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Nationals acquire All-Star closer Jonathan Papelbon
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The Washington Nationals acquired All-Star right-handed pitcher Jonathan Papelbon from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Minor League right-handed pitcher, Nick Pivetta. President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. Papelbon, a six-time All-Star and one of the most prolific closers in Major League Baseball history, joins the Nationals after spending the last three-plus seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies. He is 2-1 with a 1.59 ERA (7 ER/39.2 IP) and is 17-for-17 in save opportunities this season. He has tallied 40 strikeouts, issued eight walks and has allowed opposing batters to hit .211 against him. He is one of only three MLB closers to be perfect in save opportunities and ranks among National League relievers in ERA (7th, 1.59) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (T10th, 5.00),
Since assuming the closer's role for the Boston Red Sox in 2006, Papelbon has converted 342 saves, the most in Major League Baseball during the last 11 seasons. His 342 saves are good for 12th in MLB history and are third-most among active pitchers. He also ranks among MLB relievers in strikeouts (1st, 727), strikeout-to-walk ratio (5th, 4.85), walks and hits/innings pitched (6th, 1.00) and ERA (8th, 2.30) since 2006.
In 2014, he became just the fifth reliever in MLB history to convert at least 25 saves in nine consecutive seasons, joining Mariano Rivera, Lee Smith, John Wetteland, and Troy Percival. On June 10 vs. San Diego, he became the 26th pitcher in MLB history to record 300 saves, tying Trevor Hoffman as the second fastest player to reach the 300 save mark.
Papelbon converted 39 saves in 2014, his most since converting a career-high 41 saves for the Boston Red Sox in 2008. He ranked among National League relievers in save percentage (T4th, 90.7%), saves (T5th, 39), walks and hits/innings pitched (8th, 0.90) and opponents OPS (9th, .500). With 66 games pitched, he appeared in 50 or more games for the ninth straight season and 60 or more for the seventh year in a row. On August 26, 2014 vs. Washington, he converted his 100th career save as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies and became the first player in MLB history to convert at least 200 saves in one league (AL, BOS – 219) and 100 saves in another league (NL, PHI – 123).
Papelbon, 34, is 37-30 with a 2.32 ERA over his 11 Major League seasons with Boston (2005-2011) and Philadelphia (2012-2015). He was selected in the fourth round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft out of Mississippi State University. During his time with the Phillies, he supported youth living in Philadelphia-area foster programs through his participation in "Papelbon's Pen" charitable ticket program. He and his wife, Ashley, have a daughter, Parker, and a son, Gunner.
Pivetta, 22, was selected in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of New Mexico Junior College. He was 7-6 with a 3.02 ERA in 18 games/17 starts between Single-A Potomac and Double-A Harrisburg.
Nationals reinstate infielder Anthony Rendon and option pitcher Abel de Los Santos
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The Washington Nationals returned from rehab and reinstated infielder Anthony Rendon from the 15-day disabled list and optioned right-handed pitcher Abel de Los Santos to Double-A Harrisburg on Saturday.
Rendon, 24, returns to the Nationals' active roster after missing 25 games with a left quad strain. He appeared in six Minor League rehab games with Single-A Potomac, hitting .471 (8-for-17) with two doubles, one RBI, three walks and two runs scored.
The Nationals' first-round selection in the 2011 First-Year Player Draft, Rendon is coming off a superb 2014 season in which he took home the National League Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Award for third basemen and finished fifth in the National League Most Valuable Player Award voting.
Rendon, who is an exceptional defender at second and third base, hit .287 with 39 doubles, six triples, 21 home runs, 83 RBI, 58 walks and 111 runs scored in 153 games in 2014. The gifted infielder ranked fourth in the Major Leagues (second in the NL) in wins above replacement (6.6), according to FanGraphs.com, at the conclusion of the season.
de Los Santos, 22, appeared in two games for the Nationals allowing one earned run on two hits with three strikeouts and one walk in 1.2 innings of relief. He made his Major League debut on July 21 vs. New York.
Nationals recall RHP Joe Ross to start vs. Mets Tuesday night
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by Amanda Comak
The Washington Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher Joe Ross from Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday and optioned infielder Wilmer Difo to Double-A Harrisburg. Ross will start for the Nationals against the Mets on Tuesday night.
Ross, 22, returns to the Nationals for his second Major League stint of the season. The Nationals selected Ross' contract from Double-A on June 6 and the rookie right-hander dazzled in three starts for Washington, going 2-1 with a 2.66 ERA. The first Major League assignment of Ross' career included eight innings of two-run baseball over the Milwaukee Brewers on June 13 and one run over 7.1 IP in his next start, June 19 vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Ross, who has posted a 2.6 walks/9.0 IP mark over the course of his Minor League career, faced 51 Major League batters before he issued his first walk, a new Nationals (2005-present) record.
Since returning to the Minor Leagues, Ross has worked to a 3-1 record with a 2.19 ERA over five starts in his first experience at the Triple-A level. With Syracuse, Ross has never allowed more than three earned runs in a start.
Ross was acquired, along with infielder Trea Turner, from the San Diego Padres in a three-team trade that sent outfielder Steven Souza Jr. and Minor League left-handed pitcher Travis Ott to the Tampa Bay Rays on December 18, 2014. He was originally selected by the Padres in the first round (No. 25 overall) of the 2011 First-Year Player Draft.
Difo, 23, is 1-for-8 (.125) in the Major Leagues this season. The Nationals' No. 8 prospect, per Baseball America's mid-season rankings, is hitting .296 with a .343 on-base percentage and a .416 slugging percentage in 63 Minor League games this season across High Single-A and Double-A.
Nationals select contract of RHP Abel de Los Santos, option RHP Blake Treinen to Triple-A
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by Amanda Comak
The Washington Nationals selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Abel de Los Santos from Double-A Harrisburg on Monday and optioned right-handed pitcher Blake Treinen to Triple-A Syracuse. Left fielder Jayson Werth was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to clear space for de Los Santos on the 40-man roster.
de Los Santos, 22, is 4-4 with a 2.65 ERA in 26 appearances (31.1 IP) for Double-A Harrisburg this season. The Dominican Republic-native has not allowed a run since June 8 – a 15-inning stretch (nine appearances) in which he has held opposing batters to a .104 average and struck out 15.
The hard-throwing right-hander has struck out 8.4 batters per nine innings this season in the Eastern League (career K/9: 9.1) and has posted a 0.884 WHIP. He has allowed only nine extra-base hits (7 doubles, 2 home runs) and walked just eight while striking out 35.
de Los Santos was acquired from the Texas Rangers, along with second baseman Chris Bostick, in exchange for left-handed pitcher Ross Detwiler on Dec. 12, 2014.
Though he made eight appearances to begin 2014 with Single-A Hickory of the South Atlantic League, de Los Santos spent the majority of his season with Single-A Myrtle Beach (33 games), where he was 5-2 with a 1.97 ERA. Signed out of the Dominican Republic by the Rangers in 2010, de Los Santos worked to a 0.959 WHIP and struck out 10.4 batters per nine innings in 2014.
