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Grand Victoria Casino
The biggest, the grandest, the most stylish and the most comfortable casino in all of Illinois. Over 80,000 square feet and two decks of fun and excitement.
Volcano Falls Adventure Park
Play miniature golf on the ground-shaking Volcano Course under the shadow of a three-story erupting volcano or take it easy on the nine-hole Palm Course. Sharpen your sports skills in batting cages and the area's only soccer cages; enjoy "combat" with your friends in the Laser Zone; and race around the Go-Kart track.
CITY:Loves Park
Paddock Hills Equestrian Center
Imagine a golden ball of Midwestern sun breaking on the horizon. As the night dew still clings to the vines and the grass in the pastures, a farm comes to life with the sights and sounds of morning. Hot coffee steeps in the pot. Hard-working farm-hands begin the daily chores. Horses whinny as the cool rush of morning air fills their lungs. The gently rolling hills are aglow with another new day. This is the beauty of horses and the magic of a vineyard. Paddock Hills Equestrian Center is located with Prairie Orchard Farm vineyard in the majestic countryside of Union, IL, and is minutes from the I-90 expressway, but miles away from the hustle and bustle of the city and suburbs. Whether, attending one of our many horse shows, riding lessons, clinics, or programs, we are sure that your time with us will be well spent.
Kane County Cougars Baseball at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark
Minor league, Class A, Chicago Cubs affiliate. Games and events April-Sept. 14,000 seats, parking for 10,000. Easy access from I-88. Perfect for concerts, corporate outings and more.
Aldeen Golf Club & Practice Centre
Considered a "must play" course in the Midwest, Aldeen has an impressive list of accolades, including being voted best municipal course in Illinois by Golf Digest, and ranking number 38 in Golf Magazine's Thrifty 50 list.
This family amusement center has more than 78 free and five-cent games; 40 redemption games that dispense tickets for prizes; and 30 video and novelty games.
Rockford Aviators Professional Baseball
Rockford's professional baseball team is part of the Frontier League, an independent professional league. Home games are played at Aviators Stadium just off I-90 at Riverside Blvd., the first exit north of Business 20 (E. State St.). Specials, giveaways, entertainment and good, old-fashioned summertime baseball make a visit to the ballpark a great family outing.
CITY:Loves Park
Northern Illinois University
Come tour the Northern Illinois University, catch a show preformed by their Theatre or Dance department, or explore one of their Art Galleries. There is much to do on campus including their new Anthropology Museum, an Observatory, the Huskies Den or take in a game! Their Museums are free to visit, some fees may apply for shows or School of Music Concerts. There is never a dull moment on campus!
Sinnissippi Golf Course
This nine-hole course, located in Sinnissippi Park, offers challenges for advanced golfers and novices. The 3,230-yard course is best known for its hilly layout and tree-lined fairways.
Rockford Speedway
See top-name NASCAR racing on a quarter-mile, high-banked track. From Kid's nights to monster trucks, fireworks, fantastic NASCAR racing action, you will enjoy an exciting night of affordable family fun at Rockford Speedway.
CITY:Loves Park
BMO Harris Bank Center
Rockford's downtown arena hosts a variety of world-class entertainment, including concerts, circuses, rodeos and family shows. The BMO Harris Bank Center is also home to the Rockford IceHogs, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks.
Northern Illinois University Convocation Center
Northern's 10,000 seat Convocation Center is a $36 million multipurpose facility that hosts a variety of sporting events and live entertainment. The Convo features a NCAA-level indoor track, large-scale event/activity space, a full basketball court, an additional practice gym, and storage facilities. The Convo generally hosts athletics such as basketball, volleyball, track, gymnastics and wrestling. Meetings, conventions, and concerts are also popular events at the Convo.
Sycamore Speedway
A great location if you want to race your car or bring the whole family out to experience a racing event. Please visit their website to gain knowledge on all their rules and disclaimers for racers.
CITY:Maple Park
Sportscore One
This 105-acre sports complex, host to local and national tournaments, features eight lighted softball diamonds, eight regulation and 11 practice soccer fields, nine sand volleyball pits, concession stands, a soccer center with lockers, a boat ramp and a walking path.
Laser Quest
The laser tag maze is a multi-level game floor with black lights, music, sound effects and automatic computerized scoring.
Bonnie Dundee Golf Course
Offering good par fours with difficult par threes, this course is architecturally classic and slightly rolling, with medium-size greens.
Rockford IceHogs Hockey
The Rockford IceHogs are a professional ice hockey team that plays in the American Hockey League.They began play during the 2007–08 AHL season at the BMO Harris Bank Center in Rockford, IL. They are the top affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL.
