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As an ex-smoker, Bebe's monologue (starting at about 1:29) rings so true. Cigars are great, but there was something about that white tube....
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Don't take my word for it. My friend, UCLAW colleague, fellow UK Top Gear fan, and co-author Bill Klein, who is older and much wiser than I, tells me that:
It has always been annoying to see how they messed up the wonderful British show with their feeble, forced humor, misguided metaphor, and stilted lead characters, but I stuck with it to see some interesting cars while skipping most of the rest. This week, however, was the last straw. Despite having a live audience they used what was obviously a laugh track--than which there is nothing that I find more abhorrent. I've had all I can take . . .
Update: I stand corrected. A friend points out that there are lots of decent cars made in the USA:
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I was taking a break from working on the section of my book that explains why the monitoring model of the board of directors' role and composition creates problems by promoting an adversarial role that impedes group decision making when I ran across this gem from 3rd Rock, which might be my all time favorite TV moment:
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... its managers hate science fiction? It would explain a lot.
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It looks like the upcoming series of Top Gear (the real one from the UK, not the bastardized US pale imitation) will include an episode in which our intrepid heroes return to the US for another road trip. In a previous episode, they toured out West with some serious US muscle cars.
This time it looks like they're packing some even more serious Euro supercars.
Here's a slideshow.
Let's just hope it goes better than the last time they came to the US:
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It seems appropriate today somehow.
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I thought they did the best job of covering Election night 2010. Reasonably objective and nonpartisan. Far and away the coolest graphics. (Looked like everybody was using iPods and most of the graphics had Apple-like touch features.) But way too many talking heads. You don't need two tables worth of panelists.
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Election Night 2010: The most blatantly partisan of the cable news networks. Repeatedly and openly mocked Republicans and conservatives. Keith Olberman is a smarmy, pretentious turd whose coverage managed to make Fox's look fair and balanced.
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I'm trying to think of the right word for what just happened. I saw a headline on Drudge "Riot police, protesters clash at Acropolis..." and what immediately came to mind was a hysterical QI clip about the Acropolis. I don't think non-sequitur is the word I'm groping for, but it's the closest I've come up with so far. Any other suggestions?
In any case, here's the clip, which I think stands as a classic example of why BBC America ought to bring us QI:
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Ben Collins has been revealed as Top Gear's tame racing driver, The Stig:
Of course, The Stig had been revealed before, but we all knew that was a red herring (or, should I say, a Roter Hering?):
In any case, we also remember what happened when The Black Stig revealed his identity:
One hopes Mr Collins will meet a kinder fate.
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Mention Top Gear and, sure as night follows day, the do-gooders will start harrumphing. But there's no point moaning about Jeremy Clarkson for being anti-environmental, irresponsible, or politically incorrect.
It's like taking Katie Price seriously on the subject of marriage. We Top Gear addicts don't tune in for an intelligent comparison of torque or petrol consumption.
Precisely the right analogy, eh?
And then there's this:
I would rather my children watch that than another episode of vacuous Z-listers being trailed by cameras as they shop for jeans, undergo cosmetic procedures, or are trapped together in fake, bitchy confinement.
Exactly. I'd rather watch a Top Gear repeat for the fifth time than any of the reality crap that passes as television in the US these days.
And then finally there's this:
And then, of course, there is Clarkson himself, with his booming voice and faintly bullying manner: the Marmite of television presenters. ... Clarkson articulates what a huge tranche of the population knows they shouldn't be saying or thinking, but still somehow do. His persona is arrogant, unapologetic, infantile (watch his childishly ungenerous demeanour when he doesn't win a challenge).
Sigh. No wonder he's my role model.
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I've started watching The Good Wife on a regular basis. I like the cast, the writing, the semi-realistic portrayal of law practice (the scene where Cary goes out for drinks with a bunch of fellow laid off lawyers struck me as very plausible), and the complexity of the relationships between the characters.
