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8:10 PM ET, June 28, 2013
Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Angels capitalize on 8th-inning error; Erick Aybar adds 2-run hit in 9th
HOUSTON -- Angels manager Mike Scioscia called what Houston starter Bud Norris has done to his team this year a "nightmare you can't shake."
Thankfully for Los Angeles, Scioscia's offense woke up when Norris left the game before the eighth inning and found a way to put the Astros away for a 4-2 win on Friday night.Pinch-runner Peter Bourjos scored the go-ahead run in the eighth on an error and Erick Aybar added a two-run single in the ninth to help the Angels to the victory.Hank Conger doubled off Paul Clemens (4-3) to start the eighth. Conger was replaced by Bourjos before Aybar drew a walk. Bourjos took third on a fly out by J.B. Shuck. Shortstop Ronny Cedeno's error on the play, when he bounced the ball trying to pick off Aybar at second, allowed Bourjos to dash home just ahead of the throw.Aybar's bases-loaded single sent two home and extended the lead to 4-1 in the ninth.Houston's Jason Castro homered in the fourth before Mike Trout tied it at 1 with an RBI single in the sixth.The Angels had scored 33 runs on 46 hits in their last four games. But Norris, who entered the game having allowed just one run in three starts -- all wins -- against Los Angeles this season, continued to be tough on the Angels. He yielded four hits and no earned runs with five strikeouts in seven innings."He's thrown as well as anybody we've faced this year, probably better than anybody we've faced on a consistent basis," Scioscia said. "He's got that fastball that's sneaky and he's mixing his breaking ball in. I thought we had better at-bats against him tonight but the results were pretty much what we've seen the first several times he's pitched against us."Conger was glad they were finally able to win a game against the Astros when Norris was pitching and extend their winning streak to four games."It's huge," he said. "Just the fact that we were able to pull off a win facing Bud Norris, knowing how well he's been throwing against us. That was one that we really needed coming off the road trip with Detroit and bringing that momentum here was really huge for us."Los Angeles starter Jerome Williams limited Houston to five hits and a run over 6 1/3 innings. Dane De La Rosa (3-1) and Kevin Jepsen pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings before Ernesto Frieri allowed one run in the ninth for his 20th save.The win by Los Angeles breaks a four-game losing streak to the Astros, but the Angels still trail Houston 7-4 this season.Houston manager Bo Porter was disappointed with the two errors his team made that led to two runs. The Astros lead the majors with 63 errors this season."We've all played this game and understand that mistakes do happen and errors are a part of the game," he said. "For the most part it's the speed of the game and the mental part that we definitely need to clean up."Houston had several chances to add to its run total. Perhaps the best opportunity came in the eighth inning. Jose Altuve walked with one out and stole second base. A single by Brett Wallace sent him to third but Jepsen retired Castro and Chris Carter to end the threat.Castro opened Houston's fourth with his homer to the bullpen in right-center to make it 1-0. Williams got back on track after that, retiring the next three batters. Cedeno walked with no outs in the fifth, but Williams still faced the minimum in that inning when Cedeno was thrown out trying to steal second on a strikeout by Barnes.Aybar started the sixth with a single and advanced to second on an error by Brandon Barnes. A one-out single by Trout sent Aybar home to tie it at 1-all.Altuve singled in the sixth before Castro took a one-out walk. But Houston came away empty-handed when Altuve was caught trying to steal third before Carter grounded into a force out.Carlos Pena and J.D. Martinez hit back-to-back singles to start the seventh and chase Williams. Pena was thrown out trying to advance to third on the single by Martinez.De La Rosa struck out Cedeno before center fielder Trout made an excellent running catch on a sharp fly ball hit by Matt Dominguez to end the inning.Barnes made a pair of nifty defensive plays in the third inning. The first one came when he sprinted and leaped to grab a fly ball hit by Conger before crashing into the padded wall in center field and falling to the ground for the first out of the third.He then ended the inning by dashing to make a diving catch on a liner hit by Shuck.Scioscia was impressed by Conger's at-bats on Friday."Hank hit the ball hard every time," Scioscia said. "Drove the ball well to center field; Barnes made a couple good plays on him. And then he just hammered that last one for a double in the eighth and was the start of our go-ahead rally."Game notes
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Scoring Summary
4th | J Castro homered to right center (444 feet). | 0 | 1 | |
6th | M Trout singled to center, E Aybar scored. | 1 | 1 | |
8th | J Shuck flied out to center, P Bourjos scored, E Aybar to second on throwing error by shortstop R Cedeno. | 2 | 1 | |
9th | E Aybar singled to right, M Trumbo and J Hamilton scored, P Bourjos to third. | 4 | 1 | |
9th | M Dominguez hit sacrifice fly to center, C Pena scored, J Martinez to third. | 4 | 2 | |
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Game Information
Stadium | Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX |
