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Fortitude enables one "to conquer fear, even fear of death, and to face trials and persecutions. It disposes one even to renounce and sacrifice his life in defense of a just cause" (CCC 1808). Yet the gifts of the Holy Spirit elevate us further, and give to us the power and ability required in order to readily sacrifice our life as a gift of self to Christ.
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Keywords: Perpetua, Felicity, Saints and Martyrs, the martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity, gifts of the Holy Spirit, gifts of grace, grace, infused grace, F. K. Bartels
GLADE PARK, CO (Catholic Online) -- There is a most beautiful account of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity's deaths by martyrdom extant in The Story of the Death of the Holy Martyrs of Carthage, of which an excerpt is found in the Liturgy of The Hours for the Lenten Season (see also New Advent). It begins with these sublime words: "The day of the martyrs' victory dawned. They marched from their cells into the amphitheater, as if into heaven, with cheerful looks and graceful bearing. If they trembled it was for joy and not for fear."
Here we immediately get a sense of a moment in time in which two of God's precious children, infused by supernatural grace and burning with charity, met with astounding courage and fortitude circumstances that would normally strike paralyzing terror into the hearts of men. Rather than fear, these saints were filled with joy; in contrast to hesitation and the instinct to flee in the face of death, they marched forward in eager anticipation of an approaching, violent demise.
Imprisoned and sentenced to death by wild beasts at Carthage during the persecution of Septimus Severus, Sts. Perpetua and her slave Felicity, along with three of their companions, perhaps endured their greatest torments in the days preceding their martyrdom. It is impossible to comprehend what it would be like to await such a death. There could be no escape for the victims; their long days of imprisonment in dark and dank quarters were surely filled with horrifying thoughts and images of what lie before them: the devastating claws and teeth of bears and leopards; the angry snorts of boars, and the deadly horns of wild cows.
Perpetua was a young mother who had recently given birth to a son. The dark cell forced upon her as her uncomfortable residence, combined with the savagery of the prison guards, must have thrown her into misery. Further, who can imagine the indescribable pain inflicted upon a mother's heart at the thought of leaving her young child behind? Also, Felicity was pregnant at the time, and gave birth to her daughter -- later adopted by a Christian woman -- only two days prior to her martyrdom.
These courageous women and their three companions were sentenced to suffer unimaginable deaths because they refused to apostatize: they would not trade the Christian faith and the promise of an eternal life immersed in Love Itself for the pagan practice of sacrificing to the gods.
Rather than forgo that incomparable Beauty and boundless Love we call God, Perpetua, Felicity and the others marched with certainty of faith and hope into the arena as if into heaven itself. "Perpetua was the first to be thrown down, . . . She got up and, seeing that Felicity was prostrate, went over and reached out her hand to her and lifted her up. . . ."
Ordered to the gate called Sanavivaria, Perpetua was welcomed there "by a catechumen named Rusticus. Rousing herself as if from sleep (so deeply had she been in spiritual ecstasy), she began to look around. To everyone's amazement she said: 'When are we going to be led to the beast?' When she heard that it had already happened she did not at first believe it until she saw the marks of violence on her body and her clothing."
Having survived the wild beasts, the onlookers demanded that the saints be led to the middle of the amphitheater, where they would be slain by the sword. Perpetua had to be helped along the way due to her broken body. After the kiss of peace, Perpetua, "that she might experience the pain more deeply, . . . guided the shaking hand of the inexperienced gladiator to her throat. Such a woman -- one before whom the unclean spirit trembled -- could not perhaps have been killed, had she herself not willed it."
Infused Grace: Supernatural Gifts Which Elevate and Perfect Human Nature
We might ask, how could anyone endure such horror with such joy? We might find within ourselves the natural ability to suffer for some desired concrete reward. But would we do so joyfully? That is doubtful. Further, while most of us would find the strength to die in order to save our own child, is it within our human power the ability to die for something invisible, something promised by faith that we have neither seen nor heard? Is it within our natural human power to offer our life with joy in order to obtain an abstract good?
What gives to us the power -- what adds to what is naturally possible for the human person -- necessary to face our own death with great courage and determination as did Sts. Perpetua and Felicity? In order to accomplish such a feat, we need something that will elevate our human nature and therefore enable us to achieve that which was formerly beyond our capability. Obviously, we are speaking about something we cannot acquire for ourselves; thus it must be a free gift. And since it is not natural to us, it is by definition a supernatural gift: a gift from God. It is only with such a gift that we can possess the power to confidently withstand the extreme tension involved in the type of deaths these martyrs endured with joy.
Here we arrive at the gifts of the Holy Spirit (see CCC 1831). First received in the sacrament of Baptism and later strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, the gifts of the Holy Spirit elevate and perfect the acquired and infused cardinal virtues (see CCC Article 7); in fact elevate our nature in such a way as to give us a share in actions proper only to God. In virtue of these gifts, Perpetua and Felicity were aided supernaturally as they shared in God's own divine life. Therefore they embraced the wild cow's horns with a fortitude that was beyond strictly human power.
But even before we can speak of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, we first must speak of the theological virtues of faith, hope and love, in which all human virtues are rooted (CCC 1812), and which are themselves gifts. It is by faith that Perpetua and Felicity believed in God and all that he has said and revealed through the Church; it is by hope that they desired heaven and eternal life as their happiness, and trusted in Christ's promises and his power to see them safely along their journey to its sublime end; and it is by charity that they were given the ability to love God "above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God" (see CCC 1814 ff.).
Empowered by Love to Live in New Ways: Right Here, Right Now
Perpetua and Felicity's wondrous story of martyrdom, in which we learn of the inexpressible beauty of the supreme gift of self to Christ, remains meaningful and relevant for us today. How so? While we may not be required to shed our blood upon the tips of raging animal's horns, nor find it fitting to guide the executioner's sword to our throats, we nevertheless are called to a type of martyrdom in which we freely give of our life in order to defend the teaching of our Savior, living according to his law of love as true disciples.
Further, the true disciple defends and upholds with charity and tenderness the teaching of holy mother Church unceasingly, whether at home or at work or at social gatherings or in the public square, for she is Christ's Bride whose life was gained at the cost of our Savior's sacrificial death on the Roman cross. It is through the Church, the sacrament of salvation, in which we receive the sacraments of life and the words of truth so crucial to living a fully human life.
It is unnecessary to list the many and varied elements, perhaps inspired diabolically by the Father of Lies, of today's society which undermine the very foundation of what we believe and know to be true as Christians. It is enough to say that the threatening wild cow of the present, whose horns are indeed set to impale us, is the anti-gospel of which Blessed John Paul II warned.
Let us beg for an increase in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and then rely on them in hope; let us live according to the Spirit's tender and compassionate love; and let us forever keep our eyes fixed on Christ and the wondrous salvific plans of the Father. Then, let us go forth empowered by grace to act in ways proper only to God, that we may live and die as Christians. Let us follow in the example of Perpetua and Felicity.
"Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (Mt 5:10).