Treinen, 27, is 2-2 with a 4.39 ERA in 32 appearances (41.0 IP) out of the Nationals' bullpen in 2015. His 44 strikeouts rank 16th in the National League and he has walked 21 batters this season.
Nationals RF Bryce Harper breaks NL voting record en route to starting spot in MLB All-Star Game
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by Amanda Comak
Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper was announced Sunday night as a starter in the 2015 Major League All-Star Game. Harper earned his selection to the National League team by garnering 13,964,950 fan votes, the most votes of any player ever to appear on the National League ballot and third-most votes for any player in MLB this season.
Harper, 22, entered Sunday night's game against the San Francisco Giants hitting .344 with a .470 on-base percentage and a Major League-best .719 slugging percentage. In 75 games this season, Harper has hit 25 home runs to go along with 19 doubles and one triple. He has walked 60 times in 319 plate appearances.
The Nationals' right-fielder, who won back-to-back National League Player of the Week awards in May, as well as the National League Player of the Month Award for the same month, currently leads the Major Leagues in on-base percentage (.470), slugging percentage (.719) and on-base plus slugging percentage (1.189). He ranks tied for second in the Major Leagues in home runs (25), third in walks (60) and fourth in RBI (60). His batting average (.344) ranks fourth, and his 57 runs scored slot in fifth.
With his 25th home run, hit on Saturday vs. the Giants, Harper became just the seventh player in Major League history, age 22 or younger, to hit 25 home runs in the season's first 81 games. He joined four Hall of Fame players (Harmon Killebrew, Eddie Mathews, Joe DiMaggio, Mel Ott) on that list, along with Alex Rodriguez. On May 6 vs. the Miami Marlins, Harper became the 10th-youngest player in MLB history to hit three home runs in a single game.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only two other players in Major League history have hit .340 or better with at least 25 home runs, 60 RBI and 60 walks through July 4th – Hall of Famers Frank Thomas (1994 and 2000) and Babe Ruth (1921, 1926-27, 1930).
While Harper's home runs have drawn him significant praise, as well as placed him in some elite company, Harper's .470 on-base percentage is more than .100 points higher than any of his previous career marks. Harper has reached base safely (including on errors) in 68 of the 75 games he's played in this year, and hasn't been held hitless in back-to-back games since May 4-5.
This will be Harper's third career All-Star Game selection and his second career All-Star start. Harper, who previously attended the 2012 and 2013 All-Star Games (in Kansas City and New York-NL), started in center field for the National League team in the 2013 contest. Harper, the first three-time All-Star in Nationals history (2005-present), is also the first Nationals player to claim multiple fan-elected starting assignments. He is the fourth player in franchise history to accomplish the feat, joining Hall of Famers Gary Carter (1981-84) and Andre Dawson (1981-83), as well as Tim Raines (1982-83).
The rest of the 2015 Major League All-Star participants will be announced Monday night at 7 p.m. during the "Esurance All-Star Selection Show" on ESPN. The 86th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be held at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Tuesday, July 14.
Nationals select contract of INF Emmanuel Burriss, place INF Anthony Rendon on 15-day DL
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by Amanda Comak
The Washington Nationals selected the contract of infielder Emmanuel Burriss from Triple-A Syracuse on Friday and placed infielder Anthony Rendon on the 15-day disabled list with a left quadriceps strain, retroactive to June 25. Outfielder Reed Johnson was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.
Burriss, a Washington, D.C. native and a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Northwest D.C., joins the Nationals for his first Major League assignment since 2012 (San Francisco).
The 30-year-old infielder is coming off one of his finest professional seasons, posting a .300 average, .377 on-base percentage and .412 slugging percentage in 116 games for Triple-A Syracuse in 2014. In 62 games with Syracuse this season, Burriss is hitting .278 (66-for-237) with eight doubles, five triples, three home runs, 25 walks, 10 stolen bases and 21 RBI.
A versatile infielder, Burriss has Major League experience at all four infield spots (183 games at second base, 62 games at shortstop, eight games at third base and two games at first base), and has appeared in four games in the outfield as well. Over the course of his Minor League career, Burriss has primarily played shortstop (470 games) and second base (146 games).
Over parts of five Major League seasons, all with the San Francisco Giants, Burriss is a career .243 hitter with 14 doubles, one triple and one home run.
Rendon, 25, returns to the disabled list for the second time this season. The Nationals' dynamic infielder missed the first 52 games of the season as he worked through a left knee sprain as well as a left oblique strain. Rendon is hitting .290 (20-for-69) in 18 games this season with a .375 on-base percentage. He's clubbed five doubles, walked nine times, driven in five runs and scored nine runs.
Nationals top prospects Lucas Giolito & Trea Turner selected for 2015 Sirius/XM All-Star Futures Game
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Right-handed pitcher Lucas Giolito and infielder Trea Turner have been selected to represent the Washington Nationals in the 2015 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, which will be played at 3:00 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, July 12th at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Giolito, 20, is considered by many, including industry experts Baseball America and MLB.com, as the top pitching prospect in all of baseball. He is the consensus top prospect in the Nationals' organization and is ranked by MLB.com as the No. 4 prospect and by Baseball America as the No. 7 prospect overall. Giolito will participate in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game for the second consecutive season.
A first-round pick (No. 16 overall) in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft, Giolito is 2-4 with a 2.71 ERA (18 ER/43.2 IP) in eight starts for the Potomac Nationals of the Single-A Carolina League. He has piled up 57 strikeouts (seventh in the Carolina League) and has allowed 51 hits against just 12 walks this season.
Giolito was named the Washington Nationals 2014 Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 10-2 with an organizational-best 2.20 ERA in 20 starts for Single-A Hagerstown of the South Atlantic League. He led Nationals farmhands with 110 strikeouts and, following the season, was named the "Most Outstanding Pitcher" and the "Top Major League Prospect" in the South Atlantic League by MiLB.com.
Turner, 21, joined the Nationals organization on June 14, completing the Dec. 18, 2014 three-team trade in which Washington also acquired right-handed pitcher Joe Ross. In ten games since joining the Double-A Harrisburg Senators, Turner is 14-for-39 (.359) with four doubles, one triple, four RBI, four stolen bases and six runs scored.
He joined the Nationals after hitting .322 (73-for-227) with 13 doubles, three triples, five home runs, 35 RBI, 24 walks, 11 stolen bases and 31 runs scored in 58 games for San Diego's Double-A affiliate, the San Antonio Missions. He posted a .385 on-base percentage, a .471 slugging percentage and an .856 OPS along the way. Turner's .322 average ranked third and his .471 slugging percentage ranked tied for sixth in the Texas League at the time of the trade.
A first-round selection in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft (No. 13 overall), Turner entered the 2015 season rated as the No. 2 prospect in the Padres' chain and the No. 65 prospect in all of baseball, according to Baseball America. The same publication cited Turner as having the "Best Strike-Zone Discipline," and being the "Best Athlete" and "Best Defensive Infielder" in the San Diego Minor League system prior to the trade to Washington. He is currently ranked as the No. 51 prospect in baseball, according to MLB.com.
