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One of the people I interviewed last summer for the job as my assistant
was a very nice young man named Paul Izzo. Paul hails from Providence,
Rhode Island; he grew up, as it happens, just a few blocks from the
boyhood home of Davey Lopes, soon to be designated a shrine. Paul showed
me an article in an old Baseball Digest which talked about Davey
Lopes growing up in an East Providence ghetto. The area he grew up in
is, in fact, not a ghetto at all. It's a very nice, turn-of-the-century
I thought about that a lot during the summer, a short essay on the minor irritations and insults of racism in America; a similar essay was what we might call the incident of Eddie Murray's family. David Earl Lopes is sort of black, and everybody knows that black people grow up in ghettos. So Dave Lopes has to deal with that.
I am in the same article with the Oakland A's and their blessed computer in more newspaper articles than you can count. I am not complaining; it sells books. Only I haven't figured out what I am doing there. My work has nothing to do with computers. I don't know any computer languages and couldn't write the most basic program. I enrolled in a computer science course as a junior. I lasted about three weeks.
But my work, while it has nothing to do with computers, has something to do with numbers, and a lot of people who don't understand one don't understand the other, either, and so far as they are concerned, we are all living in the same ghetto.
That having been said, perhaps my thoughts on the future of baseball would be of as much interest's as the next person's. As mentioned, I recently purchased a computer, and am still learning how to use the canned programs that come with it. The main thing that you are struck with in the process of learning about a computer is how totally, incredibly stupid it is. The machine simulates intelligence so well that when you accidentally slip through a crack in its simlulations and fall to the floor of its true intelligence, you are awed by the depth of the fall. You give it a series of a hundred of a thousand sensible commands, and it executes each of them in turn, and then you press a wrong key and accidentally give it a command which goes counter to everything that you have been trying to do, and it will execute that command in a milisecond, just as if you had accidentally hit the wrong button on your vacuum cleaner at the end of your cleaning, and it had instantly and to your great surprise sprayed the dirt that you had collected back into the room. And you feel like, "Jeez, machine, you ought to know I didn't mean that. What do you think I've been doing here for the last hour?" And then you realize that that machine has not the foggiest notion of what you are trying to do, any more than your vacuum cleaner does.
The machine, you see, it nothing; it is utterly, truly, totally nothing. And all of the fascination and the speculation about the computer, about "what it is going to do" and "how it will change things" in baseball and in other areas is completely misguided, because it is not going to do anything and it is not going to do change anything.
We are going to do things with the computer. You and I are going to change the world, and we're going to change baseball, and we're going to use the computer to do it. Machines have no capabilities on their own. Your car cannot drive to Cleveland. What machines do is extend our capabilities.
What is unique (exciting, terrifying) about the computer is that it extends our capabilities to such an enormous extent and in so many areas -- in more different areas, I think, than any new invention since the tire iron. The reason for this is that almost everything which can be done on paper can be done easier and faster (some would say better, but I'm not convinced of that yet) on a computer. Since all our lives revolve to a large extent around literacy, around works on paper and numbers on paper, our lives are in time going to revolve to the same extent around computers. Whether we like it or not.
Some terrible things, unimaginably terrible things, are going to be done with computers in the next thirty years. Do not kid yourself that it's not going to happen; deal frankly with the fact that it is going to happen. Some marvelous, wonderful things are going to be done with computers. I look forward to them. We are going to change our lives, using the computer, far more than we have changed our lives using the automobile, far more than we have changed our lives using the television machine. I have no doubt that this is true, because the computer extends our capabilities, for good or evil, in far more sweeping and comprehensive ways than the automobile, which in truth expands only our ability to move around, or the television, which expands only our ability to observe. I am not afraid on balance. It is only human nature that we are going to see a little more of, blown up larger than life by the new machine.
Before we approach any nearer that point, I have a recommendation. Computers should be banned from the dugouts. Right now, before any of them are put in there to begin with. BAN them.
Computers aren't going to be bad for baseball; it's not anything like that. But they will, or would put an unnecessary distance between the fans in the seats and the man in the dugout. Computers do not belong in dugouts for the same reason that bicycles do not belong on the basepaths: They would remove the game from a human level. Let them study their printouts before the game starts.
Some people have expressed a concern that what is being done in baseball with the computer is (ahem) not in the best interests of my profession, of sabermetrics. I am speaking here not only of the Oakland experiment, but of the computers that have been hauled into Comiskey, the Kingdome, and a couple of other places. I stress that I do not know any of these people. I have never met them, wouldn't recognize them if I passed them on the streets. I don't share many of their interests. They live in another part of the ghetto.
And from what I head, I don't want to know some of them, either. I gather, frankly, that some of baseball's computer people are world-class oysters, dogmatic fellows who think they know more about baseball than anybody else on the planet, and consequently have no intention of listening to anyone. The concern that has been expressed to me is that some of these people may be doing us more harm than good.
If that's true, it's unfortunate. But I'm not all that concerned, and let me explain why. There is, you see, no such thing as "computer knowledge" or "computer information" or "computer data." Within a few years, everyone will understand that. The essential characteristics of information are that it is true or it is false, it is significant or it is trivial, it is relevant or it is irrelevant. In the early days of the automobile, people would say that they were going to take an "automobile trip." That lasted about ten years; after that, people went back to taking trips as they had before. They were vacation trips, or they were business trips, or they were trips on personal matters, or they were trips to the coast or they were trips to the mountains. After the novelty wore off people still traveled in automobiles, but they ceased to identify the trip with the machine and returned to identify it with its purpose. People stopped driving to Cleveland just to have some place to drive. That's what we're going through now with the computer; twenty years from now, the term "computer information" will sound quaint and silly.
The main thing that is happening in computers now is that they are becoming much easier to use. As computers become easier to use, our dependence on "computer people" becomes smaller and smaller. Computer people are not going to be running baseball in a few years; indeed, computer people are not going to be running anything in a few years except computers. The rise of the computer age is not going to put computer specialists into positions of power any more than the rise of the auto age put auto mechanics and bus drivers into positions of power. Don't worry about it.
I am engaged in a search for understanding. That is my profession. It has nothing to do with computers. Computers are going to have an impact on my life that is similar to the impact that the coming of the automobile age must have had on the professional traveler or adventurer. The car made it easier to get from place to place; the computer will make it easier to deal with information. But knowing how to drive an automobile does not make you an adventurer, and knowing how to run a computer does not make you an analytical student of the game.


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Life insurance consumer tips: Life insurance on caregivers, Pt. 1
By Steve Kobrin
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Editor's note: This article will help you explain to clients how life insurance provides a way to ensure the financial security of a special needs person after their caregiver passes.
At different times in our lives, we all become dependent to some degree on family and friends for basic needs. That is part of life.
In a caring society, members care for one another through all life's ups and downs. And certain financial products can help facilitate this care. Life insurance is key among them.
The special needs child
Many children are faced with serious medical challenges due to illness or accident. They face daunting obstacles to becoming fully independent adults.
With proper care, however, these children are capable of tremendous accomplishments.
For example, our society today offers them the most advanced medical care and therapy available. Research organizations provide the newest data to professionals and patients alike. As a result, parents can utilize training and support systems specifically designed to assist their children in reaching their life goals.