F. K. Bartels is a Catholic writer who knows his Catholic Faith is one of the greatest gifts a man could ever receive. He is a contributing writer for Catholic Online. Visit him also at catholicpathways.com
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Ab Initio Prediction of Boron Compounds Arising from Borozene: Structural and Electronic Properties
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-009-9458-8
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DOI: 10.1007/s11671-009-9458-8
© to the authors 2009
Received: 15 September 2009
Accepted: 2 October 2009
Published: 21 October 2009
Structure and electronic properties of two unusual boron clusters obtained by fusion of borozene rings have been studied by means of first principles calculations based on the generalized-gradient approximation of the density functional theory. Moreover, a semiempirical tight-binding model has been appropriately calibrated for transport calculations on these clusters. Results show that the pure boron clusters are topologically planar and characterized by (3c–2e) bonds, which can explain, together with the aromaticity (estimated by means of NICS), the remarkable cohesive energy values obtained. Such feature makes these systems competitive with the most stable boron clusters to date. The energy gap values indicate that these clusters possess a semiconducting character, while when the larger system is considered, zero-values of the density of states are found exclusively within the HOMO–LUMO gap. Electron transport calculations within the Landauer formalism confirm these indications, showing semiconductor-like low bias differential conductance for these structures. Differences and similarities with carbon clusters are highlighted in the discussion.
Boron is the first element in group IIIA of the periodic table, presents the external electronic configuration s 2 p 1 and possesses a variety of compounds second only to carbon. In several boron compounds [1, 2] the existence of multicenter bonds has been discovered, which arise from the electron deficiency of this element. Moreover, boron has a special place among the elements of the periodic table because of the wide variety of crystalline structure forms, i.e., polymorphism, which include nanotubes [3], nanoribbons [4], and nanoclusters [5, 6].
The interest in boron-based nanostructures has recently increased due to new studies of both the synthesis of single walled boron nanotubes (SWBNTs) and the prediction of ballistic conduction in SWBNTs [3, 6]; these findings, together with the properties that all boron nanotubes (a) are predicted to be metallic [7] and (b) are superconducting at low temperatures [8, 9], promoted their prospective applications in fabrication of novel electronic devices. The most stable boron structure is the α-rhombohedral bulk where boron icosahedra are centered on the edges of a rhombohedral unit cell [10].
Unlike the bulk boron compounds, boron clusters B n (n < 20) are quasiplanar, or even planar, with a symmetrical bond distribution, aromatic [11–13] and their existence is confirmed by the experiment [14]. From the Aufbau principle postulated by Boustani [5] it follows that these quasiplanar isomers are more stable than their icosahedral counterparts. Recently Szwacki et al. [15] have predicted the existence of a planar and aromatic boron compound, named borozene, which has strong similitudes with benzene.
The molecule B60H12 here considered was built by fusing six borozene rings, for this reason it can be considered as the boron counterpart of coronene, whereas the structure of B228H24 was obtained by surrounding B60H12 with one series of borozene rings, therefore this cluster is constituted by a total of 24 borozene rings. A first optimization energy procedure was performed in the framework of the molecular mechanics approximation applying the CVFF Force Field [16, 17] which is enclosed in the Materials Studio package [18]. The geometries obtained were fully optimized at a B3LYP/STO-3G [19–23] and B3LYP/6-311G [24, 25] level by using the quadratically convergent Self Consistent Field procedure [26].
In detail, due to the large size, the optimizations of B228H24 were carried out by means of the minimal basis set STO-3G whereas the more extended Pople basis set 6-311G was used in the optimizations of B60H12. In order to estimate the degree of aromaticity, the calculation of Nuclear Independent Chemical Shifts [27] on the plane of the aromatic system (NICS0) was computed using the Gaussian 03 package [28], applying the GIAO method [29, 30]. To obtain the contour plot of NICS, ghost atoms were placed on the plane of the molecule with a step size of about 1 Å.
Finally, electronic transport has been evaluated in the framework of the Nonequilibrium Green's Function theory using a Landauer expression for the calculation of the current–voltage (I–V) characteristics [31]. Consistently to the electron structure findings we assume that only p z orbitals contribute to the low bias transport along the molecules and that the Fermi energy is at the center of HOMO–LUMO gap. The molecular device configuration considered consists of two vertical gold leads in contact with the horizontal molecules forming ideal bonds with the boron atoms indicated in Fig. 1.
The analysis of the smaller cluster, henceforth named B6, was performed by using both basis sets mentioned above in order to make a consistent comparison with B228H24, henceforth named B24, analyzed only with the minimal basis set. We point out that the results obtained in the two cases are qualitatively equivalent, for this reason, unless specified, the data shown below are referred to the minimal basis set. As far as the boron–boron bond length is concerned, a shorter value has been found in the STO-3G optimized structure, in particular, taking into account cluster B6, the average value of this parameter is calculated to be, respectively, 1.649 and 1.638 Å for 6-311G and STO-3G basis set, while a bond length average of 1.629 Å is obtained for the cluster B24.
In the expressions above n is the number of boron atoms and the value of the B–H bond energy is calculated in the first approximation as 1/3 of the binding energy value of BH3. Structural parameters evaluated are competitive, in terms of stability, with the more stable flat two-dimensional structures considered up to date [32, 33]. It is well known that Boron has a variety of compounds containing multicenter bonds, in particular the three-center, two-electron (3c, 2e) bond is present in molecules such diborane [34], boron clusters [32] and boron sheets [35].
Previous works have shown that (3c, 2e) bonds preclude the formation of boron rings in boron clusters [6, 36], whereas, on the other hand, more recently the three-center bonding has been proposed to explain the stability of boron fullerenes [34, 37]. This peculiar feature is also seen for B6 and B24, while it is not present in Coronene and its larger clusters such Coronene 19, Coronene 37 and Coronene 61. Hence it is logical to assume that, as for boron fullerenes, it plays a pivotal role in maintaining a two-dimensional stable planar structure.
Energies and percentual contributes of p z orbitals to the composition of HOMO, LUMO and their nearest MOs
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The symmetry of the plots reflects the assumed symmetry in the device configuration. A semiconductor-like behavior is evidenced in both structures. However, the zero bias differential conductance is one order of magnitude higher for the B24 cluster, this is due not only to the lower HOMO–LUMO gap but also to the larger value of the DOS. Delocalized (along the cluster) p z molecular orbitals allow an efficient charge transport through the cluster for larger bias (of the order of the gap) and a diode-like characteristic can be observed.
In this work first principles and semiempirical calculations were carried out to investigate both structural and electronic properties of two clusters obtained by condensation of 6 and 24 borozene molecules, considered as the analogs of Coronene and Coronene 19. Calculations predict a planar geometry for the pure clusters. Both (3c–2e) bonds and wide regions of aromaticity contribute to this stabilization, with cohesive energy values that are comparable with the most stable boron clusters considered to date.