As fellow fans know, one of the recurring questions this season has been whether investigator Kalinda Sharma (played by the brilliant Archie Panjabi of Bend It Like Beckham fame) is bisexual or lesbian. As the LA Times Show Tracker reports, the season finale left us as confused as ever:
To anyone who's been watching "The Good Wife," the lack of resolution in last night's finale won't come as much of a surprise. If anything, the loose ends and ambiguity are all part of the pleasure of watching this show, and this episode is no exception.
Let's start with Kalinda, shall we? The mystery of her sexuality has only grown deeper throughout the season, and at this point, quite frankly, I am still baffled. Here's what we know: Kalinda was in a storage unit with Lana, the world's most attractive and sexually aggressive FBI agent. There were all sorts of breathy whispers and loaded statements. Then, all of a sudden, the camera moves outside and we see their feet from outside the storage unit, whose door has been pulled halfway down. It appears their feet like each other a whole lot. In fact, there's no way to look at the position of their feet and come to any conclusion other than they are totally making out. Add to that the fact that a few moments later, Will calls Kalinda and asks her, "Are you alright? You sound like you've been running." So why did the show get so coy at the moment of truth? I doubt they were squeamish about showing a lesbian love scene -- this is, after all, a show where last week we saw a half-naked dead woman covered in blood.
No, this was a strategic decision to keep us all confused but curious -- which, coincidentally, might be the best way to describe Kalinda's sexuality. Though at this point, I am genuinely mystified about what's going on there. Was she just using Tony, or is Lana the chump? Kalinda looks more serious and talks even more quietly when she's with Tony -- in fact, I can barely make out what the heck she is saying when she's with him, which doesn't help matters much. Is she so guarded because she likes him or because she's trying to protect herself from trouble? And while we're on the subject, what did she give to Tony at the end of the episode? Was she trying to get the truth out about Arkin's wife? Please share your theories. At this point, I'm beginning to think Kalinda only has sex when she can get some sort of info -- a manila envelope full of photos here, a toxicology report there -- and not for pleasure. What do you think?
FWIW, here's what I think. Last week, in the season's penultimate episode of the season, Alicia (played by Julianna Margulies) asked Kalinda point blank: "Are you gay?"
Notice that Alicia said "gay" not "lesbian." Granted, gay is sometimes used inclusively to refer to lesbians and bisexuals as well as male homosexuals. In ordinary discourse, however, if one friend were so bold as to inquire into another friend's sexuality, wouldn't she used the preferred term "lesbian" rather than gay? I therefore wonder whether the show writers' had a hidden agenda in using gay rather than lesbian.
The less interesting possibility is that Alicia was using gay as a generic so as to be open to the possibility that Kalinda is bisexual. After all, you woudln't ask a friend "Are you lesbian or bisexual," would you?
A more interesting possibility, however, is that Alicia used "gay" because she suspects Kalinda is a (bisexual?) MTF transsexual. The generic term would be the best shorthand to encompass that possibility.
The possibility that Kalinda is a transsexual would be consistent with her oft-referenced "mysterious past." Formerly being a guy would be a pretty big mystery It also would explain why she remains closeted in an environment that likely would be fairly gay-friendly. It also would make sense of the ambiguity about her sexuality by making her sexuality even more complex. It might even explain her wardrobe choices (did you notice that she always wears jackets with pockets so that she never has to carry a purse, for example?).
Anyway, it's a great show and a great character. I'm looking forward to next season.
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I use iTunes with Windows XP on my LG Notebook (just as I do on my iMac where I can also rip music from my CD collection). I use my LG Notebook mostly as a glorified jukebox converting all my CDs to mp3's and storing them on a terrabite drive attacted to my LG computer (which is in turn connected to my home stereo system). Recently (during the last 3 or 4 weeks) I have received the following message:
The iTunes Library file cannot be saved. You do not have enough access priviledge for this operation.
[Checkbox] Do not warn me again. [Button] OK
I do not know what the message means exactly or whether it is likely to affect any functions of iTunes that i utilize on my PC. I don't even really know what my iTunes Library File is nor how it operates or to what purpose. Getting the message does not seem to effect the functionality of the application as regards my limited use of iTunes.