Nonetheless, many special needs children never become fully self-supporting in terms of financial independence. They may achieve many valuable life goals and contribute richly to the fabric of society, but their contributions might be intangibles that do not contribute to financial independence.
In this case, their financial support system becomes of primary concern. What happens when their parents (or other caregivers) are no longer alive to look after their financial well-being?
Life insurance on the caregivers — in this case, the parents — can be a lifeline for these children, even into adulthood. The benefit can provide an essential extension of ongoing care and independence.
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(1) Consult with your legal and tax advisors so as to properly address the issues of beneficiary, policy ownership and other estate issues.
(2) Choose a broker who is knowledgeable about the impaired risk market. After all, caregivers themselves can have health issues, too.
(3) Be sure to get prequalified for coverage. In this way, you can be sure you will get the best value for the premium dollar.


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Born Matthias Bavitz in 1976, AESOP ROCK somehow manages to twist the cardinal rule of hip-hop — you'd better be able to dance to it — into nearly-unrecognizable shapes, without ever really breaking it. His lexicon is as much a product of a porous engagement with pop culture as it is a mélange of overheard fragments of conversation and the Discovery Channel and is often better bathed in than examined. Desperately wringing onomatopoetic nectar from the unlikeliest of sources, Aesop built to the brilliant, if often brilliantly incoherent, magnum opus of Bazooka Tooth, but somehow persevered to leave us with one more great EP in Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives ("I pull the elephant tranq out of my neck,/gaffle a tank,/count up the chips,/wrastle the fangs off of my fist,/flood a little soldier/blood over the ogre acres/on some holiday in Cambodia with motor home appraisers.") before slowing down and concentrating on production. His modes run from the meandering non-linear narrative of "Daylight" —
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While the triple-sixers' lassos keep angels roped in the basement
I walk the block with a halo and a stick pokin' your patience.
— to parataxic pyrotechnics that would make Walt Whitman blush, in songs like "Zodiaccupuncture" and "The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History." With all that, though, it's a little too easy to make Aesop Rock into a poetic genius, a sort of Ishmael Reed of hip-hop, when what he really has is a condition: a consistent and pervasive inability to filter our culture's detritus. Elements that we've been conditioned to ignore or discard, he spews back at us, vaguely if artfully processed and subjectified in ways that are novel, unsettling, and entirely singular.
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Parlauf preamble to club's Christmas curry
Posted: December 27, 2012|
Wells City Harriers celebrated Christmas with a two-person parlauf race at Millfield last week – with the event followed by a curry at The Elms Inn, Street, where the three teams who ran the furthest were presented with prizes.
The 30-minute continuous relay around the track saw 17 teams toe the startline, with the top three all managing to run more than 23 laps.
Charlie Martin and George Hillier emerged victorious in a tight contest, racking up 9,350m, closely followed by Ben Millar and Graham Goldsmid on 9,280m including a 250m handicap.
Matthew Dickenson and Michella Blackmore were third, covering 9,230m, while Nathan Young and Darcie Cook ran 9,190m for fourth place.
The rest of the teams – Tom Dukes and Justin Thomas, Paul Maskell and Mike Brown, Luke Prior and Dave Cockcroft, Keiron Young and Julia Dukes, Oliver Dickenson and John Beveridge, Alex Williams and Gary Tubridy, John Williams and Esme Sheridan, Ed Tickner and Steve Dickenson, Steve Masters and Damian Dick, Paul Chadwick and Dylan Dukes, Simon Prior and Victoria Prior, and Ruth Carva and Andrew Deamer – all covered more than 21 laps.
The club will next be in action at the South West Cross Country Championships on Sunday, January 6 at Bicton College in Devon.
The Harriers have a record entry of 68 members, with five racing in the under-11 development race.
The Harriers have high hopes of again proving to be the top team in the South West at a number of age groups but will face stiff competition from Bristol & West.
A number of Wells athletes will also be representing their county as the race doubles up as both an inter-club championship as well as an inter-county championship.
Full details are available on the Harriers website at www.wellscityharriers.org.uk.
Athletes in training for a spring marathon are welcome to attend the Harriers' training sessions, details of which are avilable via the website.
The Harriers' coaches would like to wish all the athletes who have trained at their weekly sessions a Happy New Year.
Activities resume on Monday, January 7 for the juniors, with the senior endurance group returning to training the following day.


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This happens because the Koreans keep coming up with better and better products and the Kia Optima Hybrid is possibly one of the best.
The Kia Optima Hybrid was just revealed at the Los Angeles Motor Show and I think it's great. This is the sort of mid range sedan you buy if you're not a sucker for brands.
I'm saying this because to be honest, the Kia Optima is just that good. With the addition of the Hybrid variant my suspicion is that Kia have hit the nail on the head for the U.S. market.
The Americans don't care that much for branding and that means that they might just pick the Kia Optima Hybrid before the 2012 Buick LaCrosse eAssist.
Actually, that may be a bit of an exaggeration but the Kia does 40 mpg as opposed to the Buick's 37.
Another important aspect is the technology Kia used to create the Optima Hybrid; stuff like a Transmission-Mounted-Electric-Drive (TMED) which makes for better compatibility with normal gearboxes and engines and a lithium-polymer solution which keeps the weight down.
Keeping the weight down improves fuel efficiency but what does TMED do? Well put simply, it makes the car cheaper because it's not very difficult to make.
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This car is excellent as far as mileage it did great on a road trip from Mi to al it was jus marvelous as far as gas 35 miles per gallon is what the ecomony needs in this world of change it sure did pass the test.
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I made spicy tomato soup the other day (ingredients were onions, garlic, jalapeno, tomatoes, water and cumin) the end result just didn't please. I like spicy things but this soup was just too accidic. I put some yougurt in there to calm it down but I still don't like it much. My husband likes it but its' way too much leftovers for one person.
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Ron Harms reflects on career as he heads to College Football Hall of Fame
Harms will be the seventh member of the Javelinas football program to be inducted
ARANSAS PASS - The coaching whistle that had been a fixture around Ron Harms' neck for 40 years has long been shelved.
Retirement has afforded the former Texas A&I and Texas A&M-Kingsville coach time to spend with his wife Marlene, his three daughters and son and nine grandchildren. Life is a little quieter than when he patrolled the sidelines at Javelina Stadium.
Now 75, Harms knocks around the house he built on land that he purchased several years before ending his 21 seasons as the Javelinas football coach and athletics director. He still works out, swims and plays golf.
"I do a variety of things. I read a lot more now. I don't do much fishing because I'm not very good at it. I'm not very good at golf either but I don't have to clean the boat after I play golf," Harms said, chuckling. "Marlene and I spend quite a bit of time together going here and there and doing different things, checking our grandkids out, all of that stuff."
Football, for the most part, is a distant memory for Harms. But four decades of memories in the sport are resurfacing with his induction next Saturday into the College Football Hall of Fame.
For the most part, the lessons learned and the memories are good for Harms, and with sound reason. Under Harms, the Javelinas won 11 Lone Star Conference championships — 10 outright — an NAIA national title in 1979 and 70.5 percent of their games. Along with multiple LSC, regional and national coaching awards, Harms' teams reached the NCAA Division II playoffs nine times. Four of those squads reached the semifinals and the 1994 team lost to North Alabama in the national title game.