Major League Baseball, in conjunction with the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau, MLB.com, Baseball America and the 30 Major League Clubs, selected the 25 players currently on each team.
|Frank Diaz
|Salomon Manriquez
|Emiliano Fruto
|Collin Balester
|Shairon Martis
|Danny Espinosa
|Eury Perez
|Danny Espinosa
|Bryce Harper
|Brad Peacock
|Alex Meyer
|A.J. Cole
|Taylor Jordan
|Michael A. Taylor
|Lucas Giolito
|Lucas Giolito
|Trea Turner
Nationals reinstate RHP Stephen Strasburg, option RHP Joe Ross to Triple-A
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by Amanda Comak
The Washington Nationals returned from rehab and reinstated right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg from the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday and optioned right-handed pitcher Joe Ross to Triple-A Syracuse. Strasburg will start for the Nationals on Tuesday night vs. Atlanta.
Strasburg returns to the Nationals after missing 21 games due to neck tightness. The right-hander, who tossed 5.0 innings in his lone rehab start, with Double-A Harrisburg vs. Richmond on June 17, allowed one earned run off four hits and six strikeouts while on rehab assignment.
Strasburg was 3-5 with a 6.55 ERA in 10 starts prior to landing on the disabled list on May 30. A career 46-35, Strasburg has posted a 3.25 ERA in 119 Major League starts.
Ross, 22, went 2-1 in three starts during the first Major League assignment of his career. The rookie right-hander followed up his MLB debut by pitching into the eighth inning in back-to-back starts. Over the course of his call-up, Ross posted a 2.66 ERA and an 11.50 strikeout-to-walk ratio (23 SO/2 BB).
Max Scherzer earns NL Player of the Week award on heels of no-hit performance
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A discussion about the role of prizes and shortlists in writers' careers with the shortlisted candidates and Nadifa Mohamed and Naomi Alderman.
9pm-11pm Numbi Family & Kokoroko bring multi-arts Afro-beats - visuals, music, spoken word and dance - unmaking colonial mentality through polyrhythmic pan-afrikan and diasporic narratives. Weaving afrobeat, jazz, soul and other spirit sounds, come dance to the riddims of our ancestors and the visions of our future. #Afropolitanfunk! www.numbi.org
Tickets: £6 / £4 Concessions
Rich Mix, Cinema and Arts Centre, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA
Phone (Box Office) : 020 7613 7498
Phone: 020 7926 1056
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A discussion with the nominees of the 2015 Caine Prize chaired by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey.
There will be the opportunity to meet with the authors over a glass of wine.
This event is FREE
Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, London. SW2 1LQ
Phone: 020 7926 1056
|Lizzy Attree
A relaxed evening with the nominees of the 2015 Caine Prize chaired by Lizzy Attree. Each author will read a short extract from their work, after which there will be an opportunity to meet them over a glass of complimentary wine and canapés.
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To book, phone 020 7408 0214 ext 219
Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR
Meet the five nominees of the 2015 Caine Prize and hear readings from their shortlisted stories, all featured in the new anthology "Lusaka Punk and Other Stories" published by New Internationalist. The winner will be announced on Monday 6th July.
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|EC Osondu
The Caine Prize 2015 shortlisted writers in conversation with Petina Gappah and EC Osondu.
This event is FREE
To book, phone: 01937 546 546
96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
Organised in partnership with Africa Writes, a celebration of contemporary African literature from across the continent and the diaspora in association with the Royal African Society.
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Caine Prize book group event - Meet the writers in conversation with Tricia Wombell.
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The shortlisted writers will be in conversation with Delia Jarrett Macauley and reading from and discussing their work in the Southbank Centre's Level 5 Function Room.
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ET_China_Shanghai by jermilexWatch
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This is a for a prerendered isometric online game. The image on the left shows my initial loose concept design (removed per client request... sorry), and the image on the right shows my final 3D modeled, shaded and lit set (created in Autodesk Maya 8.5, rendered with MentalRay). For this project my good friend Brett has been helping me with the 3D modeling so I could focus on the concept designs and on the final shading/lighting. Check out Brett's excellent work for this location here... Shanghai
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Wow,i like it! I love playing Sim City and it would really be cool if it have some set buildings like this.
You should send this to Maxis games!
You should send this to Maxis games!
I agree I love how clean these are, great detail without making it look too busy
thank you! Yes, detail without clutter is a delicate balance and it had to be worked out in the design very carefully
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After all, he had less experience in office than many of his rivals. He was not as well-known. He had the potential electoral liability of being black. No one knew if he was tough enough to stand up to Republican assaults in a nasty campaign.
So what accounts for his success? More than any other reason, he won because he had opposed the invasion of Iraq -- which Clinton and others had endorsed. Obama was the peace candidate of 2008. As the long and costly war dragged on, that was a priceless asset.
Where are those voters now? The majority is probably still in Obama's camp. Most Democrats in Congress have defended the president's attack on Libya. Most have given him the benefit of the doubt in his slow withdrawal from Iraq. Most have gone along with his dramatic escalation in Afghanistan.
But the mood of Democrats may be changing. The liberal magazine The Nation decried the intervention in Libya as "flagrant hypocrisy." John Larson, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, upbraided Obama for not consulting Congress.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, called the war "another disaster." If our involvement lasts weeks or months instead of days, Obama could lose many Democratic members.
He has already lost a lot of them on Afghanistan. Recently, 85 House Democrats voted for Kucinich's resolution demanding withdrawal of U.S. forces by Dec. 31, with 99 voting no. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, says both he and "a lot of my colleagues" in the Senate will also push for a speedy and complete departure.
Obama has promised to withdraw some troops beginning in July, but he is committed to staying around till 2014. An unnamed senior official told ABC News this month "a substantial reduction is now 'unlikely.'" Barring unexpectedly quick gains in security, most of our troops will still be there when the Iowa caucuses are held.
The combination of Afghanistan and Libya could bring a bitter end to the romance between Democratic liberals and Obama. Many of them were already disappointed with him for extending the Bush tax cuts, bailing out Wall Street, omitting a public option from the health care overhaul, offering to freeze domestic discretionary spending and generally declining to go after Republicans hammer and tong.
Had he rejected demands to use military force against Moammar Gadhafi, they would have had the solace of seeing the hawks finally put in their place. Instead, Obama did in Libya about what Clinton or John McCain probably would have done.
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"Annie, quit your whining"
The lead character, Annie... about drove me nuts with her whining. As a victim of violence myself, I understand the trauma and psychological ramifications... but this character was a little "over the top" for me... by the end, I had a difficult time identifying with her...
Audible obsessed!
"thrill seeker"
I just really enjoy the way Lisa Unger writes. She's so descriptive of her characters and she pulled me right into this book within the first chapter. I hope she pushes out another novel soon.
"Hate the ending."