Due to the high connectivity among boron atoms, we hypothesize that planar geometry could be compromised when impurities are introduced. Density of states spectra evidence a small gap, which decreases by increasing the cluster size, suggesting, at variance with carbon clusters, a semiconducting character in small sized clusters; furthermore the population analysis shows that the main contribution to the molecular orbitals near the GAP is due to π-bonds which derive from p z orbitals. Calculated low bias differential conductance for these structures confirms this semiconductor-like character.
G. Forte wishes to thank the Consorzio Interuniversitario Cineca for the computational support.


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Through the words of seventeen former New York Yankees and one Yankee wife, New York Times bestselling writer Bill Madden conjures up eighty years of baseball history and pays tribute to the winningest team in sports history. These are the most thrilling, heroic, and poignant stories of Yankee favorites -- colorful characters both on and off the field. Here Whitey… See more details below
Through the words of seventeen former New York Yankees and one Yankee wife, New York Times bestselling writer Bill Madden conjures up eighty years of baseball history and pays tribute to the winningest team in sports history. These are the most thrilling, heroic, and poignant stories of Yankee favorites -- colorful characters both on and off the field. Here Whitey Ford reflects on his pitching roots in Astoria, Queens...Don Mattingly tells why he walked away from the Bronx to be a father in Indiana...Bobby Richardson, the player-turned-preacher, recalls how he ministered to Mickey Mantle at his deathbed...Jerry Coleman relives the dramatic weekend sweep of the Red Sox that won the '49 pennant...Phil Rizzuto describes the end of Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak...Reggie Jackson paints portraits of Billy Martin, Thurman Munson, and George Steinbrenner that are more personal than any we have seen before. Filled with unforgettable moments in baseball history, Pride of October joyously captures the glory of the game...and the spirit of the team that has played it best.
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Prologue"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." -Lou Gehrig, 1939
"I'd like to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee." -Joe DiMaggio, 1949
"It's great to be young and a Yankee." -Waite Hoyt, 1927
On a chilly, sun-splashed mid-December afternoon in 2001, almost exactly 100 years from the day American League President Ban Johnson finalized plans to transfer his Baltimore Orioles franchise to New York City, Jason Giambi strode to the microphone at the center of the podium in the Great Moments Room of Yankee Stadium and held aloft the size 50, No. 25 New York Yankees jersey he had just contracted to wear for the next seven seasons. Looking down the dais at his father, John, Giambi was suddenly overcome with emotion and, in a barely audible, choking voice said: "Look, Pop ... pinstripes."
Although he had grown up in Southern California, John Giambi had been a lifelong Yankee fan and, in particular, a devotee of Mickey Mantle. "During the '50s, the only major league baseball we got was the Saturday afternoon Game of the Week on TV," the elder Giambi explained, "and the Yankees, to us, truly were America's team, playing in the World Series just about every year and playing regularly on that Saturday game. I can remember running to the newspaper stand every day and reading about Mickey and the Yankees. If you liked baseball, that's how you grew up then, watching and reading about the Yankees."
After the press conference concluded, the Giambi family-John, Jason, his mother, Jeanne, and his fiancée Kristian Rice-were escorted down the corridor to the Yankee clubhouse. "This is where Mickey walked," said Jeanne Giambi, and now it was her husband whose eyes began welling up. I later said to him: "From everything you've said, it would seem this is even more of a `dream come true' day for you than it is for Jason."
"You'll never know how many times I thought about what it must be like to play for the Yankees," John Giambi replied.
I did not tell him I had already begun a journey around the country, seeking out former Yankees from all different eras and, in particular, asking that very question of them. This was the premise of the book I had wanted to write about the Yankees on the occasion of their 100th anniversary. It was given birth by a conversation I'd had at the 1997 World Series between the Florida Marlins and Cleveland Indians, with Charlie Silvera, a seldom-used backup catcher for the Yankees from 1949 to 1956. We were sitting at a poolside table at the World Series gala in Miami and Silvera, who was a scout for the Marlins at the time, was lamenting how much change had come over baseball in the last 40 years with the advent of expansion and free agency.
"Don't get me wrong," Silvera said. "I'm grateful to the Marlins for keeping me in the game and bringing me to this World Series when they didn't have to. But I have a hard time believing there's actually a major league team here in South Florida, playing in the World Series no less. I guess it all goes back to when I was playing. There was a saying then: 'Some guys make the big leagues, and some guys make the Yankees,' and I believe there really was something to that. I know I'll always be a Yankee and I suspect anyone you talk to will tell you the same thing."
Love them or hate them-and the legions of baseball fans in both camps are probably about equal in number-no other professional sports franchise has come close to approaching the success of the New York Yankees, winners of 26 World Series and 38 American League championships in the 99 years following their birth as the transplanted Baltimore Orioles in 1903. As George Steinbrenner put it when he bought the Yankees from CBS in 1973 (a time when they were just emerging from one of their lowest ebbs): "I feel like I've bought the Mona Lisa of sports franchises." By contrast, some 20 years earlier it was the famous stand-up comic Joe E. Lewis who had said: "Rooting for the Yankees is like rooting for U.S. Steel."
In any case, the Yankees, with their unparalleled success and accompanying gallery of legends, have become a proud and distinct part of Americana. It is then perhaps no surprise that they conceived the annual Old-Timers' Day event in which they invited back so many of their star players of the past (at no small expense to the team) for what amounted to little more than a five- to 10-second curtain call. Yet, as I watched these rituals through the years, the parade of legends being introduced in order of importance from the mere fan favorites, Billy Martin, Hank Bauer, Tommy Henrich, Elston Howard, Moose Skowron, Joe Pepitone, Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi, Bobby Murcer et al., to the legitimately great Yankees, Whitey Ford, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra, and finally to the supreme baseball deities, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, my attention was always directed to the visiting team players standing on the top step of the dugout, watching in silence as the applause from 55,000 fans built to a crescendo. "What must they think of this?" I said to myself. "How could they not be at least somewhat awestruck?"
Some guys make the big leagues and some guys make the Yankees.
So after my conversation with Silvera, I determined to explore this proposition. I drew up a list of 18 significant Yankees from all different eras with the idea of having them recount the history of this storied franchise as they saw and helped create it. But more than that, I wanted to know what it meant to them to have been a Yankee and whether they had felt, as Silvera did, they had been part of baseball royalty.
First and foremost, I wanted to talk to Frank Crosetti, who, at 90, was one of the oldest living Yankees and most certainly the one who could provide the most detailed history of their golden era. Crosetti, who lived in Stockton, California, had the distinction of having cashed more World Series checks than any other person in baseball history, as a player for the Yankees from 1932 (the end of Babe Ruth's Yankee time) to 1947, and then as third base coach for all the Casey Stengel-and Ralph Houk-managed championship teams, through 1968. "The Cro," as he was affectionately called, had indeed seen it all, but rarely deemed to talk about it. I knew him casually from seeing him as a visitor to the Yankee clubhouse when the team came into Oakland to play the Athletics over the years. Unfortunately, when I contacted him about sharing his memories of what it was like to be a Yankee and part of all those storied teams of Ruth, Gehrig, Dickey, DiMaggio, Mantle and Berra, he put me off.