"I think it's a big honor and quite humbling as far as I'm concerned because you should realize that a man can't do this on his own," Harms said. "We had great players, I had great assistant coaches through the years and I had terrific administrative support throughout almost all of my career.
"I think that the honor goes not to me individually so much as it goes to the university and what it has done to put a program out there like the Javelina program, a very successful program through the years, particularly in football," he said.
Among an induction class of 18 players and five coaches, Harms becomes the seventh member from the university to be enshrined. He joins legendary coach Gil Steinke and players Johnny Bailey, Darrell Green, Dwayne Nix, John Randle and Richard Ritchie in the hall located in South Bend, Ind. Harms coached under Steinke from 1974-1975 and was the offensive coordinator when Ritchie was on the squad. He was the coach when Bailey, Green and Randle played.
Harms prefers not to take a lion's share of credit for the Javelinas' success, which falls in line with his makeup.
"Overall I think the couple of things that stand out with coach Harms was his demeanor and the way he approached everything and his philosophy toward everything is something that I have acquired and learned from," said Richard Cundiff, a 15-year assistant under Harms who succeeded him as coach in 2000 for a seven-year stint. "So I think he taught me valuable lessons in organization, people skills, philosophy toward things. There are things that I'll carry with me.
"Of course, we won a ton of ballgames and I think it's because of that. And you can't substitute anything, anything, for winning," said Cundiff, now the defensive coordinator at San Antonio Warren High School. "I think coach Harms was a major part of that in the way he approached it, the way he assembled his staff, the way he handled the kids. Those are things in the coaching profession that if you learn them and you can apply them, you can be successful."
Cundiff would know a little something about that. His A&M-Kingsville teams won four LSC titles and reached the playoffs four times. He also worked for two legendary coaches, Baylor's Grant Teaff and Grambling's Eddie Robinson, the former under whom Harms also was an assistant.
"When you talk about Eddie Robinson, when you talk about a Grant Teaff, I think you talk about a Ron Harms in the same breath. Now he may not think so, but I think there's no question about it," Cundiff said. "They all possess different qualities as far as some of their personality traits. But the bottom line is they were all great administrators, great organizers and great football coaches. I took something from every one of them.
"Of course, being with coach (Harms) for, gollee, 15 years, of course I take a little more from him because I saw him more often on a daily basis," Cundiff said. "But those other two, their records speak for themselves, not only in football but whatever they've done in their life."
Harms' impact wasn't limited to those with whom he coached. From the Baileys, Greens and Randles, the number of players who played for Harms reads like a who's who in Javelinas football lore.
"He came down to Rio Grande City and right away you knew what type of man he was because he was one of those guys when he walked into the room he commanded respect," said former quarterback Abel Gonzalez, who played one season under Harms and went on to set 16 A&M-Kingsville offensive records, 11 of which still stand.
"He was very impressive, very charismatic the way he talked, but at the same time he was able to come down a kid's level," said Gonzalez, starting his third season as Rio Grande City Grulla's football coach. "You know, I was an 18-year-old kid at the time. He was very persuasive, he was very sharp in what he did."
Even when times were trying, Harms maintained his composure, leaning on his faith and his family. The first stone came in 1990 when two football players, Johnny Eaton and Ray Anthony Fields, were convicted on felony charges of selling cocaine.
The final conflict eventually led to Harms' resignation after the 1999 season, a campaign fraught with high hopes that quickly became disheveled with the arrival of Hurricane Bret and eligibility and injury woes throughout the 5-6 season.
In 2000, the NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions placed the Javelinas on two years probation after lengthy investigations found the university allowed 23 athletes, mostly football players, to play while ineligible under NCAA rules covering remedial courses transferred from other institutions. Those rules, Harms said, weren't listed in the NCAA constitution or bylaws, but instead were in note form from meetings NCAA personnel had.
"You know, all along we were not aware of any of the violations we committed. If you remember, all of the allegations brought to the NCAA at that time by our compliance person, who was fired earlier, they were all cleared," Harms said. "But the NCAA told us before they came down, they said, 'This is not going to be an investigation just on these items,' that the compliance director had written them and indicated that we were guilty of. They said it's going to be a complete investigation going into all academics and everything else.
"They went five years back. So I would challenge any university with the limited kind of staff that schools our size have, I would challenge any university to come up 100 percent clean in a deal like that," Harms said.
Through all of that, Harms' demeanor and approach remained unflappable.
"That's the thing about coach Harms. He's so even-keeled that I couldn't notice a big difference in anything," Cundiff said. "He handled things so well and handled people so well that I don't know if anybody could see a big difference of it taking a toll on him. I can't speak for coach Harms on that, but the way it all went down is a shame. I'm not going to dwell on it either because if I get started I'll say something I shouldn't.
"But as far as it taking a toll on him, I couldn't tell a big difference, not in him. Now in circumstances surrounding it and the way things were handled, sure, there were differences," Cundiff said. "But with coach I think he handled everything and I really respect him for having stayed around and continued to help the university. I think that said a lot about his character."
Harms retained his AD title until resigning in March 2000 and he remained with the university in a fund-raising capacity for three years until tiring of the travel to and from Kingsville and Aransas Pass.
As far as his legacy, Harms said he will leave that to his colleagues, administrators and fans to determine. He said his career at the university was "extremely rewarding," and that having gone from the high of winning a national championship in 1979 to the tough conclusion of his career has made him a better person.
"I think if somebody doesn't have a little adversity they're missing out on a real opportunity to improve themselves," Harms said. "... So I think that you have those highs and you have the lows, which bring you back. So I would guess that from the get-go through the end, the sum of all those experiences I hope has made me more humble, have priorities in my life more clear. I hope I learned from my mistakes and benefitted from my successes."
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Can a 300 be ran constantly for about 8 hours straight? Would that overheat anything?
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Run time for a Ridgid 300?
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Re: Run time for a Ridgid 300?
Never ran one constantly, but have used them all day long with a vic machine rolling grooves in
4 and 6 inch sch 40 pipe. meaning one man running the groover all day while others called out
measurements to him. So probably running about 50% on time with stops for lunch, etc.
I would think that running all day, loaded or not, would be tough on the machine.
Don't know what you are up to but if speed (rpm) is important there used to be two different speed drives available.
I don't know the RPM of each but the one was about double the RPM of the other.
I don't believe there is an oil bath for the drive gears or chain or whatever is inside. Can't say I remember ever having
to open one up, they're so darn dependable that I never had one fail except for a foot pedal or power cord damage.
And if there was oil inside then when they are laid over on their side in the truck or on the ground the oil would have
leaked out, and I can't say I remember that happening. So without an oil bath or something else to cool the gears that
might pose a problem. The motor could get pretty hot too.
Why do you want to run it continously?"When we build let us think we build forever. Let it not be for present delight nor for present use alone. Let it be such work that our descendants will thank us for, and let us think, as we lay stone upon stone, that a time is to come when these stones will be held sacred because our hands have touched them, and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, "See! This our fathers did for us."
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Re: Run time for a Ridgid 300?
No oil bath on the gears, there are two grease fittings to lube the sleeve type bearings on the barrel.