This is my least favorite out of Lisa Unger's books. It was more depressing than thrilling.


text: I'm in the middle of an argument with a tenant of mine who is demanding I issue her receipts for rent when she presents me with a check. I'm telling her that's not possible -- I travel a lot and am also worried about the occasional bounced check -- but she insists. What should I do?


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Florida Gators win 2014-15 SEC All-Sports Award
Despite struggling in its two largest money-generating sports, the Florida Gators and their six Southeastern Conference titles once again proved that they were the most dominant athletics program in the league during the 2014-15 as they were named recipients of the overall SEC All-Sports Award for the ninth consecutive season and 23rd time in the last 24 campaigns.
Though the Gators won the overall award, they ended a six-season streak of sweeping the three titles, which also include individual men's and women's crowns. In fact, Florida achieved the overall title without leading either of the gender categories.
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For no good reason at all I am sad today because I can't have more babies. There is no good reason for this, as I said, because my two youngest were totally and completely annoying tonight and I might have maybe a little bit yelled at them for driving mommy totally insane with their maniacal laughter and wild running and flailing and they were going to break something else and I already had a plumber out yesterday for $512 and it is freaking bedtime already!!!!!!!! Might have happened. Don't quote me…you can't prove anything.
And I am sad because I miss my babies being babies. Perhaps because babies don't act like that, they act like babies and I like babies very much and my friend has one and she is awesome. I would steal her but Jamal would tell on me.
I tell you, the baby-head-smell is an intoxicant….
For no good reason at all I am sad today because I can't have more babies. There is no good reason for this, as I said, because my two youngest were totally and completely annoying tonight and I might have maybe a little bit yelled at them for driving mommy totally insane with their maniacal laughter and wild running and flailing and they were going to break something else and I already had a plumber out yesterday for $512 and it is freaking bedtime already!!!!!!!! Might have happened. Don't quote me…you can't prove anything.
The things I have to point out….
No…I don't mean those kinds of things. I mean obvious schtuff like the words we should choose when we have the option. Like the -or ending instead of the -our ending if you are not British because to do otherwise is undeniably pretentious. I think everyone understands this. Only a stuffed shirt of an American…or Madonna…would spell "favor" as "favour" instead. To illustrate this truth…Wordpress autocorrected me twice. Technology has, apparently, no time for affectations.
How about the irregardless/regardless problem? Suffice to say: irregardless is not a word. Regardless means, in essence…what you just said is stupid and what I am about to say is the only truth. Yes, it is sort of Sith-like in implication. Sometimes life hurts.
Finally….I don't know why anyone uses "gray" instead of "grey". Clearly "grey" is much more mysterious and thus sexier and cooler. Duh. Why do I have to explain this to y'all? Perhaps "grey" is also pretentious but since I am a language rebel I choose to ignore this possibility. As in, regardless of the possibility that the use of "grey" instead of "gray" might imply pretension, I will do what I damn well want. Again…such a rebel. Now visualize me doing some really cool ninja moves….no…not like THAT….like THIS………………………………see? Yeah, I thought so.
My Mini-Me
Anyone that thinks being at home with your kids and taking care of everyone as your job is boring…that is laughable. It is sometimes tedious and sometimes frustrating and often a challenge…but never boring.
My conversations with Alec alone are enough to make me love it. He is so earnest and thus so funny.
"You like dat Shaun de Sheep? When you a boy? Why you not a boy? It's a funny show for boys…but you a girl. <deep sigh> I dink you like it anyway. I don't know why. Maybe you should see it a movie feater."
And no…his th sounds are not quite right. And yes…all of that was said without pause for my responses. He is most definitely my conversational doppelganger.
Dear God of Losing my Lardass for a merely Scrumptiously Curvy and Apple-shaped Ass….
For the past week and a half my life has been pummeled with a sick husband, two sick children, a sick me, amazing amounts of sale/Ebates discounted/free shipping/gluten free food ordered in a bleary haze in the middle of the night in a hospital room that then needed to be sorted and stored (took four days), a crazy wreck of a house, figuring out a brand new special diet for Jamal and sweating bullets over it because I am so scared of hurting him, Elijah sneaking a whole tub of strawberries, a whole bag of potato chips, a whole bag of cookies and a whole jar of dates…JUST THIS WEEK, re-starting cranio therapy which meant having to drive hurriedly to the ass-end of town at rush hour and back to get the prescription from our Always There For Us in a Pinch DAN! doc…only to be late anyway, two poop accidents by Alec resulting in baths exactly at the time I needed to be picking up the boys at school and a badly stubbed pinky toe.
My lardass needs a break. I need to workout. Please calm my life the heck down and let me do my stuff, okay?
Chrissy, Lardass Mama
Channeling Forrest Gump's Mama….
Darlin', life ain't the only thing that is like a box of chocolates. Having three kids teaches you that they personify that in some wonderful and not-so-wonderful ways. I am remembering the day I drove away from my youngest son's fourth day of school…ever. He was notably upset. I knew this because he tried to bite my face and leap out of my arms to get away from the gate into the school playground. He is nothing if not determined at all times. Thankfully…no one was maimed. Slimed with banana-flavored saliva? Yes, tragically. Yuck.
So, naturally, after speeding off in my getaway minivan, I started to reflect on whether or not dumping my three year old inside the door of the school with the teacher and a kiss on the cheek, while he is in full-fledged roar, added up to Mama being a trifle hard-hearted. Thankfully THAT guilt trip screeched to a halt when I came to the following conclusion…..kids = the proverbial box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get when you have them.
I have one that is shy as can be but goes into school bravely and calmly, the one that is as bright as the sun spent years cowering behind me on the way into school and wailing as I left and now this child….fearless, a daredevil in actuality, never met a stranger, yet, inexplicably…he freaked out about staying at school. For three hours, most of which is snack and playground time! Despite the desperate screaming when I was sprinting out the door (Run, Mama, Ruuuuuun!) I called ten minutes later and he had been fine for eight of those ten minutes. Ha ha! I knew it!
I like it that they are individuals. I also like it that they are sometimes high maintenance…then we appreciate the calm days.
BAHAHAHA….had you going there, didn't I? We don't have calm days! I haven't seen one of those from fore to aft since before Alec turned three!
Yay for Play Dough!!!
We have traded out using only clay, which is a pain…ugh…so sticky and messy and it doesn't "release" from anything so it is hard to use tools on it. I ordered some gluten free play dough from Discount School Supply. A 5 1/2 pound tub for $22! Not a terrible deal, considering it doesn't make the kids sick! It has a strong aroma. Not a BAD one, but it is significant. At least it isn't scented like all the other GF doughs on the market. <eye roll> Seriously…sometimes the people making these products seem to have about two functioning neurons…which are apparently devoting their energy to yawning and scratchin' their bellies. Why in the world would you make a product that people need to be hypoallergenic and then SCENT it? Next time I have my dad, who has diabetes, over for dinner I will make him some tea and pour a pound of sugar into it. Genius.