"Ahhh, I can't tell you anything about those guys," he said. Later, however, he revealed to me he was hoping to write a book of his own. I wished him good luck and proceeded to move on in my interview process, beginning with the two most prominent "locals"-Berra and Rizzuto-with whom I'd developed a warm relationship, traveling with them through the years in my capacity as a reporter and columnist covering the Yankees for the New York Daily News. Both of them lived in New Jersey and were established Yankee legends. Yet, despite having forged Hall of Fame careers, they'd both had their hearts broken by the Yankees, too (in Berra's case twice), and I especially wanted to talk to them about that.
As the months went by and I began traveling around the country-to the Carolinas for Bobby Richardson and Tommy Byrne; to Indiana, where Don Mattingly had gone into self-imposed retreat after his final October disappointment in 1995; to San Francisco to revisit with Silvera and see firsthand those sandlots that had spawned so many talented Yankee players over the first 50 years of this century (DiMaggio, Tony Lazzeri et al.)-I would periodically receive letters from Crosetti inquiring about my progress on the book. At one point, he even provided me with some suggestions as to old-time Yankee players I needed to talk to and what questions I should ask them.
"You really need to see Tommy Henrich up in Prescott, Arizona," Crosetti wrote in August of 2001, "and when you do, ask him about the song `Too Much Mustard.' This happened at the Book Cadillac Hotel in Detroit." He didn't elaborate, but knowing the customarily effusive Henrich as I did, I figured he'd be able to supply the rest of the story in all its color and detail.
I had intended to visit with Henrich while I was at the 2001 World Series in Arizona between the Yankees and the Diamondbacks, but was disheartened to learn he had taken ill and been moved to San Francisco by his daughter, who had put out the word that he was temporarily unable to do interviews. I wrote back to Crosetti, informing him of Henrich's deteriorated state of health and got a reply a week later that seemed to have a tone of urgency to it.
"I may not have enough for a book now," Crosetti said, "and I've been thinking of forgetting it. But I've written a lot of stuff down and I'm sure you could get plenty for your chapter on me. You're welcome to have it. Maybe my grandkids can read what I have written someday. Stay healthy, Cro."
I was naturally encouraged by Crosetti's change of heart, but I still wanted to sit down with him in person and listen to his stories. So instead of telling him to go ahead and send me what he'd written, I made a mental note to call him after the New Year and hopefully arrange a visit to Stockton before the start of spring training. By this time, I was getting nearly a letter a month from him in which he would comment on the most recent developments in baseball or offer a thumbnail critique of the latest baseball book he'd read. I wrote him a letter around Christmas, wishing him well for the holidays while offhandedly mentioning that I'd be giving him a call before heading off to spring training. When, by early February, I hadn't heard back from him, I began to be concerned. Then, one afternoon I got a phone call from Rizzuto, who said he'd just gotten word that Crosetti had taken a fall and was in the hospital in critical condition. "I know you've been wanting to get together with him," Rizzuto said. "That's why I'm calling. I don't think it's good."
The next day word came from Stockton that Crosetti had passed away at age 91.
A few weeks later, at spring training in Florida, I finished up the interviews for the book, visiting with octogenarians Ralph Houk at his home in Winter Haven and Marius Russo in Fort Myers, in between sessions with Reggie Jackson and Bobby Murcer at the Yankee camp in Tampa. Russo, who had inadvertently proved elusive in efforts to locate him, was vital to the book in that he was one of the last remaining links to Gehrig. Meanwhile, I was pleasantly surprised to see how much Houk had mellowed since retiring from the baseball wars and I even detected a trace of remorse (however small) regarding the volcanic and sometimes physical abuse of sportswriters for which he had become notorious.
Murcer, I confirmed, still bears the scars of his unceremonious exile from the Yankees in 1974, but harbors no bitterness at all for the unfair and unrealistic comparisons to Mantle that dogged him throughout his career. Rather-and remarkably-he actually feels honored by them.
In the case of Jackson-who has proclaimed with pride through the years at being "a student of the game" while simultaneously expressing his uncompromising views of race relations in baseball-I was especially curious as to how he viewed himself in the overall context of (mostly white) Yankee history. Humility is not a word generally associated with him, but I nevertheless came away from our time together with a distinct sense of that quality as he began his passage into middle age, comfortable with all he'd achieved.
Upon returning to New York for the final editing process, my thoughts returned to Crosetti. He, after all, had been the link to practically all of them, most notably Ruth. If nothing else, I wished I had taken him up on his offer to send me his writings. Throughout our correspondence, I had tried to convince him how important he was to this project, and in the end he had finally relented. I remembered what he'd said in his last letter about wanting his grandkids to see what he'd written. Through Silvera, I was put in touch with Crosetti's grandson, Jim McCoy.
"I'll see if I can find the stuff," McCoy told me. "Then, after that, it'll be up to my grandmother [Crosetti's widow, Norma] as to whether you can use any of it. But I'll talk to her."
A couple of weeks went by and then, just after the last chapters had been submitted to the publisher, a package arrived in the mail from McCoy. The "Crosetti papers" were a bit disjointed (and, I suspected, a good deal purified), but amid all the banality Cro did manage to dispel one of baseball's longest-enduring myths: Ruth's "called shot" homer against the Chicago Cubs in the 1932 World Series:
"I have been asked this nine million times, if Babe pointed to center field when he hit that home run off Charlie Root. When Mark Koenig was playing shortstop for the Yankees in the '20s, he'd become a good friend of Babe's. The Cubs had bought Mark from the San Francisco Mission Reds of the Pacific Coast League in August of '32 and he helped them win a few games down the stretch with his timely hitting. But the Cubs voted him only a half-share of the World Series money and Babe, outspoken as he was, called them all tightwads-along with a few other choice words. All these remarks got written up in the papers and when Babe came to bat, the Cubs players were all razzing him. Root got two quick strikes on him and now the Cubs players were on the top step of the dugout really giving it to him.
"Babe nonchalantly stepped out of the batter's box. He did not point his finger to center field. Looking at the Chicago dugout, with his bat resting on his shoulder and being held by his left hand, he raised his right arm and shook his index finger in front of his face, meaning he had one more strike. On the next pitch he hit a home run. This shut the Cubs players up. The next day I'm sitting next to him in the dugout and he said: `If the writers all want to say I pointed to center field, let 'em. I don't care.' That's the story, right from the horse's mouth."
If only we'd have had that sit-down in Stockton for so many more stories. My solace is the letters and our "pen pal" relationship in his final year. There is no chapter on the Cro here, but his grandkids should know he was one very significant Yankee.
Bill Madden, October 1, 2002
Excerpted from Pride of October by Bill Madden Copyright © 2003 by Bill Madden
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This is the first book I have read in many years. Once I picked it up I couldn't put it down especially when I got to the chapters I remembered from growing up as a Yankee fan starting in the late '60's. As I read all the memories of what I was doing and who I was came flooding back. It made me laugh and brought tears to my eyes all at the same time. No matter what era of Yankee fan you are from an enjoyable and must read.