Attendance | 20,498 (48.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
Game Time | 3:49 |
Weather | indoors |
Umpires | Home Plate - Kerwin Danley, First Base - Lance Barksdale, Second Base - Mike Muchlinski, Third Base - Gary Cederstrom |
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He must not be a size 9. Authority Over Some Things = Authority Over Everything?How did the U.S. go from the situation 200 years ago where the federal government had authority over the few things specified in the Constitution such as defense and coinage, to the situation now where just about anything is fair game? Where did the authority come to spend citizens' hard-earned tax dollars subsidizing agribusiness and unpopular art, or to outlaw smoking the plant that Thomas Jefferson grew? Did the heroes of the Revolutionary War die so we could be free from England, or so we could be taxed and regulated by Washington D.C.? Local Control is Less BadStates, cities and towns can't cheat you too much. If they do, you can move to a different one. It's much harder to move out of the U.S., and for most people that's not an option. Citizens of the U.S. are a essentially a captive market and the exploitation is rampant. It's no coincidence that federal taxes are an order of magnitude higher than local taxes. Not only that the federal government owns the currency and could devalue it a la Argentina if they felt like it. Military Coup / Politician CoupEveryone knows what a military coup is -- the individuals who are in control of the military take over the civilian government. Instead of following the laws of civilian government, they just run things the way they want to do it. Is there such a thing as a civilian coup? Yes. This may not be the best name for it, but there certainly is such a thing. It's when the individuals who run the civilian government go beyond their authority, disregard the laws of government, and simply run things the way they want to. Maybe a 'Politician Coup'. Who Owns Your Town?There's no clear ownership of public property in my city (or any public place in the U.S.). Instead we have a bunch of people fighting each other for control of stuff by whining and pleading and making up rules as they go.The very concept of public ownership of anything stands on shaky ground. Who is 'the public'? I live in a city with around 100,000 people and for the sake of argument let's say $1,000,000,000 of public buildings, roads, and other infrastructure. If the city is 'owned' by it's residents that means each one's share is $10,000. However, you don't buy a share when you move in and you don't sell your share to someone else when you leave. There's some correlation between votes, property taxes, property values and the value of the city at large so it's not totally crazy, but basically shares just pop in and out of thin air. Hippie RebellionsI recently read an excerpt of Abbie Hoffman's 'Steal This Book'. Everything seemed so clearcut in an us vs. them sort of way ('us' being the hippies and 'them' being the establishment). Back in the sixties young people rebelled against the establishment because 1) the establishment was sending kids to die in a stupid war, and 2) the kids didn't have any representation in this process. That was a very real trampling of rights and a cause for just rebellion, but in my admittedly spotty understanding of the scene it looks like the hippies overgeneralized and blamed the establishment for denying them economic power as well, when their powerlessness was merely a result of their age. As they grew up they gained power as individuals just like in any other generation. LibertarianismOne political philosophy, libertarianism, recognizes that 'society' is nothing more than a collection of individuals, and comes closest to pinning down the faults of governments acting on behalf of society. Libertarians stand for upholding the rights of individuals; various members of the Libertarian Party and other libertarian-thinking people may focus on different aspects of this, but that's the general idea. Here are some libertarian organizations and Massachusetts campaigns (my home state):
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Study of the functioning of living organisms or their constituent tissues or cells. Physiology was usually considered separately from anatomy until the development of high-powered microscopes made it clear that structure and function were inseparable at the cellular and molecular level. An understanding of biochemistry is fundamental to physiology. Physiological processes are dynamic; cells change their function in response to changes in the composition of their local environment, and the organism responds to alterations in both its internal and external environment. Many physiological reactions are aimed at preserving a constant physical and chemical internal environment (homeostasis). Seealso cytology.
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The field of animal physiology extends the tools and methods of human physiology to non-human animal species. Plant physiology also borrows techniques from both fields. Its scope of subjects is at least as diverse as the tree of life itself. Due to this diversity of subjects, research in animal physiology tends to concentrate on understanding how physiological traits changed throughout the evolutionary history of animals. Other major branches of scientific study that have grown out of physiology research include biochemistry, biophysics, paleobiology, biomechanics, and pharmacology.