Depending on the load I would say it would be just fine to run all day. If you are going to pull 21' of 2" thread with 200' of cord, well that might be a different story. The brushes need to be in good shape also.
What in the world are you wanting to drive with it?
These things are tough as nails and made to last.
Re: Run time for a Ridgid 300?
What in the world are you wanting to drive with it? Good question!
These things are tough as nails and made to last. The 300 I bought in '83 is still going strong. Wish I could say the same for the die heads.


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2014: North Texas' fourth-leading tackler with 55 total tackles, three TFL and two interceptions in 2014 Team captain Picked off his first pass of the year and returned it 43 yards to seal NT win over FAU Recorded five total tackles and one pass breakup against LA Tech Made five total tackles, four solo and one assisted, against SMU, including one tackle for loss Led North Texas with seven solo tackles, including one tackle for loss, against Texas2013: Named honorable mention all-conference at defensive back Started 11 games and was the fifth-leading tackler for North Texas with 78 Grabbed the game-clinching interception against UNLV in the Heart of Dallas Bowl and had seven tackles Had three interceptions and five PBU's Had 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks to go along with two fumble recoveries Recorded his first career interception against Ohio and returned it for 22 yards Had a career-high 10 tackles at No. 9 Georgia and again in the win over Rice Put up five games of nine or more tackles Had a fumble recovery against Ball State and Georgia Set a career high with 1.5 tackles for loss in the win at Tulsa
2012: Played in 11 games in the North Texas secondary and made 15 tackles and one PBU on the year as a walk-on Had at least one tackle in eight games in 2012 Made a season-high six tackles in the win at Florida Atlantic.
High School: Named first team all-district in 2010 and 2011 Received honorable mention all-state honors in 2011 Had 120 tackles, six tackles-for-loss, one sack and forced two fumbles in 2011 Named team defensive MVP in 2011 Made 111 tackles, three forced fumbles and one interception in 2010 Caught 12 passes for 185 yards and a touchdown in 2010 Named team MVP in 2010 Made 55 tackles, picked off four passes and forced a fumble in 2009, on the way to an honorable mention all-district season as a sophomore Lettered three years Named a team captain in 2010 and 2011 Son of Kenny and Marci Buyers


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St. Louis Wine Festival Basket Winner
By Katie | Published: September 30, 2008
Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 38 Timestamp: 2008-09-30 16:36:26 UTC The 38th person to sign up on my email list was…… Susan Krieger! Congratulations Susan! I'll contact you for your snail mail address today. Thanks again to everyone for stopping by our booth this past weekend…we had a great time and hope […]
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The St. Louis Wine Festival was a blast! Thanks to everyone who attended and visited our table. I'm just home so I'll post the results of the gift box give-away tomorrow. Good luck!
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Before I tell you the winner, just a quick note to let you know that I'll be at the St. Louis Wine Festival on Saturday & Sunday this weekend. Come on out & check out all the tastings, classes, and cooking demos going on! Now on to the winner: Random Integer Generator Here are your […]
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The company unveiled the three episodes of "Falling for You" Thursday at a private event at the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles.
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Below you will find a basic introduction to the classes in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. For something more in-depth, expert recommendations and a brilliant leveling guide, my current recommendation is to pick up a copy of this FFXIV Class Guide. It blows pretty much anything else I've seen online clean out of the water.
To change your class in Final Fantasy XIV is as simple as changing what weapon you are equipped with. You can find NPC venders all around Limsa Lominsa selling Rank 1 weapons for each class and thanks to having substantial inventory space there is no harm in stocking up on each classes' weapon early on.
The various Final Fantasy XIV classes available are grouped together under certain disciplines. Your combat centered classes fall under Disciples of War, crafting classes under Disciples of the Hand and gathering classes under Disciples of the Land.
What follows is a brief overview of the various FFXIV classes and the styles they play in. A list of skills, traits, abilities and spells for each differs (see also ffxivclasses.com for more details).
The Final Fantasy XIV classes are categorized under disciples and are currently as follows:
Disciples of War – Archer, Gladiator, Lancer, Marauder and Pugilist
Disciples of the Hand – Alchemist, Armorer, Blacksmith, Carpenters, Culinarian, Goldsmith, Leatherworker and Weaver.
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Because of an organ donor's decision, Gary Singleton received a life-saving lung transplant in 2003 and was given a second chance at life. Along with his wife Connie, they have helped educate the public, students, DMV examiners and many more about the importance of organ, eye and tissue donation.
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I have a new lactation cookie recipe for any of you that are having supply issues! It's DH's grandmother's No Bake Cookies recipe, and I just added the flax seed meal and brewers yeast (since the recipe already calls for 3 cups of oatmeal!)! It's so good, and the flavors of the meal and the yeast are totally masked by all of the other sweet flavors in the recipe! Here you go:
1 stick butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 can (5oz) evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
Combine these ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil, then quickly add the following:
3 cups oatmeal
1 cup sweetened coconut flakes
1 cup marshmallows
1 bag (2 cups) semi sweet chocolate chips
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A hernia is tissue from inside the abdomen that bulges out through a weak spot in the muscles of the abdominal (belly) wall. The weak spot may have been present since birth or may develop after surgery or from violent or ongoing coughing, lifting heavy objects, or aging.
There are several types of hernias:
- A femoral hernia appears as a bulge on the top of the thigh.
- A hiatal hernia is a part of the stomach bulging up through the diaphragm (the wall of muscle that separates the abdominal cavity from the chest cavity).
- An incisional hernia occurs after surgery to the wall of the abdomen.
- An inguinal hernia occurs when a small portion of the bowel bulges into the groin.
- An umbilical hernia appears in the belly button. A periumbilical hernia is similar to an umbilical hernia, but it occurs next to the belly button.
A person with a hernia often feels pain, pressure, or burning or feels like something has given way.
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Interview With Me, AlOctober 22nd, 2001 by Alkini
I'm not sure what to say about this, but the German Linux gaming site Holarse decided to interview me. They sent me reader-submitted questions regarding Linux gaming and I did my best to not sound like an idiot. My thanks to comrad and the rest of Holarse for giving me the opportunity. Now that it's over with, I have one question for everyone else — did LG really appear in Antitrust?


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Green Bay - The Wisconsin Narcotics Officers Association recently recognized Special Agent Jim Engels and Special Agent Jeffrey Hale for their work on two high profile narcotic investigations.
Special Agent Jim Engels was part of a team recognized for its investigative work into "Operation White Water". On June 19, 2008 investigators from the Wisconsin Department of Justice-Division of Criminal Investigation, Jefferson and Dodge County Drug Task Force, the Drug Enforcement Administration and local agencies in the Watertown area arrested Maxima Pineda Buenaventura and 16 other individuals, resulting in the dismantling of a huge cocaine trafficking organization that consisted of close to 90 upper and lower level distributors.
Since July 2007, the Pineda Buenaventura organization distributed at least eight kilograms of cocaine per month in Jefferson County and Dodge County. The dismantling of this drug organization has had a significant impact on not only the Watertown area, but all of Dodge and Jefferson County for the distribution of cocaine.
Other members of the team recognized for their work in Operation White Water included: Special Agent Yvonne Jarosz of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Detective Brian Prieve and Deputy Kevin Day from the Dodge County Sheriff's Department and Detectives Laura Pauli and Adam Frederick from the Jefferson County Drug Task Force.