Anyway…this stuff works just like standard play doughs…moldable, non-sticky, pops right out of everything, perfect. It does have bright colors so if you kid is super sensitive to dye in the topical sense, you might want to have him wear some non-latex gloves or something. My white kitchen table is now slightly pink from the red dough. My kids seem okay with the dye thing so far. No physical issues or behavior issues. I'll update if I see any!!
A little piece of fluff about why it destroys you inside to have a kid with autism….
Maybe this only works if you actually have kids, I don't know….but here goes. When you bring a baby home, a cherished little being that you pour all your love and light into all day, every day…that child is pretty important to you. The most important thing about them is their happiness and their future. Future as in tomorrow and future as in when they are eighteen and heading off to college and when they are looking for the love of their life and when they have babies of their own and when they are lying on their deathbed at the end of a long and amazing life. You are 100%, no holds barred, all systems go INVESTED in that future for that tiny person. Everything that happens to them and for them matters to you. It matters more to you than anything that happens for you or your significant other, if you have one. You are all chips pushed to the center of the table on the hand of cards that is that kid.
Now….imagine that at some point down the line you are told that everything you are dreaming about, hoping for, working toward, pouring your heart into…might not ever be able to happen. The happiness of this little guy or sweet girl is up in the air because, for no reason you can necessarily EVER know, your child is plucked out of the hundred or so to be diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. The lovely person that has to tell you this might say something to the effect of, "Little Johnny/Janie is still the same child you came in here with, he/she hasn't changed just because you know this now." They may be lovely but they are a complete idiot and it is doubtful they have the social skills to be allowed to talk to other humans. OF COURSE he/she is different…EVERYTHING is different. What a ridiculous thing to say and thus begins the tradition of talking to parents of children with autism as if they cannot correctly assess a situation and its ramifications.
You know your baby and you feared this day and that you would hear these words but until it happens the dreams you have for them stay fixed in the sky, a north star you move toward as you try to help them talk to you, make friends, cope with their anxieties, learn how to grow up…. Now that you know this situation is REAL and that you can't look past it toward that star? Everything inside of you is burnt to bones. You are instantly a vestige of your former self. You are heartbroken and afraid and lost and desperate…so desperate. How did this happen? How could this happen to this beloved child? What did we do? What didn't we do? It is so unfair. And if you didn't know, you can feel it when your heart breaks. It hurts inside your chest and you can almost hear it, snapping into pieces and hitting the floor. Nothing is ever the same again.
Let's say you spend the next few years spending all of your time, money and energy learning ways to help your child and let's say….because we are still, after all, wildly hopeful…that your child recovers. In a sense you are given a gift because every step forward you have seen is joyous, every success is sweeter and since you can feel the abyss just behind you, beckoning to you to make a mistake and ruin it all…you are never, never, never taking a thing for granted again. Now, let's be frank, having gratitude is great and good for your character and all of that but nothing can compare to the feeling you once had that all was possibility and that you had some ability to protect your baby. None of us have that power. That loss of innocence is forever and it will hurt just as long.
So, when the parent of a child with autism says something about guilt or fear or resentment or anger, know that they know something that perhaps you do not. Maybe, instead of telling them not to feel that way, though that is kindly meant, instead tell them that you would feel the same way and perhaps then you can just let them talk about it. They need to talk about it. I just did.
Leftovers = Deliciousness
Sausage Skillet
- leftover sausage, about a pound, doesn't really matter…it is leftovers cooking, being picky is outlawed, our sausage is homemade, recipe forthcoming….
- 1 onion, finely chopped so it cooks into gravy, essentially
- 3 or so ribs of celery, finely chopped
- butter…I put in probably 4-5 tbsp….this isn't about losing weight, it is about making a yummy dinner. low fat is for Nazis…just sayin'. And no, margarine isn't the same, it is made out of industrial oils, you heathen.
- about a tsp of sea salt, same thing as above when it comes to regular table salt…that stuff is loaded with chemicals..blech!
- pepper to taste, my taste says that more is better
- 1 tomato, seeded, finely chopped
- 1 cup or so of frozen broccoli florets…none of that stem action. Yucky.
saute onion and celery in the butter and salt until translucent and softening, add leftover sausage, sliced up, add pepper and let it all heat up and the sausage will brown up a little…don't let the onion brown though
add tomato and stir in, cook until tomato starts to break down and add broccoli florets, turn heat down to almost nothing, cover it and let the broccoli steam
serve over rice, preferably.
My husband douses it in hot sauce…the Rooster is his sauce of choice for this item. My kids pronounced it super yummy and from Nathaniel that is quite a compliment. He thinks most things are marginally edible.
No wonder we don't dance well together…..
For all that my husband and I are in sync, in love and in for the long haul…we really don't work well together on almost anything. Is this descriptive of anyone else's relationship or just for our amusement? Anything we try to accomplish takes twice as long and we typically end up in a tense conversation at some point along the way. By "tense conversation" you should read: mumbled expletives and rolling eyes and a lot of 'Are you freakin' kidding me?' and 'Why don't you listen when I talk?' accompanied by face making and annoyed gesturing. Of course, I am doing most of the face making and gesturing. I am a fun time like that.
Putting the kids to bed? On our own it takes about 45 minutes…that is three stories, teeth brushing, a tuck in and snuggle for the older boys, a song and rocking for Alec and his five minute process of getting his blankets and pillow just right. Together? It can take up to 2 hours on a bad night OR MORE. Again….ARE YOU KIDDING ME? We spend a lot of time trying to get the other one to do what we don't want to do…we are mature like that. Also, Nathaniel and Alec, our drama kids, are noticeably more difficult when they get two of us. Elijah is basically the same regardless, he is easy and currently the favorite child. We are thinking he is the one that will get the good car when he gets his license. Definitely not Alec, he breaks everything, just like Mama and Daddy.
Cleaning the house? Holy cow…well, it only really happens in a communal sort of way if we are having people over and even then it is high level negotiating over who gets the "bad" jobs like tackling the mountain of odorous dishware or wrangling the kids into picking up. I don't mind the latter but Jamal hates it. I just make him do it usually because I have this crazy dream that one day he'll know where we keep stuff in this house and the only way that can happen is if he helps the boys clean….because they already know and can teach him! Still…the whole cleaning process takes hours and hours because Jamal is emotionally attached to frequent breaks for refreshment of the culinary and recreational kind. AKA snacks and video games, maybe a little online poker. This defection from the stated goals makes Ms. Hyper Hilda extremely irritated, as she sees the time ticking away and she keeps on keepin' on while Mr. Happy Hour plays and noshes. Oh, the annoyance, it is still raw…..