During the Middle Ages, the ancient Greek and Indian medical traditions were further developed by Muslim physicians, most notably Avicenna (980-1037), who introduced experimentation and quantification into the study of physiology in The Canon of Medicine. Many of the ancient physiological doctrines were eventually discredited by Ibn al-Nafis (1213-1288), who was the first physician to correctly describe the anatomy of the heart, the coronary circulation, the structure of the lungs, and the pulmonary circulation, for which he is considered the father of circulatory physiology. He was also the first to describe the relationship between the lungs and the aeration of the blood, the cause of pulsation, and an early concept of capillary circulation.
Following from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance brought an increase of physiological research in the Western world that triggered the modern study of anatomy and physiology. Anatomist William Harvey described the circulatory system in the 17th century, demonstrating the fruitful combination of close observations and careful experiments to learn about the functions of the body, which was fundamental to the development of experimental physiology. Herman Boerhaave is sometimes referred to as a father of physiology due to his exemplary teaching in Leiden and textbook 'Institutiones medicae' (1708).
In the 19th century, physiological knowledge began to accumulate at a rapid rate, most notably with Matthias Schleidan and Theodor Schwann's Cell theory which radically stated in 1838 that organisms are made up of units called cells, along with Claude Bernard's (1813-1878) many discoveries that ultimately led to his concept of, interieur (internal environment) which would later be taken up and championed as Homeostasis by American physiologist Walter Cannon (1871-1945).
In the 20th century, biologists also became interested in how organisms other than human beings function, eventually spawning the fields of comparative physiology and ecophysiology Major figures in these fields include Knut Schmidt-Nielsen and George Bartholomew. Most recently, evolutionary physiology has become a distinct subdiscipline.


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This is my submission to the Nourishing Holiday Food Carnival, hosted by Kimi Harris over at the Nourishing Gourmet blog. Check out the other recipes and her fabulous blog!
I'm in a bit of a rush lately with the end of the term approaching quickly (and then Christmas, yay!), so I'll make this post brief. My dairy-free pumpkin pie didn't turn out as attractive as I'd hoped, so here's a considerably easier treat for those of you who don't like fighting with crumbly crusts and temperamental custards. Cranberry brownies sound a bit unusual, but I promise that you will like this tart twist on the ultimate chocolate indulgence. And if you don't care for the cranberries, these are darn good regular brownies. They may have just usurped the ooey gooey kind as the best low carb sugar-free brownies. The best part about these almond oat flour brownies is that they are ridiculously easy to prepare!
A few notes about the recipe…
1. The brownies are shaped like muffin tins because I don't have real pans in my school apartment. Feel free to use an 8 by 8 inch pan. You might have to adjust the baking time a bit, though.
2. The oat flour is not certified gluten-free (I'm not celiac, just intolerant), but you can certainly make your own oat flour with certified gluten-free oats.
3. The type of cocoa you use affects the flavor–use Dutch-processed for that old school Little Debbie Snack cake cocoa flavor. Natural cocoa will give you a more complex chocolate flavor depending on what brand you use.
4. You can use dried UNSWEETENED cranberries (check the Whole Foods in your area if you have one!), fresh, or frozen berries. If using frozen berries, be sure to defrost them and squeeze out all of the excess moisture with paper towels.
5. Toast hazelnuts for 10 minutes or until fragrant (but not brown) in the oven as you are preparing the batter. If you can't find hazelnuts, walnuts work just as well.
Cranberry Hazelnut Holiday Brownies
One recipe of Simple Cocoa Brownies
1/2 cup frozen cranberries, chopped into halves
1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts or walnuts, toasted
If you are using frozen cranberries, thaw chopped halves in 10 second intervals in the microwave until heated through and no longer icy. Squeeze as much moisture out as you can with paper towels. Mix into batter.
Simple Cocoa Brownies
Yields 10-12 brownies
1/2 cup organic unsalted butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup erythritol or 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons xylitol
1/4 teaspoon good-tasting pure stevia extract (NuNaturals)
2 large organic eggs
1/4 cup organic heavy cream
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 cup almond flour
1/4 cup oat flour (or gluten-free flour blend)
1/4-1/2 cup chopped nuts
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Melt butter and cocoa together and stir until smooth. Whisk in eggs and erythritol. Pour cream in, whisking for a minute or two to dissolve all of the erythritol. Add in remaining ingredients, reserving nuts to stir in last. Pour batter into silicone muffins cups or an 8 by 8 inch pan lined with parchment or greased aluminum foil. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool COMPLETELY before cutting and serving. These brownies are at their BEST after letting them sit overnight. They're yummy and fudgy straight from the refrigerator.
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I have a lot to talk about tonight!
Okay, several songs. Two good, two guilty pleasures.