Special Agent Jeffrey Hale was recognized for his work as part of a team of investigators that worked the "White Shadow" case resulting in the elimination of a huge supply of high-grade marijuana from southeastern Wisconsin.
This case began when information was received indicating a group was bringing a large quantity (hundreds of pounds) of high-grade marijuana and distributing it throughout the Milwaukee area. Ultimately, this investigation resulted in fourteen search warrants issued in Milwaukee, Chicago, Gary, Indiana and northern California.
The profits members of this drug trafficking organization had been making were significant. Indicted property included substantial real estate holdings, boats, a Carver yacht, an airplane, a fleet of vehicles including a 1972 custom Chevelle and a Lucky's chopper.
Other members of the team recognized for their work on the White Shadow case include: Jamie Short of the Wauwatosa Police Department, William Majeskie of the Waukesha County Metro drug unit, David Baker of the Milwaukee Police Department and Matthew Gibson of the FBI.
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Changing Planet: The Case of the Leaky Gyre
In this activity, students model circulation in gyres, explore characteristics of gyres found around the world, and predict the climate impacts of changes to the circulation in these gyres and climate on adjacent land. Gyres, large systems of rotating ocean currents, play an important role in Earth's climate system.
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Beyond Pesticides To Participate in Washington,
DC Green Festival
"Although we have made great strides in the movement, the most vulnerable are still in large numbers, therefore, it is important that we unite as a movement in order to bring true justice to who's voices are still going unheard. Everyone deserves the right to a life beyond poverty and the impacts of toxic pesticide poisoning," said Michele Roberts, project director of Beyond Pesticides, a national information and advocacy group.
Michele Roberts, is a project director with Beyond Pesticides, who advocates for effective community-wide change in pesticide policies as it relates to children and schools, hospital and health care facilities and public housing.
Also available at the Green Festival is organic food, great music, over 300 green businesses, as well as film, yoga and other types of movement classes. Beyond Pesticides will also host a book signing featuring noted author Evaggelos Vallianatos, former analyst with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and author of This Land is their Land: How Corporate Farms Threaten the World. Additionally, Beyond Pesticides' new 28-page booklets, Threatened Waters: Turning the Tide on Pesticide Contamination will be available to the public for the first time.
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18th Century Dolls, Dollhouses, and Doll Clothing
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Wooden dolls
- Strong 73.1447, c. 1690
- V&A T.847-1974 ("Lord Clapham") and V&A T.846-1974 ("Lady Clapham"), London, c. 1690-1700
- Letitian Penn doll, 1699
- Bonhams auction 16877, lot 397, c. 1700
- MoL 37.33/1, c. 1701-1710; "Child doll with a painted wood head with the remnants of a brown wig. She is dressed in a gown of Indian silk, striped satin blue and white with a narrow red border, embroidered with red tulips, with attached leading strings. Her other clothes include a linen muslin apron and white suede mittens. This doll was for admiring, not playing with. The gown is made from Indian silk embroidered with small flowers."
- V&A MISC.264-1978, England, c. 1700-1720
- Kyoto AC1774 78-41-178, England, early 18th century
- A wooden doll, England
- MFA 43.1768, England
- Strong 75.3093
- MFA 43.1769, a male doll, England, c. 1730-1740
- Bowes 1970.187.a/TOY.301, England, c. 1735
- A wooden doll, c. 1740
- "Lady Grace," c. 1740
- Wooden doll, England, c. 1740-1750
- V&A MISC.271-1981, England, c. 1740-1750
- Nordiska museet NM.0151866, a male doll holding a platter of chicken, c. 1740-1759
- Christie's Lot 608 / Sale 5746, a very rare George II turned wood baby doll
- Doll at St. Fagan's Museum
- Manc 1955.21, England, c. 1740-1760
- A doll "given to Mariana Davis in Paris in 1747, when she was three years old and had just recovered from a dangerous illness … The doll is two feet high, and made of wood. The dress, which is lifted to shew the pincushion on the petticoat, is of red, white, and green striped silk, with a Watteau back. The petticoat is wide and hooped, and has two pockets suspended from the waist; one has a monogram embroidered on it, and the other a coat of arms. The pincushion is also suspended from the waist by a ribbon strap, and hangs quite low on the edge of the petticoat. It is covered with satin, of a salmon-pink shade, with a yellowish ground, but the satin is so faded it is impossble say what the original colours were." (Pins and Pincushions) See also Paul Fraser Collectibles
- Withington auction October 18, 2012, wooden doll c. 1750
- James D. Julia 238, Lot 130, mid-18th century (see Selected Highlights)
- Mary Merritt Lot 15, England, mid-18th century; a doll with "wooden shoulder head with long neck and graceful features, brown pupilless glass eyes, platinum curled wig, kid body with wooden limbs"
- Carmel 328, mid-18th century
- MoL, a 1750s doll dressed in printed linen
- Strong 79.9665, c. 1750-1760
- V&A MISC.49&:1 to 3-1963 ("Sophie"), England, c. 1750-1770
- Strong 79.10971, c. 1750-1800
- Strong 79.451, c. 1750-1800
- V&A T.90 to V-1980, a fashion doll, England, c. 1755-1760
- MFA 43.1770, England
- MoL, 1756-1760; "Dressed wooden doll with painted face, glass eyes and human hair, probably a replacement wig. With jointed wooden arms. Wearing a sack dress with matching petticoat of pink and yellow figured Spitalfields silk and pink silk stays. Also a linen chemise, linen stays, three linen petticoats and a stiffened hoop. Doll also has an earring and locket, probably later additions. Doll known as 'The Queen of Denmark'. Believed to have been given by an English princess to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Sampson, Chaplain of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. It is possible that the princess was George III's sister Caroline Matilda who married Christian, King of Denmark in 1766."
- Rijksmuseum BK-NM-3396, c. 1760
- Miss Barwick of the Ilkley Toy Museum, c. 1760
- MoL, 1766-1770; "The doll has jointed legs and carved wooden lower arms; the upper arms are cloth. The head has painted facial features and glass eyes; the wig is of grey-brown human hair, rolled above the forehead in imitation of contemporary hairstyles. She wears a very fashionable blue and white dress and petticoat, of figured English silk, and a linen underskirt."
- Carmel 254, c. 1770
- MoL 46.13/1, c. 1770; "This 'Queen Anne' doll was made by an anonymous craftsman, probably in London. Dolls were often purchased at fairs, such as the Bartholomew Fair at Smithfield. The doll making industry thrived in the capital for most of the eighteenth century. It was protected by the government which levied heavy import duties on toys from abroad. This tax regime was relaxed in the 1780s leading to an influx of cheaper imported dolls. The quality of English-made dolls declined as a result."