I read this book during the past week during a cross country flight. I have been a Yankees fan since 1959 and have consumed almost every word written on the team. Madden's publication is the very best of anything I have read on the team in the past 43 years. The writing took even familiar Yankees' lore to another level by digging beneath the surface to fully understand how being a Yankee impacted each and every one of the subjects even beyond their playing days. Regardless of the player's era, he delivered a consistently enjoyable book that flowed and entertained at the highest level. Thank you for your effort.
As a Yankee fan, did you ever wish you could just sit down with your heroes and ask them some interesting questions about themselves and their time with the Yankees? Well, in his book, Pride of October: What It Was Like To Be Young And A Yankee, Bill Madden makes our wishes come true. In a book that's as entertaining as the players and team it covers, Madden brings back so many memories of our past heroes. For me, the book really hit home, when Madden sat down and talked with Bobby Murcer, who was a hero of mine as a youngster. In that chapter, Madden, through Murcer's words, tells the story of how disappointed Bobby was when he was traded from the Yankees after the 1974 season. When I read the passages, it brought me back to when I was fourteen years old and was crushed when I found out my favorite player was traded. Now, almost thirty years later, I realized Murcer was as devastated as I was. Through Murcer, Lou Piniella, and Reggie Jackson, Madden also captures the very emotional days after the tragic death of Thurman Munson. Yankee fans who remember those sad days of August 1979, will have the strong emotions brought back when they read the words of Munson's former mates. The book has many interesting tidbits about some very famous Yankees. For example, when talking to Phil Rizzuto, Madden, explains to us why Phil was and still is so scared of lightning. Yankee fans fondly recall how the 'Scooter' would 'bolt' from the booth as soon as he saw lightning. Well, when you read the book you'll find out why. You will also read how the events of September 11th, affected Phil's life. An early chapter in the book deals with former Yankee pitcher, Marius Russo. Though I've been a die hard fan for over thirty years, I frankly never heard of Russo. Madden's chapter on Russo was special because Russo was a teammate of Lou Gehrig and the former Yankee pitcher tells how sad it was to see Gehrig suffer with ALS. As a Yankee fan since 1967, I not only enjoyed the book, but also appreciated the fact that Bill Madden gave me a chance to 'talk' to my heroes.
It was Hall of Fame pitcher Waite Hoyt who once said, 'It's great to be young and a Yankee.' Hoyt uttered those words in 1927, yet it's a theme that has held true for more than three-quarters of a century. Donning those famed pinstripes is an honor similar to that of wearing the uniform of a Roman soldier during the time of the Caesars. And the pride is felt whether you're a star like Yogi Berra or a backup catcher like Charlie Silvera, who was a member of five world championship teams from 1949-53 yet got into fewer than 200 games during his seven full years with the Yankees. In fact, it is Silvera who perhaps captures the essence of what it means to be a Yankee in this wonderfully nostalgic book written by Bill Madden, a noted baseball columnist for the New York Daily News. 'Why would I want to be the first-string catcher for the St. Louis Browns when I could be a Yankee and be part of all those World Series? I was there. I had success. I was a spear carrier to the kings.' Indeed. Being a Yankee is something special. Even Bobby Murcer, who played for the Yankees during the club's worst period from 1969-74, admitted that his life was never again the same after the club traded him to the San Francisco Giants after the 1974 season. In compiling the book, Madden interviewed 17 former players and the wife of the late Yankee catcher Elston Howard. He devotes a full chapter to each subject and the result is an insightful probe into what makes it so extraordinary to wear a Yankee uniform. Baseball fans everywhere will enjoy the reminiscenes of stars such as Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto and Reggie Jackson as well as those of unfilled promise such as Ron Blomberg and Joe Pepitone. 'I've been with the Padres for 29 years now,' said San Diego baseball announcer Jerrry Coleman, 'but in my heart of heart I'll always be a Yankee.' The book is a winner -- like the Yankees.
Bill Madden's Book 'Pride of October' is for ALL baseball fans. You don't have to be a Yankee fan to get the feel of what it was like to play in the Major Leagues during the various periods of time represented. While the book uses the Yankees as the center piece, the reader can get an appreciation of what it was like to play for a Major League Baseball team and what it was like to be a rookie. Great stories and insight about Yankee players you would normally never read about today such as Ron Blomberg and Joe Pepitone. Reading the backgrounds of the players is also extremely interesting when you consider today's 'commercialization' of players and their images. I highly recommend this book for baseball fans.
I have always found baseball to be the most 'human' of the professional sports, with players who have the best stories to tell. I caught Madden one morning on the 'Brother Wease' morning radio show here in Rochester where he spent two hours sharing many of those stories. Intrigued by that preview, I read 'Pride of October' and found it to be very rewarding. Madden covers an interesting variey of young and old former Yankees, from Paul O'Neill all the way back to Marius Russo. (No, I had never heard of Russo before reading the book either, but found the chapter to be fascinating) Even with the familiar names that have been the subject of many other books, like Berra, Riaauto and Ford, I found the weave of Yankee history with their very personal recollections and perspectives on what it meant to them to be 'young and a Yankee' to be a great perspective. I thought that Madden taking Whitey Ford back to his Astoria, Queens roots was particularly inspired. I was also enlightened by Arlene Howard's rememberances of everything that she and her husband endured when he broke what Madden describes as the toughest of all color lines. Don Mattingly's heartfelt regrets on what he missed as a Yankee and Jerry Coleman's very real 'war stories' particularly stand out. They were 'new' to me and I think will be the same to any other reader. Unlike the Wells book, you know that this book belongs in the 'non-fiction' section. I found it to be an insightful, warm and thouroughly delightful read that I give five stars.
Pride of October is one of the best of all baseball books about the Yankees. Bill Madden has written a memorable work that makes the reader feel that he is in the room with Madden and Rizzuto or Mattingly or O'Neill or Russo. Reading the book leaves one with extremely mixed feelings because after finishing a chapter, one realizes that there is one chapter less to relish. Madden's work is that good.
. . . Then this book is like a manual written by management. I mean, while there's nothing wrong about psuedo oral histories that lavish praise all over the franchise, after a while it gets to be a little too much and in the end doesn't result in a very serious book that says anything new about the team. I love the Yankees but after 40-50 pages of mash notes my eyes started to gloss over. If you follow the Yankees closely you've either read much of this before or read material so similar in other books that at times you'll swear you've already read this book before. Uncritical and in the end not as interesting books of this type should be. I shoulda waited for the paperback.
Madden has a well deserved reputation as one of the toughest reporters on the Yankee beat. Unfortunately this is a total softball, interviews and profiles with former Yankees who have all been interviewed and profiled innumerable times. Madden doesn't bring anything new to the table, it's just the same stories you've heard and read a hundred times before in another package.