1) Fleet Foxes – White Winter Hymnal. I had to kind of acquire a taste for Fleet Foxes, I think starting with their "Helplessness Blues." Now I can't stop listening to them! As far as these laid back alternative bands go, they've been around for a while and I'm just slow on the uptake. Their self-titled album is beautiful. Very relaxing and perfect to calm you down with this crazy stupid weather we're having.
2) Of Monsters and Men – Little Talks. I was listening to 92.3 wtts's New Music Monday and this song came on. I can't begin to describe how much joy it brings. I love duets! The song is upbeat and fun. Makes me want spring though.
3) Jessie J – Domino. If you were around me when Jessie J's first song, Pricetag, came on the radio, I probably couldn't stop myself from complaining about its preachy premise for three times the length of the actual song. When I heard this was her new single, I didn't give it a chance and changed the channel when it started. But one day I switched it on mid-song and did a double take. Katy Perry, the British edition!? Sure I'll take it. If you like pop but haven't given this a listen yet, do so. It's a fun song. (Give it to 0:40 for the bridge.)
4) Selena Gomes – Love You like a Love Song. It's a little silly, but you can't deny Selena's excellent voice, the retro disco beat, and the fact that Disney actually groomed a wonderful young lady that's fun to listen to. I crank this song every time it comes on the radio.
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Patatas bravas is one of Spain's most definitive tapas, consisting of fried potatoes served with a spicy "brava"—meaning fierce—tomato sauce. The accompanying aioli here is the perfect foil for the spicy peppers. Grab a glass of sangría and dream of Catalonia.
This recipe was featured as part of our Make Your Own Potato Tots project.
- 1Heat the oven to 450°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Place the potatoes in the oven and bake until easily pierced with a knife but still firm in the center, about 35 to 40 minutes. (If you have 3 smaller potatoes, cook them about 25 to 30 minutes.) When cool enough to handle but still hot, peel away the skin using a paring knife and discard. Shred the potatoes on the large holes of a box grater. Transfer the potatoes to a large bowl, sprinkle in the flour, garlic powder, salt, and cayenne, and mix until combined.
- 2Measure 1 teaspoon of the potato mixture and roll into a short cylinder about 1 1/2 inches long and 3/4 inch wide. Place on a baking sheet and repeat with the remaining potato mixture.
- 3Line a second baking sheet with paper towels; set aside. Add enough of the oil to a large frying pan to reach about 1/4 inch up the sides and set over medium-high heat until hot, about 5 minutes. Check to see if the oil is hot by submerging the handle of a wooden spoon or wooden chopstick till it touches the bottom of the pan—the oil should bubble vigorously. When it's ready, fry the tots in batches of 8 to 10 pieces (do not overcrowd the pan), turning once, until medium golden brown on both sides, about 2 to 3 minutes per batch. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to the paper-towel-lined baking sheet and season with salt. To serve, spoon a thin layer of brava sauce on the surface of a serving dish and arrange the tots in the sauce. Dollop a large spoonful of aioli on top. Alternatively, serve both sauces on the side for dipping.
- 4To freeze, let the fried tots cool, then transfer to an airtight container or zip-top bag. Arrange in a single layer and place in the freezer. To reheat, heat the oven to 400°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Evenly spread the tots in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake until hot, about 15 minutes.


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Jim Magilton last week became the latest managerial casualty at the club following his bust-up with Akos Buzsaky, meaning Paul Hart has become the sixth permanent boss in little over two years. Leigertwood was on target as Hart's reign began with a 1-1 draw against Sheffield United on Saturday, and the midfielder insists Rangers can put the off-field drama behind them and push up the table, "We know that we are good enough to go and get in the play-offs or even promoted," he said. "But we have to show that level of commitment and work hard to actually do it."
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I have a website that sells a product. In addition, I have a network of partners/resellers who also sell my product through their websites on a comission basis. I support them using my copy in their body text as a description of my products because I know the best what I am writing about and it is also less work/hassle for them. I am now concerned that this might not be search engine-friendly and the websites of my partners and I might suffer as a result. Should I be concerned about this?
Would you care to explain why Amazon Aff or Yahoo RSS feeds being displayed across 'thousands' of sites are not hurting them? Let me guess, they are in the charades!
Then you'll end up with a bunch of partner sites with duplicate content issues. Consider the consequences based on your particular situation of course.
This would be nearly impossible with some of my marketing copy on day-by-day tour itineraries that have to be the same no matter what. The only thing I could do would be to move words around.
I do not want to penalize my partners in Google yet I simply cannot write different copies for one tour.