- Christie's Lot 978, Sale 8004, a carved and painted limewood doll, c. 1770
- V&A MISC.41-1968, England, c. 1770-1775
- Nordiska museet NM.0107718, 1780
- Bonhams Auction 20914, Lot 62, pair of painted wooden dolls, c. 1780
- Christie' Lot 588 / Sale 9494, a turned and carved wood doll, for a baby house
- Nordiska museet NM.0112941A-H, an 18th century doll in early 19th century clothing
- Bowes 1970.187.2B/TOY.302, England, c. 1775
- Christie's Lot 1179 / Sale 9853, c. 1775
- V&A MISC.15-1952, England, c. 1770-1785
- LACMA M.85.229a-c, a male court doll, France, c. 1780
- Carmel 338, c. 1780
- Ann Proctor's doll, c. 1785
- National Trust 784611, 1790
- Christie's Lot 270 / Sale 4105, an Enlgish turned and carved painted wooden doll, late 18th century
- Christie's Lot 770 and 768 / Sale 9724, a fine English turned wood doll late 18th century
- MFA 43.1607, sewing kit in the form of a doll, England, late 18th century
- Small doll figure, possibly for a doll's house, late 18th century
- Bonham's Sale 17971, Lot 159, a German doll, late 18th century
- May Merritt Lot 28, a male doll and a female doll, late 18th century
Wax dolls
- Nordiska museet NM.0151865, made in the first half of the 18th century; the black velvet dress is probably a later addition
- SPNEA 1924.918 and 1924.919, c. 1720-1725; "These extraordinary objects, made by the teen-aged daughter of a well-to-do Boston, Massachusetts, family, are the only American-made free-standing figures known to have survived from the eighteenth century. Wax work, like fancy needlework, was among the artistic skills considered important in the education of young girls during this period. Sarah Gee supported these figures on armatures and used colored beeswax and real fabric trimmed with lace dipped in wax for their bodies. They are protected by their original English bell jars and mounted on turned wooden pedestals made to fit the jars."
- MoL, 1756-1765; "Wax fashion doll. A fashion doll with solid wax head and limbs on a wire frame, with moulded and painted hair and glass eyes. The doll is wearing a formal Court dress of striped and brocaded silk with a wired skirt. She has a compass hanging at the waist."
- V&A W.183:7-1919; petticoat had a note pinned to it saying "Mrs Powell Wedding Suit 1761"
- Nordiska museet NM.0025851, a doll dressed in a Norwegian bridal gown from Telemark, made c. 1770-1779
Other dolls
- PVMA 1885.40.07, a rag doll (named "Bangwell Putt") made for a blind girl (Clarissa Field of Northfield, Massachusetts), c. 1770
- Nordiska museet 0022622A-B, a pair of dolls made of silk wrapped over wire, c. 1770-1779
- Met C.I.41.113.5, a straw doll, fourth quarter of the 18th century
Doll clothes
- The dolls known as Lord Clapham and Lady Clapham have many garments and accessories, which can be found on the V&A's "Search the Collections" site.
- Met 13.204.63, silk trousers, France
- MFA 43.1772a,b, a pink silk taffeta robe à française and petticoat
- Christie's Lot 66, Sale 5666, a doll's mid 18th century half hoops
- Met 2009.300.1740, France, c. 1740-1760; "This charming miniature coat is constructed exactly like a man's suit coat of the period. The spindly flower embroidery on the pocket flaps and cuffs is particularly whimsical and has a biomorphic quality."
- PHM H4448-149, a doll's shoe, England, c. 1760-1800; "Dolls single straight shoe of veldtshoen construction with blunt point toe and no heel. Shoe consists of red and brown uppers, featuring a Morocco vamp and one piece quarters, remains of pink silk lining and a leather sole."
- Queen Anne style doll costume
- Met 13.204.61, a doll's silk brocade jacket (?), France
- MFA 48.362, a white dimity pocket with linen tie, America
Dolls' houses and "baby houses"
There are a lot of detailed photos of dollhouse furniture and related miniatures on Bildindex.
- Rijksmuseum BK-NM-1010, the doll's house of Petronella Oortman, c. 1686-1705
- The Blackett Baby House (closed view), England, 1740-1742
- V&A MISC.24-1967, England, 1750-1800
- V&A W.1-1954, The Henriques House, England, c. 1750-1800
- W.9 &:1 to 348-1930, The Tate Baby House, England, c. 1760
- V&A W.13-1949, The Denton Welch dolls' house, England, 1783
- V&A MISC.240-1979, dollhouse set into the top of a writing-desk, England, c. 1790-1800
- V&A W.49-1925, May Foster's House, England, c. 1800
Doll furniture
- CW 1940-224, a cradle, southeastern America, c. 1775-1825
Depictions of 18th century children with dolls
- Children's games by Willem van Mieris the Younger, 1702
- The daughters of Sir Matthew Decker, Bart. by Jan van Meyer, 1718
- A Children's Tea Party by William Hogarth, 1730
- Le Dejeuner by François Boucher, 1739
- Three children
- Samuel Richardson Surrounded by his Second Family by Francis Hayman, 1740-1741
- Lady and gentleman with two girls and a servant (A Lady in a Garden taking Coffee with some Children) by Nicolas Lancret, 1742
- The Charming Doll by Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, Comte de Caylus, after Edme Bouchardon, 1742
- Catherine-Félicité and Adélaïde Berthelin de Neuville by Carle van Loo, 1743
- Portrait of three children (see Lot 115)
- Portrait of a girl holding a doll
- The Letter by Pietro Longhi, 1746
- Girl with a doll by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1750s
- Girl with a doll by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
- Kinderspiel by Christoph Andreas, c. 1751-1772
- Elizabeth Randolph by John Wollaston, c. 1755
- Mary Lightfoot by John Wollaston, 1757
- Madame d'Orval et mademoiselle de Wargemont by Carmontelle, 1760
- Mamma Giving Toys, c. 1760-1765
- High Life Below Stairs by John Collet, 1763
- Building houses with cards, 1764
- The Little Princess of Braunfels by Anton Wilhelm Tischbein, c. 1765
- Girl with doll, daughter of the painter and godchild of Maria Theresia, c. 1765
- The Quiet Husband, 1768
- Lady Ann Fitzpatrick by Francis Cotes
- Selina Chambers by Francis Cotes
- The Two Sisters by Jean Honoré Fragonard, c. 1769-1770
- The Two Sisters by Jean Claude Richard, 1770
- Reynard's Last Shift, 1770s
- A Child by John Flaxman, 1772
- Two Sisters by Carl-Ludwig Johann Christineck, 1772
- L'Enfance - Childhood, 1775
- The Copley Family by John Singleton Copley, c. 1776-1777
- Prince Luigi of Parma and his three oldest sisters, 1778
- Drawing of a boy and a girl with a doll by Pieter de Mare, 1779
- Girl with a doll by Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Le petit Fille vue de face est vétue d'un Foureau de Tafetas, 1780
- Child with Doll by John Downman, 1780
- Portrait of a child holding a doll by Giovanni Battista Cipriani
- Ann Proctor by Charles Willson Peale, 1789
- Mr. Deputy Dumpling and Family Enjoying a Summer Afternoon, 1781
- The family of Mégret de Sérilly by Jacques Thouron, 1787
- Louisa Airey Gilmor (Mrs. Robert Gilmor) and her daughters, Jane and Elizabeth by Charles Willson Peale, 1788
- Peggy Sanderson Hughes and her daughter by Charles Willson Peale, 1788-1789
- Hushaby, Lullaby, 1794
- Girl with a doll by Anne-Geneviève Greuze, before 1795
- 'Tis my Doll, 1795
- Child with a doll by Anne-Geneviève Greuze
- Child with a doll by Christian Leberecht Vogel
- Late 18th century Russian dolls at the Met: 2009.300.1718 and 2009.300.1719
- La mere a la mode; La mere telle que toutes devraient etre, 1800


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Former Toledo center Kevin Kowalski told the Toledo Free Press on Aug. 31 that he will start for his second-consecutive preseason game for the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday in Miami.