Aviators Stadium
Aviators Stadium is the home of Rockford's own professional baseball team, part of the Frontier League. Specials, giveaways, entertainment and good, old-fashioned summertime baseball make a visit to the ballpark a great family outing.The stadium is located just off I-90 at Riverside Blvd., the first exit north of Business 20 (E. State St.).
CITY:Loves Park
Elliot Golf Course
Located on Rockford's far east side, Elliot is an 18-hole course with 6,443 yards of rolling terrain, large trees and spacious greens. A smattering of water hazards and sand bunkers make Elliot a challenging course for any golfer.
Golf Club of Illinois
Hailed by Golf Digest as "The best example of target golf yet built," the Golf Club includes pot bunkers, double greens, fescue-covered mounds and water hazards.
Hosts a variety of world-class entertainment: concerts from the biggest stars in music and comedy, circuses, rodeos, motor sports, family shows. Home to three different sports teams: ice hockey, indoor football and indoor soccer.
Wing Park Golf Course
Accessible and perfect for a quick nine, Wing Park's greens are small and hard to hit. The course is a manageable length for beginners and seniors.
Sycamore Family Sports Center
Enjoy family fun at the Sports Center with a golf driving range, an 18-hole mini golf course, six batting cages from Little League to professional, go-karts and soccer kicking cages.
NIU Convocation Center
Northern Illinois University's 10,000 seat Convocation Center is a $36 million multipurpose facility that hosts a variety of events such as concerts, family shows, theatrical productions, commencement ceremonies, job fairs, trade shows and NIU Huskie Division I athletic events (basketball, volleyball, track, gymnastics and wrestling). The NIU Convocation Center hosted a total of 200+ events per year.
Whisper Creek Golf Course
This beautiful course is set on 240 acres rich in bluegrass, protected wetland environments, and even magnificent rock formations with casading waterfalls.
Sportscore Two/Indoor Sports Center
124-acre sports complex at I-90/Riverside Blvd. intersection. Includes Wedgbury Stadium, Indoor Sports Center and outdoor sports fields for soccer, rugby, football, volleyball, basketball, in-line hockey, badminton and adapted and wheelchair sports.
CITY:Loves Park
McHenry County Pirates Football
Catch all the summer gridiron action of this minor league football team during Saturday night home games played at Jacobs High School in Algonquin.
Settler's Hill Golf Course
This unique 18-hole course was built on the site of the old County Farm and Home; the dairy barn has been remodeled and is now used as a clubhouse. The course is 6,449 yards, par 72.
Northern Illinois University Sports (NIU Sports)
The Northern Illinois University Huskies play in the MAC Conference and have a diverse athletic department. Their many sports teams include: Men's football, baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, tennis and wrestling, while their women's teams include: Basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.
Pinecrest Golf Course
This course includes a restaurant and pro shop, and hosts the McHenry Senior Amateur (a Pinecrest special event).
Red Tail Golf Club
This 18-hole championship golf course has been rated 4 stars by Golf Digest, 4-1/2 stars by Chicagoland Golf, and has been voted one of the best values in all of Illinois.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Rochelle Country Club
Our 18-hole golf course provides a serene backdrop to many of the course's lush fairways and manicured greens. There is a practice bunker, chipping-putting greens and well-equipped pro shop. Private and group lessons available from our PGA Professional. Clubhouse restaurant serves lunch and dinner from 11am–9pm.
Sycamore Golf Club
This par 71, 18-hole golf club offers watered bent grass fairways, a putting green, swimming pool, tennis courts and horse shoes. Seats up to 120 people for meetings and events.
Swanhills Golf
This beautiful 18-hole golf course is enjoyable for all levels of golfers, located just minutes from Rockford in Belvidere.
Sandy Hollow Golf Course
A popular 18-hole course on Rockford's south side, Sandy Hollow is a tree-lined fairway course with strategically placed fairway bunkers. One of the more challenging holes on the 6,228-yard course is No. 11, which requires a tee shot over a pond.
Mill Creek Golf Club
This 18-hole championship golf course, featuring wildflowers and elevated tees, offers spectacular views of the Fox Valley region.
Ingersoll Golf Course
This wooded 18-hole course with narrow fairways and gently rolling terrain offers 6,107 challenging yards on its par 71 course. Opened in 1922, it is named for Lt. Clayton Ingersoll, who lost his life in an air crash over France in World War I. This course is located on Rockford's far west side and was selected by the Tiger Woods Foundation to host Tiger Woods for a two-day golf clinic in 2001 and 2004.
Buena Vista Golf Course
Buena Vista is a par 32, nine-hole golf course with a driving range, pro shop and snack bar. Open seven days a week during the season, weather permitting.
Marengo Ridge Golf Club
Built in 1985, this 18-hole golf course offers a clubhouse, driving range, golf lessons, pro shop and a putting green.