How about packing the car for a trip? Well, it goes without saying, for those that know us, that Jamal does not pack our bags. He doesn't even know where we keep the boys' socks. So, I do all the packing, which naturally includes all the food and cooking supplies for our boys' special diet. This can mean multiple coolers and half the supplies in our kitchen. In the past, Jamal would pack up the van, only to come into the house, sweaty and VERY terse and inform me that we wouldn't be able to fit everything. I would get mad and disagree and flounce off to pull EVERYTHING out and reorganize it, swearing under my breath about men with no spatial skills. It is very charming of me, let me tell you, I'm not bitchy at all when I act this way…..um…anyway…what were we talking about? Meanwhile, he will announce that he has get an oil change or go to the office or get some lunch (these are all real examples) and he'll be done in time to leave in 20 minutes. Yeah, right. Our poor children. They will regale their therapists with tales of Mama and Daddy fighting over why it is ridiculous to wait until the last hour before leaving to get an oil change. I get verbiose when I argue and therefore, Jamal gets exasperated. The boys have to duck so all the big words and crappy attitudes flying around don't whack them across the noggin. Now he just piles it up outside the van and I pack it. That's automatically half the work!
Weirdly…we move furniture very efficiently, rarely argue about anything that means a damn and there is one other way that we are very…um…sympatico. But, my dad might read this, so we won't discuss it. <wink>
Surely we are not the only ones mismatched like this? Do any of you play this oh-so-fun tug-of-war?
Fried Apples
When people find out my kids do not eat sugar, almost zero packaged or prepared foods and we've eliminated gluten, dairy, soy, artificial and natural colors and flavors, preservatives, juice and corn….well…they think I am crazy. Then they ask, "What do they eat?" Honey….they eat a lot of things. I just make most of it. They are 9, 5 and 3 years old and this is their favorite thing to eat. It can't be a recipe…it's too simple.
- Golden Delicious Apples, peeled, cored and sliced thin, I usually make about 2 dozen to feed the bottomless pits I like to call "children". The jury is still out on that. They "might" be trash compactors. Hard to say based on the evidence.
- Coconut oil, unrefined, extra virgin and pref. organic for good measure….I order it by the bucketful from Mountain Rose Herbs, amount is based on preference. I want them to get all the health benefits and the yumminess too…I usually use about 1/2 a cup. That's a lot, but it is delicioso, sister!
-prep the apples
-dump the oil in a large and deep skillet. You can use a saucepan but it just doesn't seem to steam the apples as evenly….they tend to turn to sauce easier. I don't know WHY, I'm not Alton Brown, okay?
-dump the prepped apples in, turn the heat to med-low, cover with a tight fitting lid and leave them to morph into silky, golden, sweet goodness.
It takes more than ten minutes, less than an hour. Depends on how thick the apples are, primarily. My kids adore them. You could add cinnamon, allspice and cloves for that apple pie vibe, but…my kids react badly to cinnamon too and Elijah reacts badly to all of the above. No, seriously…we are talking rashes, people. <eye roll about my crazy life> Anyway, the lack of spices or any form of sweetening doesn't seem to slow down the pace at which my boys shovel them into their mouths. And this love isn't because they "don't get anything good"….they felt this way from the first time I made them, before we went on this diet. A good cooking apple gets sweet without any junk added. Yay for apples!


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Thanks so much! I should have a Viral to smack around later this fall for Youmacon.
I love you in this cosplay so, so much *____*
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Old ACC Foes Duke And Maryland Set To Meet In Sweet 16It took traveling across the country for a couple of old ACC foes to be reunited.
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Maryland Beats Texas 69-64 To Reach Sweet 16For 20 agonizing minutes, Alyssa Thomas had to rely on her teammates to keep Maryland from falling hopelessly behind Texas. In the second half, Thomas returned the favor.
Arizona Beats Zags 84-61 To Reach Sweet 16Aaron Gordon and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson scored 18 points each, and Arizona looked every bit the No. 1 seed in the West while blowing out Gonzaga 84-61 on Sunday.
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Barack Obama may be the first black president, but Donald Trump just might be the first orange one.
If, of course, he chooses to run (perhaps with Sarah Palin, according to Barbara Walters) and if America is up for the best reality show ever.
In any case, Don droppped in on The View to enlighten the ladies on exactly how our military can start winning, Trump-style.
You combine efficient killing, maximum profits and heart. That's a business plan America can take to the bank, Barbara.
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Morning 5: Ed Lauter's birthday
One of our favorite character actors, Ed Lauter, turns 74 today. Here are five of his memorable films:
1) The Longest Yard — He played the chief guard who refuses to shoot Paul Crews at the end.
2) The Amateur — The order to "terminate with extreme prejudice" comes too late, to Jon Savage's benefit.
3) The Rocketeer — The G-Man, Agent Fitch, teams up with the mob to fight Nazis.
4) Seabiscuit — Supportive owner of the Santa Anita Park race track who gives a boost to the owner of the "little horse that could."
5) Not Another Teen Movie — He plays a parody of himself, as a high school football coach, and shows he's a good sport.


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A new painting of Donald Trump is causing a stir in New York City - because the property tycoon is featured completely naked.
The eye-catching full-frontal portrait, which features Trump sporting a buff body, is the work of New York artist ALBERT CRUDO, who is selling the painting for $25,000 (GBP13,900).
Trump says, "It couldn't be me because I have a much better body. I have the best body in show business."11/10/2004 02:56


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Yeah, I can totally see why someone would do that to their body. That guy has a REALLY bright future ahead. (isn't this the lie thread?)
Those voices in your head aren't real, but they have some great ideas
name of the song, please?
I start every morning this way. Before, when you could see my full body tattoo made up solely of inappropriate words and images, I had to work in the kitchen. Now I am a greeeter. How many are in your party? Smoking or Non Smoking? And if anyone ever complains, I just go wash my face and they have no idea is was me who seated them incorrectly!
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Asked about political chatter that Hillary might enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, ex-President Clinton volunteered, "That's a decision for her to make."
And that has set the cat down among the pigeons.
For, presumably, Hillary had already decided. And the answer was an unqualified "no." During the 2000 election, and again and again since, she has pledged to New Yorkers she will serve out her full Senate term and run for re-election in 2006.
A "Second Thoughts" conference appears to be going on in the Clinton household about the wisdom of waiting five more years to return to a White House from which they were evicted in Y2K.
Why may the Clintons be taking another look at 2004?
First, no clear front-runner has emerged from the Democratic field. Second, polls show Hillary would be the strongest candidate Democrats could run against President Bush and she could win the nomination. A Quinnipiac survey, taken before Gen. Wesley Clark entered, showed Hillary would snag 45 percent of the Democratic primary vote, with her nine rivals in single digits.
Third, centrist Democrats appear alarmed that Howard Dean could be painted by the Bush campaign in such lurid colors that Democrats could suffer the kind of thrashing in 2004 they took during the Reagan Decade. In three presidential elections in the 1980s, Democrats never once won more than 10 states. Against an incumbent Reagan in 1984, they won Minnesota and the District of Columbia.
The big impediment in the way of a Hillary run is her solemn pledge not to run. Breaking his pledge back in Arkansas in 1991 did not faze Bill, but it apparently does bother the former first lady.
But Bill is out testing the water for her, saying publicly he has run into New Yorkers who would readily release Hillary from her pledge, if she would save the country from George Bush. But then, it was not Bill or those New Yorkers who made the commitment to serve out her term.