Kowalski was signed as an undrafted free agent on July 26 after waiting for the 130-day NFL lockout to end. He started on Aug. 28 against Minnesota after five-time Pro-Bowl center Andre Gurode was released. Phil Costa, a second-year player who was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Maryland in 2010, is expected to be the starter but is rehabbing from a knee injury.


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It's been four months since our good friend Daniel "BigRedKitty" Howell announced his own break from World of Warcraft. He's been desperately missed, and his fans created a goodbye video for him in April. It's just not the same firing off a gun or notching an arrow, without the watchful eye of BRK helping us out.
Blizzard has tipped their own hat to BigRedKitty with the inclusion of the BRK-1000 in patch 3.2. It even drops from the Argent Crusade Tribute Chest, though that's probably just happy circumstance. The BRK-1000 is a fairly respectable Hunter weapon and is appropriately a gun. The very best part? It smells faintly of raspberries.
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Ronnie Magro: From Jersey Shore to Pro Wrestler?
Several Jersey Shore stars have brought their talents to the professional wrestling scene — the best being Snooki and her gymnastic inspired stunts on WWE Raw — and now PW Insider is reporting that the house's resident fight-magnet, Ronnie Magro, could be next.
An insider has indicated that the Shore's bulkiest guido might appear on multiple episodes of Spike's Impact Wrestling. Impact is part of the TNA wrestling league, the same group that once featured JWOWW and Angelina, so this sounds potentially legit to us.
If any Jersey Shore guy belongs in the ring, it's bed-throwing, room-destroying Ronnie.
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A woman accused of murdering an infant in Waukegan is requesting special medication and meals after she was diagnosed as being reactive hypoglycemic by a doctor. Through her defense attorney Jed Stone of Waukegan, Sarah Gumm, 34, of Waukegan, asked that diabetic meals be prepared for her while she is incarcerated in Lake County jail, and that medication to help her deal with her affliction be prescribed to her by jail doctors. Lake County Assistant State's Attorney Eric Kalata said in court Wednesday he had not heard about Gumm's medical condition prior to her court appearance, and wants to review her medical records before agreeing to the stipulation during a second hearing set for Friday. Gumm is held on $3 million in bond for killing 3-month-old Rylan Koopmeiners of Kenosha. Authorities said Gumm used extreme force to fracture the infant's skull while baby-sitting on July 27.
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by Faye Kellerman
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Substance: A searing look into Germany in the time of Hitler's ascension, and the world-views that made his rise possible. The story of the Police Homicide Inspector caught up in politics and murder is intriguing, and the protagonist a sympathetic and ultimately heroic, if flawed, character.
The evocative view of Weimar Germany through a Bavarian lens is used to discuss the political and social climate that Hitler manipulated, and show the people who saw the danger concomitant to his popularity, athough sometimes Kellerman stretches to bring into the story elements of the milieu that seem to be there just to complete the record.
Style: Outstanding as a novel; as a mystery, not so much. No relevant clues to the perpetrator are planted (one minor conversation 250+ pages beforehand is not sufficient for fair play with the reader), nor any to the major plot-turns of the final chapters and the motivations of the actors that make them. Frequently mentioned "clues" (missing shoes) are left hanging as loose ends, and the Freudian speculations on motive are not carried through to the end.
Although Kellerman uses German words and phrases to good advantage in setting the milieu, she is inconsistent (why "Kommunismus" but not "Juden"?)
And the "frame" is not really necessary to the story.
RATING: PG-13 for language, violence, sexual situations.
Special note: Acknowledges assistance from Franz Geiger of the White Rose resistance group, most of whom were executed by Hitler.
p. 139: Why does Commisioner Volker encourage Inspector Berg to arrest the Jew Gross for his wife's murder, even though both men realize he is probably innocent, but resist the same suggestion from his own superiors?
p. 187: "I believe I am done when I have nothing more to add. The work may not be exactly what I want. But adding new material will not help. So I surrender to my imperfections, curse my inability to translate to the brush what is in m head, and say, 'I quit'."..."That is the frustrating part...To see it so clearly i my brain but lack the skills to put it down on canvas."
p. 211: "I know you do not approve of Herr Hitler. You think he is a thug, and maybe he is. Still, if we don't stand up for ourselves, who will stand up for us?"..."And who is trying to keep us down, Jaochim?...As painful as it is to admit, the fault cannot lie exclusively with the Jews....(and others)...At some point we...the German people...must take responsibility for our own messes...We went to war and we lost. And that, my dear son, is not the fault of the Jews."
I have always been a big fan of Jonathan Kellerman but for some unknown reason, I have never been able to get into his wife's books. But when I discovered that Faye wrote a book about 1920's Munich (my favourite period of history), I decided to try again with her work.
Now that I have read it, what is my conclusion? My conclusion is that it is a well-written, in-depth detective story. Lots of twists and turns and a shocker of an ending. This book will make me seriously re-consider Faye Kellerman's other work.
The main character is Inspector Axel Berg, head of the "Mordkommision"(Murder Squad). Bear in mind this is the 1920's and so the Murder Squad back then was nothing to what it is today.
The time period is interesting. The 1920's was the time between recovering from the First World War and Hitler coming to power. Germany had the Great Inflation, influenza and just as the book is starting, it is approaching the end of the 1920's. Hitler's Nazi Party is slowly but surely gaining influence and power. The chief of Munich's police is a Nazi supporter and whenever Berg's enquiries lead him to the Nazi party or supporters of the party, the police chief is always there to lead him off in another direction. Berg relentlessly pursues the murderer, even though the Munich police are keen to arrest an innocent Jew for the crime. Finally he comes face-to-face with the killer...and the final showdown.
Well worth the money! A fantastic read and well worth your time. Get it now!
I thought this was quite good, and a departure for Mrs. Kellerman. Axel Berg is not the morally sound police detective you're used to seeing as the main character in a novel like this. Berg is flawed and imperfect and realistic, much like Munich itself in 1929. The roiling political climate makes an excellent backdrop to the story. The end is unexpected, but not unthinkable.
Homicide detective Axel Berg is a troubled man. He sees his beloved city of Munich being hauled ever deeper into chaos by the hate mongering of an Austrian. Increasingly the city is being overrun by brown shirted thugs hurling stones and insults at anyone suspected of being a degenerate. His son is asking some hard questions, his wife wants him to quit work at the department and move, his daughter is afraid and his mistress is getting beat up. Life was difficult enough in the glum, downtrodden city without having a serial killer on the loose causing panic among the local populace as well as providing additional fuel for Hitler rallies. So when the carefully arranged bodies of well dressed young women turn up in one of the city parks, Berg is called in to make some headway on the case.