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CNP Assurances SA agreed to buy 51 percent of Banco Santander SA's consumer-finance insurance units, a deal that gives the French insurer access to a host of European countries including Germany.
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Narration vs. Description in Georg Lukacs's History and Class Consciousness
Pizer, John, Intertexts
Georg Lukacs's essay collection Probleme des Realismus (Problems of Realism, 1955) includes a provocative piece entitled "Erzahlen oder Beschreiben?" ("Narrate or Describe?" 1936). Though Lukacs's question implies that the writer of prose fiction may choose between these two categories as dominant structural modes, he makes it clear from the outset of the essay that good (realistic) writing is governed by narration, while bad (naturalistic) writing is marked by description. Although Lukacs recognizes that even realists must describe and naturalists must narrate, he defines "narration" in this essay as a kinetic stylistic approach to imaginative prose which weaves a plot's discrete elements into a dynamic totality and allows the reader to experience ("mitieben") the action. By contrast, "description" focuses on minute detail at the expense of temporal movement, creating static texts marked by dissolution, fragmentation, and ennui, which turn both narrator and reader into mere observers ("Zuschauer"). 'While, f or example, Zola's Nana and Tolstoy's Anna Karenina both depict horse races, the race in Nana, despite its vivid, virtuosic description of horses, riders, track, and audience, is not convincingly bound up with the novel as a whole, and thus turns these elements into lifeless objects, things. By focusing on the human conflicts central to Anna Karenina, the novel's race scene is imbued by dynamic tension and successfully integrated into the work as a whole. While Zola presents us with a mere dead image, Tolstoy's race is movement, action, a genuine living moment, and experienced as such by the reader. (1)
Lukacs's hostility to Zola and to other naturalists--for whom he nevertheless felt political sympathy--and his positive aesthetic reception of realists such as Tolstoy and Balzac--who aroused his political antipathy--are well established. (2) The outdated, indeed antediluvian character of Lukacs's attempt to portray narration and description as antithetical categories and to establish the former as aesthetically superior to the latter has been demonstrated by Laurent Stern. Less recognized in the analysis of Lukacs's aesthetics is the remarkable consistency with which he used the fundamental features of the narration/description dichotomy in his literary criticism. To be sure, the terms used in expressing these antinomies vary; other manifestations include stasis vs. progress, atomization vs. inclusiveness, contemplation vs. action, even life vs. living. Nevertheless, only rarely does one come across the recognition that these essentially parallel sets of binary oppositions are Lukacs's primary vehicle for di stinguishing between what he felt was good and bad literature, which is to say between realism and everything else. Fredric Jameson is one of the few Lukacs scholars who have recognized the centrality of the opposition between narration and description in Lukacs's discussion of prose fiction. He notes that "the principal characteristic of literary realism is seen [by Lukacs] to be its antisymbolic quality; realism itself comes to be distinguished by its movement, its storytelling and dramatization of its content; comes, following the title of one of Lukacs' finest essays, to be characterized by narration rather than description" (196).
Jameson's use of the contrast between narration and description to implicitly subsume all the other antipodes through which Lukacs territorializes realism as the exclusive domain for creating estimable prose literature is appropriate because these categories alone define such praxis in aesthetic terms. Lukacs's preference for conservative realists (Balzac, Tolstoy) over leftist naturalists (Zola, Hauptmann) is obviously aesthetic rather than political in nature, though his preference is grounded in a belief that realist authors--often in spite of their own intentions--are alone capable of microcosmically mirroring an epoch's genuine sociopolitical landscape. What prior writing on Lukacs has failed to establish, however, and what this paper will attempt to demonstrate, is that Lukacs's most consistent aesthetic dichotomy is a tacit but seminal structural element, a key dialectical tool, in his most well-known nonaesthetic work, History and Class Consciousness (1923). …


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The City of Denver announced late Friday they will give a 30-day extension to the building containing El Diablo and Sketch Food & Wine restaurants on Broadway as the owner tries to comply with building safety measures.
The restaurants were closed by city inspectors July 10. Notices posted said, "continued occupancy of this structure poses an immediate hazard to the life safety of occupants and the public."
As the restaurants abruptly closed, about 137 employees were left without work.
Owner Jesse Morreale filed and lost an appeal.
Originally the board of appeals set an Oct. 1 deadline to complete repairs.
So far Denver has been able to "finalize and close five of 14 "open" permits from 2008 and 2009," although the work completed has been minor, according to the statement from the city's community planning and development office.
As part of the rules with the 30-day extension, the second, third and fourth floors of the building must not be occupied, nothing can be stored in the basement, and Morreale must file plans for permits to complete other targeted repairs including to the roof.
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Alpha Hydrox AHA Souffle 12 percent Glycolic AHA
527 reviews
77% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.3
Price: $$
Package Quality: 3.3
Price: $$
INGREDIENTSWater, Glycolic Acid, Ammonium Hydroxide, Cetyl Alcohol, Propylene Glycol, Dicaprylyl Carbonate, Stearic Acid, PEG 40 Stearate, C12 15 Alkyl Benzoate, Polysorbate 60, Steareth 2, Hydrolyzed Lupine Protein (Peptides), Green Tea Extract, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Xanthan Gum, PVM/MA Decadene Crosspolymer, Imidazolidinyl Urea, BHT
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Medium, Neutral
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Hazel
I bought it after reading so many great reviews at Ulta for $15.99. After first application, my skin got slightly pink and tingly. But it went away after about 10 min and my skin felt cleana and smooth. It absorbed pretty good, I was very impressed. However, after a day of using it, I started to get huge bumps on my cheeks and chin. I still tried it few times and every time the same problem, plus it makes my skin very itchy. Im returning it today. Also AHA face wash gave me breakouts, I believe its from sulfates it contains.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
a-maz-ing. i have never written a review for face products, as i have never been so impressed asi have with alpha hydrox. i have fair skin with scarring and regular blemishes on my chin AND big pores, AND the occasional cyst which looks just lovely on my pale face. after using this product once, the pores in my nose shrunk, my skin glowed, and i have not had a new blemish in over 2 weeks. the scarring is going away, and i have not felt more radiant and fresh in years. i bought the face wash, 10% lotion, and 12% souffle from amazon for like $40, and have been washing twice a day (the wash is mild, not drying) and using the lotion for daytime and the souffle at night and for spot treatments. this is something i will buy over and over and over again. i would definitely throw some sunscreen in there too for day use; i spent an hour running outside yesterday and have a slightly pink face today.