Spartan Meadows Golf Club
This course is a challenge for all levels, with competitive rates and a friendly staff.
Oak Club of Genoa
This picturesque, 18-hole watered course winds through wooded and lowland areas along the meandering Kishwaukee River. Oak Club is rated among the region's top 20 courses by Chicagoland Golf.
Leaf's Ice Centre
A state-of-the-art ice training facility featuring figure skating, hockey for every age and skill level, goalie training, meeting rooms and concessions.
CITY:West Dundee
Craig Woods Golf Course
Take a swing at this challenging par 34, scenic nine-hole course.
Prairie Pines Golf Course
Located 2 1/2 miles west of Annie Glidden Road on Route 38 in Dekalb, Illinois. The nine-hole, par 34 facility features a gently rolling course on 53 acres surrounded by farmland. Soothing views of pine trees and beautiful fields make the experience a pleasure and prevent worries about errant shots hitting homes nearby. Water features are promenant on holes number 2 and 3 and a meandering stream through the course provides ample challenge. Thinking of an outing or a family reunion? You can rent the whole facility at a reasonable price for a few hours or the whole day. Besides access to nine holes of golf and carts, "The Pines" offers fishing in their ponds, a large outdoor barbeque and plenty of space for horseshoes, volleyball, or bag games.
Chalet Hills Golf Club
This championship 18-hole golf course with 6,950 yards offers bent grass fairways, and beautiful rolling hills and vistas. Power carts are required Friday through Sunday and holidays.
Crystal Woods Golf Club
This beautiful par 72, 18-hole golf course in a scenic rural setting features a driving range and banquet facility.
Bowes Creek Country Club
Bowes Creek delivers a private club experience to the public golfer! It offers annual memberships for a day, or just enjoy Porter's Pub - an English inspired eatery.
Deer Run Golf Center
This golf center features a driving range, chipping green, putting green and adventure golf.
Randall Oaks Golf Course
With undulating and quick greens, the course's front nine rolls and winds through 200-year old oak trees, while the back side is longer, with more water and strong winds.
CITY:West Dundee
Turnberry Country Club
This private member-owned golf club features an 18-hole course, along with a swimming pool and tennis courts.
CITY:Crystal Lake
Golf Club at Timber Pointe
This 18-hole golf course is open to the public, and includes a practice facility and full-service clubhouse.
CITY:Poplar Grove
River Heights Golf Course
River Heights Golf Course is an 18-hole facility that winds along the banks of the Kiswaukee River in DaKalb County, offering a challenging mix of traditional and links-type holes for the weekend player or serious golfer.
Sportsplex of St. Charles
This indoor sports facility offers soccer, lacrosse, floor hockey and basketball.
CITY:St. Charles
Victory Golf Range
Victory Golf Range is the Rockford area's only indoor golf facility that offers golf entertainment in a controlled environment. Amenities include a large driving area to see true path of golf ball, hitting bays with air-cushioned driving mats, a state-of-the-art putting green, fully netted ceiling, walls and perimeter to ensure a safe hitting environment, a full service restaurant and bar, large screen TVs with latest golf and sports programming, and free WiFi.
CITY:Loves Park
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Rockford Aviators Baseball - Home Games at Aviators Stadium
The Rockford Aviators are a member of the Frontier League of Professional Baseball, the longest operating independent professional baseball league in the country. Home games are played at Aviators Stadium.
CITY:Loves Park
Penny's Place
Blackhawk Restaurant Group has created four brands in Illinois--- all with the same contemporary style, comfortable design, and tempting menu-- but each with its own unique personality. We offer a warm, contemporary and comfortable setting for adults to enjoy smaller plates, sweet treats, gourmet coffee and tea, along with beer and wine. We are your neighborhood place to play Illinois' newest slot and video poker games. Come in and experience a new kind of fun!
Chicago Golf and Tiki Tees
Located at 210 SOUTH POINTE COURT, DeKalb Illinois 60115. Chicago Golf and Tiki Tees course commands some of the finest views of Dekalb open space and trails. The facility features a challenging 9-hole championship golf course. Its beautiful, mature and lush foliage and trees complement the manicured greens, tees and fairways. Combined with its exceptional course design, golfers of all skill levels return time and again to play. There is also a Club House, Tiki Bar for outdoor events, and indoor banquet hall for up to 160 guests.
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In just three years, Christian Jürgens and his team have put Überfahrt gourmet restaurant at the pinnacle of cuisine in Germany.