Berg begins the thankless task of trying to determine what link the women shared and stumbles upon some unexpected surprises with possible ties to the art world and beyond. As the paranoid city and its officials look for easy answers, Berg's superiors begin pressuring him to make an arrest, any arrest. Find a likely suspect, if it's a Jew with no political ties that's even better and haul him in, anything to assure the general public that progress is being made thus averting panic. But things seldom go according to plan and this is no exception as an innocent man is stoned and beaten to death in the street, a fate Berg barely escapes. More murders, few clues, snarled bureaucracy and additional beatings stymie the investigation at every turn.
Against all odds Berg begins closing in on the perpetrator endangering his life as he draws nearer to the truth. Before this investigation is through he will taste the bitter dregs of a betrayal so heinous it will force him to make a deal with the devil in order to save his family.
If you are looking for a light, breezy read then go find a different title. Kellerman crafted this story as a way of connecting with her father as she worked the plot around some of the few stories he related to her when she was growing up. This dark tale set in Germany just as Hitler makes his bid for leadership is a powerful albeit, depressing read which took me several chapters to get into. The storyline is solid enough and all the usual elements of a murder mystery are there though with a bit less suspense then one might expect given the setting. There's only one major plot twist that might catch the reader by surprise. The different spellings such as inspektor and kommissar along with a fair amount of German sprinkled in kept the reading pace slower then usual but add a layer of authenticity to the story. If you are a fan of Kellerman, you will enjoy this work; if you haven't discovered this author yet you'd be better off trying one of her other books.
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McGlone, Christopher M.; Sieg, Carolyn Hull; Kolb, Thomas E. 2010. Invasion resistance and persistence: established plants win, even with disturbance and high propagule pressure. Biological Invasions. doi 10.1007/s10530-010-9806-8.
Disturbances and propagule pressure are key mechanisms in plant community resistance to invasion, as well as persistence of invasions. Few studies, however, have experimentally tested the interaction of these two mechanisms. We initiated a study in a southwestern ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.)/bunch grass system to determine the susceptibility of remnant native plant communities to cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) invasion, and persistence of cheatgrass in invaded areas. We used a 2 x 2 factorial design consisting of two levels of aboveground biomass removal and two levels of reciprocal seeding. We seeded cheatgrass seeds in native plots and a native seed mixture in cheatgrass plots. Two biomass removal disturbances and sowing seeds over 3 years did not reverse cheatgrass dominance in invaded plots or native grass dominance in non-invaded native plots. Our results suggest that two factors dictated the persistence of the resident communities. First, bottlebrush squirreltail (Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey) was the dominant native herbaceous species on the study site. This species is typically a poor competitor with cheatgrass as a seedling, but is a strong competitor when mature. Second, differences in pretreatment levels of plantavailable soil nitrogen and phosphorus may have favored the dominant species in each community. Annual species typically require higher levels of plant-available soil nutrients than perennial plants. This trend was observed in the annual cheatgrass community and perennial native community. Our study shows that established plants and soil properties can buffer the influences of disturbance and elevated propagule pressure on cheatgrass invasion.
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A Republican effort to block the president has resulted in the largest judiciary drought in 40 yearsMonday, Sep 6, 2010 5:01 PM UTC 0
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Merrick Garland, Judge on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan
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Martha Minow, Dean of Faculty at Harvard Law School
Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security
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Diane Wood, Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
On April 9, Justice John Paul Stevens, the leader of the court's liberal wing, announced his retirement after nearly 35 years on the bench. President Obama plans to announce his pick to fill Stevens' seat by May 26 -- but some Republicans are already threatening to filibuster the as-yet unknown nominee.
Once the announcement is made, Senate Judiciary Committee hearings will be held over the summer. The committee will question the nominee as well as supporting and opposing witness, before voting and sending its recommendation to the full Senate. Although confirmation only requires a simple majority, Republican senators could theoretically block a final vote if all 41 of them unite for a filibuster.


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Count Lenovo among the crowd of companies introducing their latest tablet offerings at this year's IFA show. Three (mostly) new slates received a formal announcement, from the 7-inch IdeaTab A2107 to the IdeaTab S2110, a device positioned to take on ASUS' line of Transformer tablets. Also shown off was the IdeaTab S2109.
Lenovo didn't provide much detail on the A2107, which looks to compete with the likes of the Nindle Fire and Nexus 7. The 7-inch tablet features a Cortex A9 processor of undisclosed clock speed and up to 16GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD). It should retail for right around $250. The IdeaTab S2109 is a 9-inch slate with 1280×800 display resolution, a 1.2GHz Tegra 3 chipset, and 16GB of internal storage for $299.
The biggest showing, however, was the IdeaTab S2110 with a 10.1-inch IPS display at 1280×800 resolution and dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm CPU. The device is unique in that it features a keyboard dock accessory, positioning it as a direct competitor to the ASUS Transformer Pad. Still, its specs don't quite stack up at $399 for the S2110 alone or $499 for the tablet and dock.
Overall, not too much to get excited about, but if you needed just a few more Android tablet options you definitely have them here.
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"This is a great beverage for cold afternoons and evenings created by my husband. The name comes from our next door neighbor, who says it makes him feel warm and fuzzy when he drinks it! It also makes your house smell fabulous while it is simmering on the stove!"
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apple cider
1/3 cup
brown sugar
cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon
whole allspice
1 teaspoon
whole cloves
1 tablespoon
lemon zest
1 1/2 cups
dark rum
1/2 cup
butterscotch schnapps
SO GOOD! I had many people telling me how good it was!...I doubled the batch and put a micky and a half of rum and a full micky of butterscotch schnaps! WIll definately make again!
Pretty good. I have been wanting to try EGRIVNER's twisted cider, but because my grocery store didn't have cinnamon schnapps, I defaulted to this recipe instead (the butterscotch schnaps, which I LOVE, intrigued me). While I like this, I too feel that the rum overpowers everything else. I even cut the amount called for by 1/2 cup (I upped the schnapps by 1/2 to compensate). Perhaps spiced rum or a lighter rum would be better???? Regardless, this was good, and is something that I'd make again if I were craving a "grown up" drink. My fiance and I sure enjoyed our cider and s'mores! :-) Thanks for sharing, Keri. Danny sure was right!
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I served this at a neighborhood open house after trick-or-treating and everyone loved it! I even forgot to add the brown sugar but everyone said it was great without. I used cider fresh from a local apple farm - I'm sure that made a difference. Enjoy!
I didnt have "whole" spices so I subbed ground for all of them...still delicious & perfect for this time of year!!!
I don't generally like cider, but was asked to bring some for a party last night. It was outstanding, and even I enjoyed it. The large amount of alcohol worried me that it was going to be too sharp, but I couldn't taste it at all. The guests and host loved it, and it looks like I'll be bringing this every year. :)
I loved this recipe. I made it for a party and my friends loved it. One thing though, I would cut down on the Rum and only use 1 cup of it instead of 1 1/2 cups. Then I made it, minus the alcohol, for my son's class (Christmas Party) and it was a huge hit. The kids told me it was the best apple cider that they had ever had and the teacher asked me for the recipe.
I made this thanksgiving. It was a huge hit. Everyone loved it.
Yummm! This got rave reviews at a harvest festival. One guest described it as "boozy apple pie." So delicious! I used fresh-pressed cider and omitted the brown sugar, as I always find good cider to be plenty sweet already.
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