided to go to Parrot Cay since it was overcast and drizzly that morning. This turned out to be a mistake-What I should have done was go to guest services and sign up for the Tea with Disney friends (used to be Alice) because when I did get there (less than an hour after boarding began) both teas were completely full and they said that they would not be adding anymore, basically we were out of luck. I decided not to mention this bit of sadness to the kids and I hoped they had forgotten all about the tea, even though GG brought her Alice dress and had been talking about the tea for months-I felt like a failure for letting them down, but there was nothing I could do. Oh well, on to lunch at Parrot Cay: I thought this was a good place to start the cruise, especially on a overcast, drizzly L.A. day. It had a tropical caribbean feel to it-just what we needed! BASS has a life threatening tree nut allergy, so the head chef came out and went over the buffet with us. He told us that everything was safe on the buffet, but no desserts other than the hand dipped ice cream. I am usually not a fan of buffets but this was decent, with the exception of the salmon which was a little dry (I found this to be the case with most of the fish throughout the week). The kids buffet offered mini corn dogs, chicken tenders, mac & cheese and spaghetti & meatballs. Also, I feel the need to comment on the coffee, it was fine, totally not the grey dishwater that I had been expecting-I didn't even open the Starbucks VIA packets that I brought along. After lunch, the kids were really excited to check out the Oceaneers club/lab and of course they loved them! After meeting some of the counselors and a bit of exploration, we headed up to deck 9 to check out the Mickey pool. Even though it was in the mid 60s outside, the pools were kept in the 80s and in port without wind this was tolerable. BASS and GG wore themselves out in the pool and on the slide until 1:30 when the room was ready. Of, course being the wonderful mom that I am, they always had a fresh cup of hot chocolate and their kiddie robes waiting for them when they got out of the pool. TIP: If you plan on swimming-bring robes, the towels do nothing to protect you from the wind and it does get very cold, especially on sea days. The room: We loved our location (5520 secret porthole) it was really quiet and having the window was great. The split bath came in handy when we were getting ready for dinner, although I only used the room shower once. TIP: Shower in the spa, it is so much better than the room and they have a sauna, robes and Elemis products for you to use. One downside to arriving early at the port is that our luggage was on the bottom of the pile and we didn't get any of it until after 5, this translated to a mad scramble to get ready for dinner (we had the early 5:45 seating) TIP: Don't show up at the exact seating time, wait 5-10 minutes later or you will just be standing in a huge line to get into the restaurant. another TIP: The complaints regarding lines are valid. There were lines from he**, especially for character and princess gatherings, so either show up 15-20 minutes early, or sneak out of the restaurant between courses to get pictures taken. After exploring the room, we head to the muster drill (no lifejackets required ) and discovered that showing up early is a mistake, especially with a 3 year old. What seemed like an eternity later, we were dismissed and went straight to deck 9 for the sailaway party. Strangely, the horn didn't blow at the end of the countdown, it missed the cue and was late, does this happen often? Oh well. Dinner: We had PTAPTAP rotation because I wanted to be in Triton's for formal night and Parrot Cay for Pirate night. So, our first dinner was in Parrot Cay and it was good. Sorry, I didn't get any pictures, I guess we were engrossed in the newness of it all and I forgot. I had an amazing salad with shrimp and avocado with a citrus dressing, I also tried a side of the grouper, which looked good but tasted fishy. Divot got the mixed grill which he proclaimed was just ok, he thought the veal was the best part of it. BASS had the burger and fries, GG had chicken tenders with mac & cheese and they both had Mickey bars for dessert. Service: Our servers were Joel (from the Philippines) and Duran (from Jamaica) and they were outstanding! Joel has been a server with Disney for 6 years and was very good with the kids and always on top of BASS's allergies. He did magic tricks, made origami animals out of the kids menu, made hats out of the napkins and took the time to give us information about shows and things we shouldn't miss around the ship. After dinner we explored the ship and lined up for the Welcome Aboard show. TIP: The line on the right side to enter the theater was much longer than the one on the left and if you want to get a good seat I would show up 30 minutes early. The show was entertaining, BASS liked it, but GG fell asleep in the middle of it and Divot carried her back to the room. We had a fun and busy first day, we were all ready to fall into bed. I was worried about someone getting seasick because the boat was really rocking and rolling the first night out (especially with my tendency toward insomnia). I ended up really liking the rocking motion and I think it actually helped me to sleep better. I was also worried that the bed and pillows would be hard and I was prepared to give a generous tip to get a feather pillow, but I didn't need to-everything was really comfortable. We brought a sound machine to drown out noise, but I never heard a peep from either neighbor. The cabin above us sounded like a heard of elephants but they went to bed about the same time we did so it was never a problem. Well friends, this is the end of day1. Next up, our first day at sea.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to retype it! And thanks for posting photos too. Makes me excited about our trip, which is in a couple weeks... Looking forward to reading the next installment.
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Yes, so glad you took the time to rewrite your report! Thank you for the great details tips and pics! Can't wait for the next update.
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Yes! Thank you thank you! I am looking forward to reading the rest.
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I am going in October, so I can't wait to read the rest of your report!!!
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Awesome trip report. Thanks!
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Awesome, awesome report. Thank you!
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That reminds me, I also had a question about showering in the spa. Did you ever have to wait in line for the showers? Also, can you wear the robe back to your room?
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There are two showers and I never had to wait (I was usually there around 4) and I brought my own robe, so I'm not sure about that. You don't need a spa pass to use the changing room and shower, they are amenities of the gym. If you want to go in the rainforest room, it is 16.00 per day or you can buy a week long pass. I used the rainforest room with a spa treatment and decided that for me, it's not worth the extra money.
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Tonight we begin to separate Gregory Polanco as mythological figure from Gregory Polanco as Major Leaguer.
Michael Wacha's Near-No-Hitter Sends NLDS Back to St. Louis
Toss 22-year-old Michael Wacha onto a pitcher's mound where he has to keep the Cardinals' season from ending. Add 40,000 screaming fans who want nothing more but to see him fail, and tauntingly sing his name from the first pitch. Nervous? "I kind of like it," Wacha said. "It kind of gives me adrenaline. I kind of use it in my favor." St. Louis' starter retired the first 15 Pirates hitters he...
Pirates Making Noise with Home Field Advantage
The Pirates' playoff run seems to be all Pittsburghers are talking about. And when they talk with someone who has been down to PNC Park for either of the first two postseason games, the first question is usually the same: Is it really as loud as everyone is saying it is? Ask the national writers who have attended multiple World Series, they'll tell you it was louder than any baseball game they have covered before. Ask Neal...