Christian Jürgens is driven, in the positive sense, and is constantly working on himself and his repertoire. Since starting at the Überfahrt – part of the Zur Althoff Hotel & Gourmet Collection – in summer 2008, he has continuously been honing his signature and crystallising his profile. This development has allowed him to discard unnecessary ballast and to concentrate on his first-class cuisine, which is always a drama of flavours and intensity. You almost want to applaud between each act of his exceptionally well-designed menus, so perfect are his harmonies of flavour, the surprising little accents and the sheer archetypal taste of his food.
Even for the amuse bouche, Jürgens conjures up a jellied barley soup with an espuma of Grisons beef, in which he conceals an egg yolk and dried Grisons beef. This simply cannot be bettered. Equally sensational is his Thistle – rabbit saddle confit, poverade, barigoule, herbs, hazelnut, in which the rabbit is gently cooked at the table in flavoured oil at 80 degrees, wrapped (in the kitchen) in a delicate coating of herbs and finely chopped hazelnuts, then served with a poverade filled with barigoule cream and a wonderful artichoke sugo and herbs – divine! Another dish with the same depth of taste is Jürgens' plaice – Breton plaice, lettuce, shiitake, roast onion bouillon, coriander, in which the meaty quality of the plaice is taken to a new level by the balanced interaction of the superb roast onion bouillon, the earthy lettuce and the umami-ness of the mushrooms.
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100% functionality with mainline kernel drivers? is that a joke? there goes every stand-alone video card currently on the market. every motherboard with an nvidia or amd igp, intel poulsbo based motherboards... etc.
sorry, but thats just not a realistic requirement.
i'll chime in once more saying you should work something out with newegg - that would be awesome.
I have to second the people that have mentioned they would probably only use it as a service for discovering FOSS friendly products, and then subsequently shop around for the best price.
So in that regard, Phoronix probably wouldn't end up reaping a significant amount of revenue from a shop like this, because Amazon and its partners often don't have the best prices and warranty packages. So unless you plan on having truly competitively priced offerings, I'd say that it's not worth it, only because you won't get the financial returns that you might hope for.
Are you willing to speak for every linux user? Or pay the money they would bring in? No? Then quit demanding. You're in no position to.
Oh yeah! I can imagine PhoronixStore go on-line and the manufacturers going: "Oh no! Phoronix doesn't list our hardware as compatible with Linux! What ever are we going to do???" and of course then the entire boards of directors will commit mass suicides. Yep. That's how it's going to be.This will also provide an incentive to manufacturers to get off their rear ends and get their drivers upstream.
very interesting...
For me it would have to be amazon.ca (in addition to amazon.com). It'd find it most useful for Wi-Fi cards, TV cards, and laptops - graphics cards, and Intel/AMD/Nvidia chipsets are high profile enough that it's fairly easy to determine their compatibility. CPU's and internal hard drives can be assume to always work. Sound, network and storage cards are trickier but most of them work with Linux.
Old out of production ATI cards? For stuff still in production and readily available new, I think the Intel IGP is the closest - it's OK for 2D users and old games, but it's useless (on either Windows or Linux) for running modern games, or for professional 3D applications.
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Even the intels are crippled in performance because of reliance on mesa. Also features such as HDCP compliance, etc are not implemented in linux as well (and most likely never will have those capabilities). Then there is also items like S3 texture compression that are to contend with as well. I do not know any video card that is fully featured and has the same performance levels as their windows drivers have. Every card out there that are still being sold has some crippled capabilities when it comes to linux especially when used with FLOSS drivers.
you assume far too much, both about me and about linux users in general.
saying i'm not aware if what hardware works with mainline kernel because i pointed out the fact that you would be needlessly limiting a ton of hardware that either works out of the box, or can be setup with a few simple clicks on the vast majority of disto's is absurd.
i'm aware of what the full opensource options are, simple truth is, they all suck. sure, they may be fully supported on opensource drivers, but the hardware itself sucks. and assuming that because you feel that way phoronix should cater to you is also absurd.
why not make 2 rating systems.. green star for opensource drivers black star for cloused source drivers `?? ?
like this 1 greenstar for an working driver 1 green star for an fast working driver 1 greenstar for an fullfeatured driver 1 greenstar for an userfrendly driver and one for the overall best in this year..
5 greenstars *****2009 for exampel also the most ratet hartware in 2009
the same with the blackstars so you can diverend easly if you want clouses source drivers.
for an exampel an amd vga vs an nvidia vga.
nvida become an 4 or 5 black star but only 1 greenstar..
amd become 3-4 greenstars but only 3-4 blackstars..
intel becomes 4-5 greenstars but no blackstar..
there is no need to battle nvidia only makes clear thats nvidia do not have opensource drivers.


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Playoff-tested Cardinals up next for Pirates
Wainwright squares off against Burnett as NL Central rivals clash
ST. LOUIS -- A three-team division race that was a thriller throughout September is down to two survivors in October, and now the stage is set for a National League Division Series pitting familiar foes.