but yes, if you have hormonal problem skin, buy this, you will be so excited that you did.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Cool
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
Unfortunately I have to give this product a rather poor rating, which is a shame because if only Alpha Hydrox could have found a more suitable PH stabilizer I may have used this. It is said that Ammonium Hydroxide is safe in small amounts when used in the cosmetic industry, but since they aren't regulated very well I refuse to put my trust into these companies who continue to use harmful ingredients. I have also been told by sales clerks at Ulta that Ammonia Hydroxide is said to be relatively safe as long as the percentage doesn't exceed 6%, but this stuff is seriously fatal in larger amounts and can cause many kinds of skin reactions. I know a lot of people who would be much more comfortable using Alpha Hydrox if only they stopped using Ammonium Hydroxide as the third listed ingredient! WOW! And, it's also fatal in any amount to all aquatic life! So it isn't environmentally safe either. I used glycolic acid in other products, such as Reviva, which is more natural. The first time I bought this I didn't take the time to read the ingredients, which I should have; I was just eager to try glycolic acid and this was the least expensive product at Ulta that had the highest amount of glycolic acid. I tried it on my face and I instantly felt a strange burning sensation, which is supposedly normal, but I also felt small bumps appearing all over my face! Now, purging shouldn't be occurring that fast. This product, even with just one use dulled my complexion, and glycolic acid is supposed to do the exact opposite. I wish this product would have better catered to my needs, but I wouldn't give it another opportunity on account of the ammonium hydroxide and the long list of ingredients compared to better glycolic products out there. Reviva, on the other hand while a bit more expensive has really helped my skin out and so has Peter Thomas Roth's Gentle Complexion pads with 10% glycolic acid. So, in my experience I do not write off the side effects as being a direct effect of the glycolic acid.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Green
I wish this came in a pump container. ONLY complaint.
This is a fantastic, affordable alpha hydroxy cream. It has a reasonable percentage of glycolic acid to use as a nightly exfoliating product. It's gentle, doesn't break me out, and provides consistent improvement.
If you want something heavier, I would recommend Skin Laboratory's 35% glycolic peel. This Alpha Hydrox cream will NOT give you the dramatic results a peel with a higher percentage will. It WILL, however, maintain the results from said peels and will refine your skin. I really recommend this cream as an alternative to manual exfoliation. It also works as a spot treatment.
Lastly, make sure you use sunblock religiously, as with any alpha hydroxy. This is really important. Not only will your hard work be canceled out, you will see OPPOSITE results (i.e. dark spots will become darker, etc.). This is why I recommend using this cream at night.
A++ HG material.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This is a little too strong for everyday use for me (I prefer the Enhanced Lotion w/ only 10% AHA)...but it is an EXCELLENT peel...I put a thick layer on and because it is only 12% AHA, I can leave it on for a few hours even, like on a Sunday afternoon or something and then rinse it off. Works great.
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I love this stuff -- I use it at night, and it makes such a difference with my face and neck. My skin feels super smooth and looks much brighter and refreshed. I took a couple of points off for packaging, since it is a jar and that's not very hygenic (vs. a pump dispenser), but this is one product that I will never be without.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I bought this hoping it would be a cheaper replacement for my HG Neostrata products and let's just say it was a total fail! I expected something very similar to Neostrata and since it had more of the active ingredient (12% vs. 10%) and rave reviews my expectations were high. Well this stuff slowly ruined my skin by clogging up every single pore! It's just a meh product in my opinion. I actually saw a regression in my skin and didn't think it was earth shattering at all. I went with it until I used it up and my skin was clogged, breaking out, and dull. As soon as I switched back to my regular skincare my skin was back to it's clear radiant self within a week and a half. I only give alpha hydrox three stars because it's a glycolic product at a more than decent price. It just didn't work for me so I'm going to warn other oily skined girls away. Apparently they also make an oil-free version which may have worked better for me but I think I will be sticking with what I know works from now on.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I love this product and definitely have a noticeable difference in my skin. I use this daily at night and switch on and off from my Neostrata Lotion Plus AHA - Just because I like to switch it up. My face is so much smoother and more even. I also haven't had any breakouts. I don't know if it's hormonal or it's the treatments but I'm not complaining! Will buy again when my jar is out - which it's getting close! The only thing I don't like about this product is that it is in a jar. I wish it was in a pump. I just hate re-dipping into this!
Age: 30-35
Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
This products. I didnt use this on my face. I used it daily on my neck and chest area. I have some chicken skin on these areas and it bothered me since I didnt look 100% fantastic in clothing. haha. I used it everyday for 2 weeks and yesterday when i looked into the mirror, my skin glows. This product is extremely gentle. There is no irritation at all. But you need to judge for yourself. If your skin is oily most prob you could use this on your face daily.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brown, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This product completely saved my skin. I've battled with mild-moderate acne since puberty and have tried every prescription cream out there. To be fair, I didn't use them every single day because my skin would become too dry and irritated and I would have to wait for it to heal. My skin was actually clear for the two years I was on birth control. However this past summer my skin began breaking out horribly. I always had several huge painful pimples (not sure if it was cystic acne or not). As soon as one cleared up, another came to replace it. Long story short, my skin was not pretty and I couldn't go out without concealer, I was embarrassed to be without makeup on in my own apartment with my roommates! I started using Neutrogena healthy skin with AHA in December, and my skin started clearing up, my obsession with AHA products began. I learned about Alpha Hydrox 12% Souffle and started using it shortly after Christmas. I use it almost every night on my face and my skin has never looked better! It is drying, but it isn't a moisturizer so that isn't shocking. I usually put Aveeno moisturizer on top and I wake up and my skin is so soft. The red marks from my previous acne are still visible, but they are already fading! Any time I feel a pimple coming on, or see a little bump, I place the souffle on and it doesn't form. I LOVE this product and am looking forward to the future result!
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Fifi La Fume/Sneezer
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When Fifi was taking out her lunch, one of the items appears on the table before she even puts it down.
The Book Calamity was reading was "Computer Animation", which was still a novelty at the time this cartoon was made.
While Plucky was complaining on the phone against Babs, His hand was green and when Dizzy was complaining, Plucky's hands were human hands.
(After Calamity intervenes in the phone conversation.)
Shirley: Fifi, it is, like, pivotal that We do something about this.
Fifi: Oui. This screen is way too cramped, No?
Shirley: It reminds Me of a past life. I was like one of the Hollywood Squares.
Fifi: What will We do about Babs?
All but Calamity: I've got an idea! (Calamity holds a sign saying "Idea!" then turns the sign around which says "He! He! He!")
(The Girl Trio are laughing.)
Babs: Hold it! golden comedy moment. (Calamity walks by reading a book called "Computer Animation". and Babs is mimiking, making Fifi and Shirley laugh. then Calamity makes a silly face and turns around to see Babs innocently standing, then looks at Fifi and Shirley who abruptly stops laughing and did their "I don't know" take.) Private Joke! (Babs then rushed past Calamity with Shirley and Fifi following.)
Shirley:I'm like, Here! Hiya, toots. I'm Babs Bunny and You're not.
Babs: How bearing.
Fifi: I am, How You say, Here!
Babs: Let Me guess, Steve Martin?
Plucky: Tell Me, I've got to know. Do My ears look better up or down?
Fifi and Shirley: Get a life!
Dizzy: Do I not have cute toes?
Fifi, Shirley, and Plucky: In Your dreams, Pal!
Babs: CUT IT OUT!
(Babs dresses herself to look like Plucky.)