I think in the Travel Industry it is common practise for the travel agency to copy the marketing copy of the touroperator on their sites. I might tell my partners the possible consequences of this.
Most should know that already but perhaps the call to action will motivate them a bit.
Perhaps even have a content contest, offer some prize of commission bonus or something for whomever produces the most unique content related to your offerings.
Re-write your copy! Pronto. Ignore those who say Google doesn't penalize for duplicate content. They can and do penalize. We were in the very same boat you're in - we manufacture products, and support our distributors with pre-built web pages, including copy. A few months back, we vanished from Google. We panicked, until we finally figured out what had happened. We re-wrote our copy, used Copyscape to find the dupes, and now we're back in.


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the first Irish society in America was formed by Ulster Presbyterians |
greeting card featuring the St. Patrick's flag of Ireland. |
In 1766 the New York Gazette reported on a notable March 17th celebration at the house of a gentleman by the name of Mr. Bardin. Among the toasts raised on the evening were; "the prosperity of Ireland", "Success to the Sons Of Liberty in America" and "The glorious memory of King William of Orange".
The first proper St. Paddy's day parade in New York was in that same year (1766) when soldiers from the British Army's Irish regiments (Catholics were forbidden from joining the army until 1778) met at the Crown & Thistle tavern in Manhattan, drank a toast to King George III and then paraded through New York with the "playing of fifes and drums, which produced a very agreeable harmony." before heading back to the pub for more drinks. Today, Irish regiments in the British Army still mark St. Patrick's day with a parade.
A soldier of the Royal Ulster Rifles |
The Friendly Son's membership was originally mostly Scots-Irish |
It's a similar story with Canada's oldest parade; Montreal's St. Patrick's Day parade was first held in 1824. Soon after, the St. Patrick's Society was born in the city, it's membership was overwhelmingly Protestant. In 1856, many of the members left and formed the Irish Protestant Benevolent Society. However, the first recorded celebration of St Patrick's Day in Canada was in 1759, again by Irish Protestant soldiers serving with the British army, this was following their conquest of part of New France, a French colony in North America.
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To give a perspective on this; in 1790 when Fr. John Carroll was ordained as the first Roman Catholic bishop of the USA there were around 30,000 practising Catholics (around 1% of the population) and 22 priests in the new United States. This number represented Catholics of all nationalities (English, Irish, Dutch, German etc.). At the same time there were around 200 practising Presbyterian ministers from Ulster alone and an estimated 250,000 Scots-Irish.
Patrick, apostle of Ulster |
There seems to be a growing trend in America for people of Irish Protestant heritage to wear orange on St. Patrick's day in recognition of their faith & heritage. In the video clip below from The Simpsons, the Orange & the Green fight it out on St. Paddy's Day!
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When I finished my dissertation last month—the culmination of four years of work at varying degrees of effort—there became a weird void in the universe. I've celebrated, but you can only get away with that for so long. I've been congratulated, but honestly, how many times can someone say, "Well done!," particularly when I haven't graduated yet? And there has been no achievement pop-up ala PS3/X-Box saying MASTERS COMPLETED to encourage me to move on. It's all a bit of a let-down, really.
And what happened to all the energy and enthusiasm I'd been putting toward that endeavour over the last few years? Instead of instantly appearing in some other part of my life, it's mysteriously vanished. I used to find forty hours a day to do a thousand things more than I was mentally able to do. Now I can barely find eight hours to just sleep.
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So I'm not reading Kate Atkinson's anything, despite that I love her work. I was going to, but even the sight of the hardback intimidates me. I bet it's full of fleshed-out characters and intricate plots. The first page is no doubt more complicated than my brain's current state. No, I'm reading...
Sorry, I can't actually say. It's too embarrassing. But I'll present this excerpt to give you the flavour:
And then he leaned in and kissed her again, slower this time. He laid her gingerly down on the rocks by a magical stream in a forgotten ruin with darkness all around them, and it was perfect.
Yes, that says magical stream. No, I did not edit to make it more ridiculous. And by the way, it isn't even a romance novel.
Aside from a title and cover art that make a strong case for the privacy benefits of ebook readers, the novel itself is a great argument for why there are so many kinds of books in the world. For whatever it is (or isn't) it's exactly what I need right now. This book does not make me think. It does not challenge my preconceptions or anything else, except that I guess the words are small so sometimes it challenges my eyesight. I already know how it will end and I suspect I already know who lives and dies, who gets together, who breaks up, and who appears in the next book (of course there's a next book.) But I'm enjoying it, and it's letting me enjoy it without fighting me at all. Because if I read a book that fought me right now, I might die.
Vive le trash fiction.
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