The Majors' first division since 2002 to boast three 90-game winners will be represented under the glare of the postseason spotlight Thursday when the NL Central champion Cardinals host the upstart Pirates at Busch Stadium for Game 1 (5 p.m. ET on TBS) of the first playoff series between two storied franchises.
Veteran ace Adam Wainwright will be on the mound for the Cardinals, who are in the postseason for the fourth time in the past five years. He'll meet veteran right-hander A.J. Burnett of the Pirates, making their first postseason run since 1992.
Thursday's game will mark the two teams' 20th meeting of 2013, so they obviously have a feel for each other's tendencies and strengths heading into the series.
"We ought to know each other by now," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "But we're constantly looking for adjustments and seeing what guys are doing and trying to be prepared and have a game plan.
"So it really doesn't matter that it's someone that we played a lot. We just probably have more history, but they have equally as much, so there's really not an advantage there."
Pittsburgh earned the right to play in the NLDS with a decisive 6-2 victory over division-rival Cincinnati on Tuesday night in the NL Wild Card Game, ending two decades of frustration for the Bucs.
"It's one of the things you've got to do to continue to move the organization forward, for this team to move forward," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said after the Wild Card victory. "You have to keep knocking down things like this."
The next obstacle in the Bucs' return to the October party is a considerable one. The Cards were one win away from reaching the World Series a year ago, and their NL-leading 97 victories this year marked their most since back-to-back 100-win seasons in 2004-05.
St. Louis is a team that is loaded with postseason experience and feeling good heading into October, having won its last six games and 10 of its last 12 in the regular season.
In Wainwright, the Redbirds will be going with an experienced postseason hand who served as the team's closer in the World Series his rookie season in 2006. After missing the Cards' magical run to the World Series in 2011, he made three October starts last year, one bad one raising his ERA to 4.80 in '12 and 2.48 for his career.
Wainwright is coming off a stellar 2013 campaign in which he won 19 games, becoming only the third Cardinals pitcher to lead or tie for the most wins in the NL twice in his career, and he led the league with five complete games and two shutouts. He didn't walk a batter for the first 34 2/3 innings of the season and wound up issuing just 35 free passes in a career-high 241 2/3 innings.
Against the Pirates this year, Wainwright went 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in three starts, going seven innings in each of them.
"They probably know how I'm going to approach their at-bats, and we probably know how they're going to do ours," said Wainwright, who spun seven shutout innings against Pittsburgh on Sept. 7. "So the key to all of that is execution. You can have the greatest plan in the world, but if you don't execute it, it's garbage."
Burnett, meanwhile, was on the 2003 Marlins team that shocked the Yankees in the Fall Classic, but he was recovering from Tommy John surgery at the time. Burnett then pitched for the Yankees during their run to the title in 2009, and again in '10 and '11, compiling a 5.08 ERA but finishing with a strong Division Series start in '11.
Since his arrival in Pittsburgh in 2012, Burnett has set the tone for a Pirates rotation that has become a force in the NL. This year, he made six starts against the Cardinals, more than against any other opponent, going 3-1 with a 3.67 ERA. But he had a rough outing his last time against them, lasting just three innings while allowing five earned runs.
"It's a great lineup over there," Burnett said. "You can't make too many mistakes, because they'll capitalize on them. And the good games, I have limited those, and the ones that have got me, I haven't been able to execute."
Burnett will have his hands full against a Cardinals team that has been there and done that, leading a band of Pirates that is sailing into uncharted waters.
The Bucs took the season series, 10-9, but the Cards finished strong with a three-game sweep in St. Louis in which they outscored the Pirates, 26-10.
But this is different. This is October.
Said Matheny: "We know that once you get there, it's just baseball, and we've got to play the same kind we've been playing all year."
Pirates: Byrd makes it count
Marlon Byrd waited 1,250 regular-season games to make his first postseason appearance, and he didn't waste any time getting involved in the October party.
Byrd homered in his first at-bat Tuesday night, continuing his contributions to the Pirates' success this season. Byrd, acquired from the Mets in an August waiver deal, went 34-for-107 (.318) in 30 games with Pittsburgh before making his postseason bow Tuesday night.
"I'm full of gratitude," Byrd said. "I thank them so much for everything they did. They believed in me, they gave me a chance. And not just that. They put me in a great position, letting me come over here and experiencing the playoffs. Everything they did for me, I will never forget it."
• Hurdle said the Pirates' bullpen, which set a club record with 55 saves and ranked second in the NL in ERA at 2.85 ERA, is in fine shape heading into the series. Pirates relievers have allowed two earned runs in their past 15 2/3 innings.
"Couple days, nobody's tight, nobody's sore ... for Oct. 2, it's as well rested a bullpen as you can have," Hurdle said.