Another sign the Clintons are considering a run is the presence of numerous old Clinton-Gore hands in the Clark campaign. Of the general himself, Bill says, "He is brilliant, he is brave, he is good, and he has a sack full of guts."
Is Wesley Clark a placeholder for Hillary? Is his campaign the recruiting office for her campaign? And is his reward to be the vice presidential nomination, or secretary of state or defense, in a Hillary Rodham Clinton administration?
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"10 ways to say I Love You!"
A Romantic Comedy in a Candlelight Setting
February 1, 2014
$60 per person
6pm- Cocktails, Cash Bar
7pm- Seated Dinner & Show Performed by: The Detectives Mystery Dinner Theatre
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215 South Pearl St.
Natchez, Mississippi
Magnolia Hall is one of Natchez's treasured antebellum homes. Candlelight 3 course dinner served in the parlors of this beautiful home. Come join us for a fun night in a romantic setting.
Danielle's room is the only room available for this night. Call to reserve and ask about discount on multi night stay.
Limited seating so get your tickets early. In case of a sell out for Saturday night, we will have a Friday night, January 31, performance. Wait list taken at this time.
While in good fun, due to the adult content and humor, this show is not suitable for children or for those who are offended easily.
No refunds on tickets.
The Detectives Mystery Dinner Theatre is an interactive comedic event in which guests enjoy a meal while actors are amongst the audience. As the story unfolds a member of the cast unexpectedly dies an untimely death. It's up to the audience members to determine the guilty party, motive, and how they did it. With a little luck your table could be the one to unlock the mystery and win some prizes in the process. Oh, and did we mention it's a party? No seriously...
Just for a change, in the February 1 show, no one dies. This performance will be a romantic comedy.


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Spacedog wrote:WinterTroubles wrote:Speaking seriously for a moment, I think you may be under the impression that if a customer forgot their password then you, as a repair provider, would be locked out. This simply isn't true unless they have an encrypted hard drive, using a 'live' version from a disc or USB you would still be able to access the root file system an effect the repair.
No that isn't it. My concern is customers being asked for a password when they wanted to try something new, like trying to install a software package on their own.
Neil Edmond wrote:@Spacedog...I think what you are looking for is Puppy Linux. It is designed to be extremely user friendly, to a fault, in that the normal user always has root privilges. Most Linux users consider that to be irresponsible and dangerous, ...
sudo passwd -d <user>
austin.texas wrote:You can eliminate sudo and gksudo password requests like this.
Open a terminal and enter the command -
gksudo gedit
Enter this one line in the text file -
(edit for username)
username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
Save the text file in /etc/sudoers.d/ with name casper
You will get no password requests when running sudo or gksudo. You will however get a password request when running -pkexec commands, such as the synaptic-pkexec command in the menu. But you can edit that and change it to gksudo synaptic - then it works with no password.
Spacedog wrote:I'm afraid I got lost like a true newbie following this.
gksudo gedit in a terminal does nothing but go to the next line, there is no editor to save the next bit in? Does username refer to the user in question's username or the word username?
Spacedog wrote:I guess the philosophical issue I have is the user already has a password for things like email and cloud, this should be enough in a well designed system.
Spacedog wrote:The point I am trying to make it is may not be the user who is trying to do some admin task, it may be their son, daughter, or a friend.
wanderer7 wrote:Spacedog wrote:I guess the philosophical issue I have is the user already has a password for things like email and cloud, this should be enough in a well designed system.Spacedog wrote:The point I am trying to make it is may not be the user who is trying to do some admin task, it may be their son, daughter, or a friend.
I guess I'll never convince you that it's OK to have more than 2 passwords and that it's not normal when anyone can do admin tasks in your computer.
Anyway, I understand that you (or the users you're working with) might not like passwords, that's fine. There are windows users, who have only one - administrator account, without a password, click "yes" on all pop-up windows, have UAC disabled because "it's annoying", don't have antivirus as it "slows down the pc", don't make updates because "it requires restarts", they use the same password for all their online accounts and the password is either "password" or "12345678". And that's fine.
But you posted this in the "Ideas" section of the forum, so I have to reply - I don't like the idea of passwordless GNU/Linux. This is absolutely unacceptable for me. GNU/Linux has its own niche. Maybe it's not easy to use, but it's secure. If Mint ever tries to mimic windows and copy microsoft's philosophy, it will be the end for this distro.
It's like an antarctic penguin trying to act like an african spoonbill. There are other OS-es that excel at carelessness, it's not what GNU/Linux should be like.
Previous1 wrote:A password isn't so secure when typed too often. One simple reason is you stop paying attention.
BTW: KeePass is an invaluable tool if you don't like having too many passwords. Especially if you have close to a hundred like me, lol.
Spacedog wrote:The password is always, and I mean always, going to be 1234. How is that more secure? It may as well not be there.
So what if Granny can go tinkering with the innards, if the system is properly set up to do what she wants in the first place she won't ever be interested in doing that.
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NEW YORK — The question of the day Tuesday — what would you do? — rode on a wave of outrage over a harrowing act the day before. An apparently emotionally disturbed man pushed a 58-year-old stranger onto the track of an oncoming subway train in Times Square.
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Hey, you know what's dumb? National Tooth Fairy Day! The Tooth Fairy isn't even a real thing so how the heck are we supposed to celebrate him/her as a National Holiday?
Here's an idea, when I get drunk my drunk alter ego, "Chip," comes out. Why don't we give him a National Holiday? National Chip Life Day! It's perfect-- way better than the stupid Tooth Fairy. At least Chip is real, he lives within us all and he does whatever he wants. It's wonderful.
I now declare March 1st, NATIONAL CHIP LIFE DAY! Let's all celebrate by getting wasted and doing dumb, but still courageous things!
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It's that day of the week you guys. The day that I pick out the Dumb Holiday of the Week and today's holiday sure is dumb! It's Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day… Really? Really?
Did you know that each year enough Bubble Wrap is produced to stretch from the Earth to the Moon? Of course not because WHO CARES?!?
I realize that Bubble Wrap is a kind of cool, kind of important invention but there isn't anything else we could be celebrating instead? How about National Kazoo Day? At least kazoos make beautiful music.
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Yesterday was National Peanut Butter Day, you guys. Now, I know this (brand new, first-ever) recurring blog feature is about dumb, fake holidays but… Peanut Butter rules! Is it dumb to have a whole day dedicated to Peanut Butter? Maybe a little. Should we actually be celebrating the man who invented Peanut Butter? Yes, probably but whatever!
I love Peanut Butter. Crunchy, creamy, umm… on a sandwich, yeah, on a sandwich!
Thank you George Washington Carver for… carving your way into my heart with the invention of that tasty, tasty Peanut Butter.
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Hey guys! You know what's a stupid fake holiday? National Margarita Day! How dumb is it to celebrate an alcoholic drink for only one day? "Extremely dumb" is the answer.