Plucky: Who do you think you are?!
Babs: My name is Plucky Duck.
Plucky: My name is Plucky Duck!
Shirley: Déjà vu! It's to tell the truth!
Babs: I'm Plucky Duck!
Plucky: I'm Plucky Duck!
Babs: No, I am, and I'm a silly green duck with an ego the size of Cleveland!
Plucky: I'm the silly green duck with the ego the size of Cleveland!
Babs: You're right!
Credit Gag: Buster Bunny Says "And that's a wrap".
Fifi, Arnold, and Calamity Coyote make their first appearances in this episode.
The title of this episode may also be a reference to "The Brady Bunch".
The Mickey Mouse Club
The episode's in between skits, opening, closing, and title are a parody of the Mickey Mouse Club.
Episode Name: Born To Be Riled.
This could be a parody of one of two things. A movie titled Born To Be Wild or the song of the same name.
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[Ludwig Erhard Stepping Out of an Airplane]
Date: December 28, 1963
Creator: Dietel, Norman
Description: Photograph of Ludwig Erhard stepping out of a Lufthansa airliner as military personnel, journalists, and politicians stand on a runway. One man in a dark suit is walking up the airplane's stairs toward Erhard.
Contributing Partner: LBJ Museum of San Marcos
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Date: March 2, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: Photograph of a print of the Butler's Shoe Store in Houston.
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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly Marrakech hotel in Hivernage, near Jamaa el Fna
This family-friendly Marrakech hotel is located near the airport, within a 15-minute walk of Bab El Djedid and Koutoubia Minaret. Jamaa el Fna and Palais des Congres are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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This hotel features 5 restaurants, 2 outdoor pools, and a full-service spa. Free WiFi in public areas and free valet parking are also provided. Additionally, an indoor pool, a nightclub, and a health club are onsite.
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Sofitel Marrakech Palais Imperial features a full-service spa, 2 outdoor swimming pools, an indoor pool, and a health club. Dining is available at one of the hotel's 5 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Business amenities at this 5-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 545 square feet (51 square meters) include conference space. This luxury hotel also offers a children's pool, a nightclub, and a spa tub. For a surcharge, the property provides an area shuttle within 10 km and a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request). Onsite valet parking is complimentary.
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- Number of restaurants - 5
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Le Jardin - Overlooking the garden, this buffet restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Orangerie - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
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24-hour room service is available.
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2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with an indoor pool. In addition to a children's pool, other recreational amenities include a health club, a spa tub, a sauna, and a steam room.
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So Spa has 5 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. The spa is equipped with a sauna and Turkish bath/hammam. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and Ayurvedic.
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Check-in time starts at 3 PM
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Giant Killer Award: Mitchell on top
After replacing eight starters from last years defense, the 'new look' Beavers opened the season with a good showing against the visiting Portland State Vikings. The Beavers had solid tackling, something they had struggled with in past years opening games and they were able to work out some kinks against the FCS opponent.
A new name tops the list this year as sophomore safety Lance Mitchell earned his first Giant Killer Stone Award of his career with a total of 9.50 points. Mitchell not only tallied seven tackles, he added a pass break-up as well. Several other defensive backs scored well including senior cornerback Tim Clark who forced a fumble and had a pass break-up.
Senior linebacker Keaton Kristick is a familiar name on the Giant Killer MVP list. Kristick was all over the place on Saturday and was in on many plays. The defensive leader will no doubt be a familiar name on the list in weeks to come.
Without Victor Butler and Slade Norris fighting over the award, redshirt freshman Castro Masaniai edged out Kevin Frahm for BeaverBlitz's D-line honors. Masaniai tallied three tackles, but a tackle for loss is what put him over the top. With the heavy rotation on the line it will be interesting to watch the honorees week to week.


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The story of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (preorder now) follows Geralt of Rivia through a thoroughly engrossing, mature storyline eventually landing on one of sixteen potential endings. We would like you to choose your own ending featuring Geralt and/or Triss and illustrate it, photoshop it or even draw in crayons, but it must involve a famous moment in history.
Best entry wins a brand spanking new Alienware Laptop! May the most creative and entertaining entry win! Good luck all!
After the events of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, both Geralt and Triss went their separate ways.
Geralt went hunting for someone known as "the boy who lived", but not much is known about Triss.
Some say she went to Russia and became a professional pig racer.
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SL government begins to wipe out traces of Tigers in the North[TamilNet, Thursday, 18 March 2010, 10:25 GMT]
Sri Lanka government has begun clearing all Liberation Tigers landmarks in the North in an attempt to wipe out any trace of the Tigers, government sources told media in Colombo Thursday. Tourism Ministry Secretary George Michael confirmed that the government had begun clearing some LTTE landmarks in the north in line with the governments policy to not highlight former LTTE landmarks for local or foreign tourists.
According to media reports, LTTE landmarks have now become a popular tourist spot in the north as people flock to these areas to view the buildings and houses which once belonged to the LTTE leaders.
The official government policy is not to highlight former LTTE landmarks for tourism purposes, tourism secretary.
While the clearing LTTE landamarks is underway, the Tourism Ministry has begun promoting Jaffna and the Northern Province as tourist destinations in an effort to empower the countrys economy, he added.
Nearly 300,000 local and foreign tourists have visited Jaffna, since the opening of the A-9 road to Jaffna, sources in Jaffna said.
The Ministry in collaboration with the Sri Lanka Army has set up a tourist information centre at Hospital Street in Jaffna town to offer help and facilitate those visiting the Northern peninsula.
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The Coleman brothers are sons of Westport, CT, residents Neil and Jean Coleman and brothers of Todd Coleman. Keith and Scott Coleman worked on the 104th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center for the bond trading firm of Cantor Fitzgerald, and are among the missing. The Coleman parents are long time members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Westport, CT. Scott Coleman resided in New York City; Keith Coleman leaves his wife Elodie and his two children, Vaughan and Neva, and resided in New Jersey.
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A pair of romantic starfish by the ocean sets the tone for your own beach wedding or destination wedding! A colorful photograph forms the background for your wording on the front of this wedding program. The folding program includes two inside panels, which allow plenty of room for personalizing with your wedding details in your choice of colors and lettering styles.
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|Mail is the simplest, most powerful way to manage email on your Mac. It's incredibly easy to set up and works with many popular email services like iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, and Microsoft Exchange. Have multiple email accounts? No problem. Add your accounts to Mail and you'll be able to access all your email from oneÃÂ place. Mail lets you work with all the messages in your inbox when you're offline, too. Searching is fast and powerful. Attaching files or images is as simple as dragging and dropping them. And Mail looks as great as it works. It makes full use of your display with a gorgeous widescreen view featuring a full-height message on the right and an inbox view that shows you snippets of your messages on your left. The Conversations view groups messages from the same thread together, so it's easy to keep track ofÃÂ replies.
- Improved searching
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- Almost no major changes since version 6.1
- Problematic handling of Gmail
- Smart Mailboxes occasionally go stupid


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