Cardinals: A different Carpenter this October
After a solid rookie season in 2012, Matt Carpenter was used sparingly in the postseason, coming through with some big hits but starting just two games and making 17 plate appearances in the Cards' 13 playoff games.
From the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning Thursday, Carpenter will be exponentially more important to the Cardinals' hopes this October.
Having taken over the leadoff spot in 2013, Carpenter delivered a record-setting regular season, falling just one hit short of 200, and leading the Majors in doubles with 55 -- a total that surpassed Stan Musial's best season by one, something that'll definitely win over hearts in St. Louis. He also led the Majors in runs (126) and multihit games (63) while making 128 starts at second base, 24 at third and seeing time in the outfield as well.
"I don't know where we'd be without him -- having that leadoff hitter and having the kind of season that he's having and what he's done defensively," Matheny said. "It's just off the charts, as far as how good he has been and how much he's proven just what a solid baseball player he is -- no matter where we put him."
• Matheny said starters Michael Wacha and Shelby Miller will be available out of the bullpen for Game 1, but he wants to wait to name any starters past these first two games in St. Louis. Lance Lynn will take the ball in Friday's Game 2.
Worth noting
• This marks the fourth time NL Central rivals have faced each other in the playoffs since the division was created in 1994, the first three coming in the NL Championship Series -- Cardinals-Brewers in 2011 and Cardinals-Astros in 2004-05.
• In the 19 games the two teams played this season, the Pirates hit 19 homers and the Cardinals just five.
• Pittsburgh has an overall postseason record of 41-49, while St. Louis is 112-98.
• The Bucs won five of their last six road games in the regular season.
• The Cards' 57 postseason wins since 1996 are the most in the NL during that time.
• The Cardinals (97), Pirates (94) and Reds (90) matched the 2002 NL West (D-backs, Giants, Dodgers) with three 90-win teams.
John Schlegel is a national reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I'll most likely give it a try
Oh great anime gods, what do I watch on this day?
And.....*drum rolls*
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Let's hope it's something you can actually watch.
US and Canada only. I didn't expect that from TV Tokyo.
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Somebody else must have licensed it for home video, maybe. US and Canada and it's only for premium members. |
Work hard, play hard, watch anime.
Me neither, is quite surprising actually . When I realized that TV Tokyo was involved with the production of this anime, I was pretty sure that would be available in my country. Another one to watch in the old way u_u |
14/21 En la espera de los anuncios de CR D8. Odiando a Funimation como siempre
Why is available only in US and Canada? TV Tokyo, you disappoint me. |
Sucks for the rather large international audience Crunchyroll has, but there are always at least a handful of countries that are only available in the USA and Europe. CR is based in California (and I guess Canada just benefits from the close economic and cultural ties it has with the USA in addition to being it's northern neighbor).
I am very surprised that this a premium subscriber only series however. I've been a regular on CR since around 2009 and the the only premium exclusive series they had was Fairy Tale. Does anyone in the forums know why this is the case? |
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Only USA and Canada? What happened with TV Tokyo? O_O
Somebody else must have licensed it for home video, maybe. US and Canada and it's only for premium members. Free members get it a week later (was that a type fix? "sorry guys" was right after). As far as the wider streaming season, it will be interesting to see what else happens with this one, since it could have been picked up by somebody for Home Video who preferred to have TV Tokyo give the materials over to Crunchyroll. |
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agila61 wrote: Somebody else must have licensed it for home video, maybe. US and Canada and it's only for premium members. Free members get it a week later (was that a type fix? "sorry guys" was right after). As far as the wider streaming season, it will be interesting to see what else happens with this one, since it could have been picked up by somebody for Home Video who preferred to have TV Tokyo give the materials over to Crunchyroll. I guess he fixed it. |
Work hard, play hard, watch anime.
CR still on a roll will watch this
Now give me RDG and Date A Live and I'll be happy for the rest of this season |
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The next one will be worldwide licence of Hentai Ouji, Date a Live and Red Data Girl. I FEEL IT.
Well thanks to that we at least now that this show will be available elsewhere in timely fashion. |
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TOWSON, Md. - Baltimore County police say a man who struggled with a police officer in a hospital, causing a discharge of her weapon, will be charged with attempted murder.
Officers say 30-year-old Brian Dargan of no fixed address is in custody and undergoing medical treatment. Police have obtained a warrant charging him with attempted murder, which will be served upon his release from treatment.
Police say on Wednesday, Dargan, who had been arrested on burglary charges, with in the emergency room at St. Joseph Medical Center, struggled with the officer accompanying him. Authorities say Dargan, who was handcuffed to a gurney, tried to get the officer's weapon, which discharged.