Margaritas aren't even that good. Yeah, I said it, so what? If you want to have a good drink, maybe dedicate a day to a good drink like an Old Fashioned. That's a real drink right there, unless you're, like, eating Mexican food or whatever and then I guess Margaritas are alright, but who in their right mind would want to just sit around and drink a Margarita? Not me, that's who!
Listen, I love alcohol just as much as the next person, I just think that tequila is disgusting and Margaritas are stupid. If anyone disagrees with me, well, you're wrong and you know where to reach me. @MrChrisDonahue
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I am a big fan of Christmas music. Some people can't stand it: it's irritating, it's ubiquitous, it's lame. I mean, if you hear the same tune over and over in a Macy's as you fight off blood-thirsty shoppers, any song can get annoying. I get it.
So you know what I did? I created an EXCELLENT Christmas playlist for you. It has the absolute staples, as well as some "more off the beaten path" tunes--you know, some songs that you might not hear a hundred times on the radio. 99 percent of these are all genuinely good songs. Sure, these are typical Christmas/holiday season songs, but more than that--this playlist is just some damn good music.
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- - Fernando Verdasco or Kei Nishikori awaits in the last four. ATP BARCELONA DRAW
- - NADAL 6-2 6-2 – GAME, SET AND MATCH – He drops the first point, but it is a mere blip as Nadal serves out the match – finishing with two aces to make it 32 wins in a row in Barcelona. His 75th successive win on clay in April(s).
- - NADAL 6-2 5-2 – BREAK – Three break points as Nadal comes in to volley with his sweat-stained mane flying behind him. And the first of them is all he needs.
- - NADAL 6-2 4-2 – Love game to hold as Nadal moves closer to victory. He has been serving very well this week.
- - NADAL 6-2 3-2 – BREAK – A fourth double fault from Tipso gives Nadal the edge at the start of this game and his accuracy also deserts him on his groundstrokes as he goes 30—40 down. An attacking stroke saves the break point, but Nadal goes on to move break up in the set once more.
- - NADAL 6-2 2-2 – BREAK – Stonking winner from the Serbian to earn a break point! That was Djokovic-esque; indeed he isn't dissimilar as a player to his best mate. Though not as good, obviously. And the break comes when Nadal hits well wide.
- - NADAL 6-2 2-1 – Much better on serve from Tipsarevic as he coasts to a hold to get on the board in this one. Those funky red-and-black shades only begin to tell the story of a fascinating individual… check out his Wikipedia page.
- - NADAL 6-2 2-0 – Nadal holds a 2-0 record in their head-to-head, and that looks likely to become 3-0 today as he smashes two home from close range on his way to a two-game lead in the set. Their last meeting was a 6-1 6-0 6-2 win in a Davis Cup World Group tie on clay in 2009. Tipso retired while two sets down in the other meeting at the 2007 US Open (hard court).
- - NADAL 6-2 1-0 – BREAK – Love game to break from Nadal – disastrous start to the set for the world number eight Tipsarevic.
- - The first-service stats do not differ much, but Nadal won 50 per cent against the 15 per cent of Tipsarevic of his second-serve points in that set. The Spaniard converted two of three break chances, while Tipso failed with all four of his.
- - NADAL 6-2 – SET – Huge forehand winner down the line from Tipsarevic to take the initiative, and he then moves 0-30 ahead. A double fault gives him three break chances. Was I being premature? Nope – Nadal roars back to save all three, the last one a drive to the net for a vicious volley. Another attack gives the favourite advantage and he closes out the set with his fifth point in a row.
- - NADAL 5-2 – Excellent returning from Rafa, especially on the backhand, as he claims break and set point. Tipso meets the following return with a superb winner to save it and goes on to hold – but he is staring down the barrel in this set and is more likely playing to gain form for the second set.
- - NADAL 5-1 – Nadal somehow gets to a ball well outside the tramlines in time to crash back a winner on its downward trajectory for 15-15. His accuracy holds up to secure the hold – finished with an ace – and move within a game of the set.
- - NADAL 4-1 – Tipsarevic responds by going 40-0 up and closes the game out two points later – but the point that has the crowd humming is a spectacular backhand pass from Rafa while defending. He is something special on his surface.
- - NADAL 4-0 – Tipsarevic's all-action, Agassi-like style sends Rafa scurrying about in defence on the first point – but he won't come in close. And he lives to regret it as Nadal eventually digs out a superlative winner that lands right in the corner. The Serb claims the following two points but that is where the resistance ends, with Nadal closing out the game with a delightful drop-shot.
- - NADAL 3-0 – BREAK – Nadal begins his points from deep, but once he finds a powerful stroke – taken high up – he races in to apply pressure with strokes from inside the baseline. A Tipso net gives the Mallorcan another break chance – and he is gifted it by a double fault.
- - NADAL 2-0 – Nadal strikes a topspin backhand wide from the centre of the court to go break point down. A big serve saves it and he goes on to hold and extend his lead.
- - NADAL 1-0 – BREAK – The first game goes to deuce as Nadal remains well behind the baseline. He is punished by a drop shot chopped perfectly by the Serbian, but the Spaniard saves two game points before earning his first break chance. And defending from deep, he somehow cracks back a Tipso smash to force an error at the net. Such aggression.
- - Tipsarevic to serve first. Fernando Verdasco or Kei Nishikori awaits the winner in the semis. BARCELONA DRAW
- - Earlier today, Andy Murray was outplayed by 'New Pete Sampras' Milos Raonic as the Scot was eliminated in straight sets. MURRAY DUMPED OUT
- - Colombian qualifier Robert Farah put up a fight but was inevitably beaten by top seed Nadal in the third round. NADAL DISPOSES OF PLUCKY FARAH
- - Still no sunshine as the players knock up. But it is still warm in Barcelona.
- - World number two Rafael Nadal takes on Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in their ATP Barcelona quarter-final.
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EARLIER this year, the NRL launched its advertising campaign that reworked a classic Hoodoo Gurus hit to become a theme song for the game. The response from this advertising seems to have been positive but is this enough to help rugby league reclaim lost ground and conquer new territory? Could the NRL look outside the square and try new ways to advertise? The answer to the latter is most definitely, yes. Below are some ideas that could be attempted.
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AT the beginning of the year the governing body, the NRL, made a brave decision to depart from years of tradition by in essence removing the possibility of a drawn game in both the premiership competition and the showpiece of the game, the State of Origin. This decision was brought to a head by the most recent series of the State of Origin in which the title of the champion was given to Queensland. This was decided by virtue of the fact that they were defending champions with the series was effectively tied one all. The decider, as it was billed had turned out to decide nothing with the Queensland side scoring late in the game to force a draw. This result was seen to be unfair by many south of the border and due to the fact that this was not the first occurrence, a solution needed to be found. The decision was made to introduce golden-point extra-time in which the first team to score in the extra time periods was crowned the winner of the contest. However, this was not an exclusive decision to the State of Origin, the premiership would perform under these rules as well for all of their premiership matches.


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