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fun fact: hurricane katrina was capitalism's fault
the oil pipelines severely weakened the coastline to the point where it was basically a marsh
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
Well the hurricane wasn't Capitalism's fault, the after effects and catastrophic kinda stuff was
That and the fact that they were morons for building a city below sea level
And yeah, Thunderz doesn't know anything about Communism
sasuke you are too much. your argument against people wanting to work for their society is "well look at all these black people who dont work!" do you have even a passing knowledge of the history of blacks in america.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
Hmm, Thunderzlegacy's got anything to say? She's online and all
thunderz it's ok to admit that you're wrong. i used to be anti-communist/socialist too you know.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
I like how you make fun of us capitalists while suggesting an ideology that actually reduces human progress to a standstill. Look at the cooperative native americans and african tribes, they were really technologically inclined Look at the USSR, they made it so the farmers didn't keep their food, it was all taken away. The farmers didn't work and grocery store's shelves were bare. When they finally did experiment with giving the farmers a plot for their family, the farmers only grew crops on that plot. The government was like "Well, why is this plot producing more than the average American farm, but the rest of the farm is in shambles?"
"Oh, that's my plot. Yeah, it's all for me and my family."
Capitalism allows so much more advancement, and yes it does weed out the nonproductive members of society, god forbid people who don't/can't work actually be poor. And don't go claiming the USA has capitalism, the USA is only capitalist in theory, the revolving door lobbyists and corporations getting handouts and all that other crap is actually socialist but socialist to rich people, not to everyone. So in essence you could say we are socialist, God, just not the kind you or I or anyone with a personal net value under one million would like.
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Time Enough For Love, by Robert Heinlein
Yes. A natural disaster is the fault of capitalism. That's even worse than not knowing the history of black people.
Blacks got shipped to America where they were slaves and worked all day on farms for no pay at all.
There. Please don't question this kinda stuff. I've passed the second grade once, don't test me twice.
Sasuke for the love of god please shut up.
"I prefer a sane world where you are rewarded by providing people with something they want. Not arbitrarily rewarded in a status game that reminds me of chimpanzees." - nazgulnarsil
Here I am with my empire
Ill bring you to your knees
Ebb and flow with my desire
Cause its all that youve been taught to be
Nothing I'm doing here is wrong, so please, instead of telling me to just shut up, provide some reason to how I'm wrong if you disagree. I won't just sit back and let some loser over the internet tell me what to do. If you think what I say/said is stupid or of no value, then go cry emo kid.
That is capitalism though. In a capitalist society a heredity upper-class will always emerge based on unearned inherited wealth, they will use this wealth to buy positions in the government and take care of their own. They will exploit ethnic/cultural differences to make their population easier to control. It's inevitable in the same way that Centralized Communism(aka State Capitalism[this is not really communism/socialism remember!]) will lead to corruption. Corruption and exploitation of weaker countries resources are inevitable products of a society which values capital and individual advancement over helping others and the betterment of society as a whole. Notice, this is not HUMAN nature, but the nature of a certain type of society.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
Of course the cooperative native american tribes generally had a higher standard of living than say... europeans in the Victorian era. They didn't have to worry about their children being sent into workhouses in degrading, dangerous conditions to fuel the Great Machine of Capitalism. They weren't big proponent's of slavery (we're talking about the Native Americans in what would become the continental United States, if we were to add in the Maya, Aztec and Inca, then teh technological development of Native Americans soars) I've never been a Native American living before European encroachment, but my guess is that they were a lot more satisfied, happier, and other positive things than the average American in a capitalistic society.
You don't know any better, that's the point.
People have been pleanty specific. Your a retard, trying to debate among people who know what they are talking about. That's the whole point of what anyone has said to you. Weither you understand that or not, just leave this thread alone. You have no place in it
aww man, guys I would wish to revoke all previous statements about me banning certain members being right. i should have banned this guy. My bad
Hasn;t Global Warming been at least Partially debunked? There's a hole in the Ozone layer because the sun shines on one part of the world for half the year, this eats away at the Ozone and when the position of the earth moves enough, the hole heals and another one is formed in a different spot, repeat as needed.
Yes, but then there is a general weakening all around, as caused by biological sources. So, what this does, it is makes those holes much more pressed to heal up in time, and as time goes on it eats away at the entire ozone layer.


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NEW YORK (AP) -- Walk into any convenience store or gas station in the country, and chances are the cigarettes will be in roughly the same spot: at eye level, right behind the cash register.
That's no coincidence. Tobacco companies have worked hard, and paid handsomely, to ensure that cigarette displays occupy the retail equivalent of prime real estate. In 2010 alone, the industry made $370 million in payments to retailers to help lock down prime shelving space, according to a report last year by the Federal Trade Commission. It spent an additional $107 million on in-store advertising.
"Every consumer-product goods manufacturer in the country wants to be there," said Kurt M. Ribisl, a professor at the University of North Carolina who studies tobacco marketing. "People making chips and Doritos and Pepsi -- all of these companies want that space. But the tobacco industry wins."
Now, that supremacy could be in jeopardy in one of the nation's biggest cigarette markets.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a bill this week that would force retailers to keep cigarettes out of public view until a customer asks for a pack.
The rule would effectively require merchants to keep tobacco products in closed cabinets or drawers, rather than on the colorful displays, dubbed "power walls," that are familiar just about everywhere in the U.S.
A second bill would take aim at the system of discounts and incentives that manufacturers have long used to woo retail customers and keep merchants happy. It would ban coupons and buy-one-get-one-free promotions for tobacco products and eliminate deep discounts by creating a price floor for each pack.
It is too early to tell whether either measure will survive the legislative process or an almost-certain court challenge. Tobacco companies and convenience store owners have assailed both proposals as unfair and maybe unconstitutional. An industry lawsuit forced the New York village of Haverstraw to quickly rescind a similar ban enacted last April. The city of Providence, R.I., was sued over an anti-coupon ordinance, much like the one proposed in New York.
Even more unclear is whether the policy would actually lead to fewer people smoking.
A number of nations, including Ireland, Canada and Australia, have restricted retail tobacco displays, but most experts say the policies haven't been in place long enough to know whether they have had a strong impact.
Big immediate drops in sales are unlikely, said Ribisl, who favors tighter restriction on tobacco marketing. But he predicted that the display rules -- and especially the new prohibitions on discounts and coupons -- might lead to a modest reduction in smoking rates over time.
An FTC report last year said the industry gave $6.49 billion worth of price discounts to cigarette retailers and wholesalers in 2010.
"When you stop discounting and multipack specials, you are now thwarting the tobacco industry's ability to prey on low-income smokers," Ribisl said.
Scientists at the nonprofit research firm RTI International recently published the results of an experiment in which they had 1,200 young people take virtual shopping trips through computerized convenience stories. It found that kids were less likely to make fantasy purchases of cigarettes in shops where tobacco products were hidden in cabinets.
It is hard to say whether that type of simulation would repeat itself in real life, said Annice Kim, a social scientist who was involved in the project. But she said that one theory is that simply making a product less visible makes people less likely to make an impulse buy.
The New York supermarket chain Price Choppers decided on its own in 2006 to move its cigarette stocks off regular shelves and into closed cabinets that resemble refrigerator cases with frosted glass.
"We made a commitment not to entice the next generation of smokers," said company spokeswoman Mona Golub. "We visually muted the cases, so as not to entice kids."
Since then, sales have indeed declined, but she said the company doesn't know whether that is due to customers going elsewhere for their fix or maybe quitting because of other factors, such as a subsequent big increase in the state cigarette tax.
Some smokers familiar with New York City's proposed plan said they found it hard to believe it would make a difference.
Talking about the ban on a smoking break, Jonathan Davies, 24, and Roman Gayaram, 22, said they both started out filching cigarettes from their parents -- and didn't start buying them in stores until later. Srujan Poshala, 27, an office worker on a cigarette break outside his midtown Manhattan office, noted that young people are exposed to smoking in many other ways.


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Dr. Douglas Engelbart is perhaps best known as the inventor of the computer mouse, but when he unveiled that device at a computer conference in 1968 he also introduced additional technology that would profoundly affect computer-human interaction as much as the mouse has. During the "mother of all demos" at the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, Engelbart and his team of researchers from the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute gave a live demonstration of hyperlinks, remote collaboration software, on-screen windows, and even video conferencing.
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Owings Mills, MD
Nice skirt, but...
This is exactly what you would expect and matches the description pretty well. The wool is lighter weight meaning it hangs well without adding bulk to the hips (who needs that?!). The vent at the back is the right length to add some sass to the back, but not cut so high you catch a chill. That said, be warned that this is not for a hippy frame or thicker waist because there is no forgiveness there. I ordered a 14 which I can usually buy with confidence but the waistband is probably more snug than is comfortable. I'm not sure if a 16 would have been too sloppy. So, unless you are the perfectly proportioned person, keep in mind that you may need to exchange/return this.
Love it
I purchased this skirt with black ivory houndsto a few months ago in 2P. It fits me perfectly. I love the pattern and the material. I am going to buy the black one today.
Madison, WI
Great Skirt
I first purchased this skirt about six years ago and needed to replace it. The quality is excellent and the fit is fantastic. I love the houndstooth so much, I decided to order the black and am very happy with it as well.
Washington, DC
I have the black. True to size. Good for the office or church.
locust grove,ga
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