In fact I do not use any resourses of iTunes but its functionality as a mp3 player to listen to my songlists and install music on my iPod. I do not use iCloud or purchase mp3's on the web. I subscribe to no podcasts nor watch any streamed video etc. The above message first appeared on iTunes 10 and not knowing how to deal with it I just ignored it. Then I emptied about a third of my computer's drive and it seemed to disappear for a week or so. When it returned two days ago I upgraded to iTunes 11, partly because my iTunes 10 seemed to be stalling or hanging. ITunes 11 worked fine for a day then the message returned. Despite the message it still seems to work fine. I feel tempted to check the [Do not warn me again] box but do not know if I will just be ignoring a potential problem. Despite the message (and the fact that iTunes runs slow on occsion) it seems to function just fine.
Could someone inform me on what's going on here and advise on how to deal with the situation?

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• Hero: Anderson's RBI in the seventh tied the game.
• Unsung hero: Lackey gave up three runs in 6 2/3 innings to improve to 14-6.
• Figure this: The Angels have been in first place in the AL West for 102 straight days.
• Quotable: "That was noticed. We hit a rookie catcher and they go after one of the best hitters on the planet. That's just dumb. It's a 1-2 count on the kid and he gets hit on the hand. We're here to win, not to mess around with stuff like that." -- Lackey on Dan Haren throwing behind Vladimir Guerrero
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Angels 4, Athletics 3
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- John Lackey knows how important Vladimir Guerrero is to the Los Angeles Angels, and he doesn't take kindly to the way Oakland treated him.
A's starter Dan Haren threw a pitch behind Guerrero's back during their first-inning encounter in the Angels' 4-3 victory on Sunday, the latest jab in a simmering rivalry with the Athletics.
"That was noticed," Lackey said after the Angels salvaged a series split. "We hit a rookie catcher and they go after one of the best hitters on the planet. That's just dumb. It's a 1-2 count on the kid and he gets hit on the hand. We're here to win, not to mess around with stuff like that."
A's catcher Kurt Suzuki was hit on the hand by Scot Shields in the eighth inning on Friday, although the animosity appears to run even deeper.
Justin Speier hit A's shortstop Bobby Crosby and broke his hand on July 24. Guerrero and Howie Kendrick have both been hit by A's pitchers and Nick Swisher and Mark Ellis (twice) join Suzuki and Crosby in getting hit by Angels pitchers.
"We're trying to pitch in off the plate," A's manager Bob Geren said. "The ball got away. From the umpire's standpoint I understand how he'd [issue a warning]. It wasn't intentional."
Haren said he just lost the pitch to Guerrero, who eventually walked and scored on Anderson's triple. After the pitch, plate umpire C.B. Bucknor and crew chief Joe West each sent warnings to both teams.
"I'm trying to go inside and if I miss, it's going to be in," Haren said. "It just got away from me. I was all over the place that inning. I was 2-0 on three straight hitters."
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said he wanted to believe Haren, "but that pitch was behind him. I don't now where that came from."
Garret Anderson drove in three runs as the Angels remained atop the AL West for the 102nd consecutive day.
Lackey (14-6) moved into a tie for the major league lead in wins after giving up three runs on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings. He walked two, struck out five and has won 11 of his 14 career decisions against the A's.
Chone Figgins singled and Orlando Cabrera doubled off reliever Kiko Calero (1-5) to start the seventh. Guerrero was walked intentionally before Anderson delivered a game-tying sacrifice fly. Casey Kotchman, who singled three times, then drove in the go-ahead run.
Justin Speier finished the seventh and Shields pitched the eighth. Francisco Rodriguez gave up a pair of two-out walks before retiring Mark Ellis for his 27th save in 30 chances.
Anderson has driven in 109 runs against the A's, and his .334 average in Oakland is his best in any current AL park.
"He knows how to hit and he gives protection to Vlad. He's always getting timely hits," Shields said. "He's been clutch for us. He's been doing that since I've been here. He's been putting up numbers his whole career."
Guerrero went hitless in the contest, but was walked three times. He hit .429 (6-for-14) in the series with four walks, four home runs and seven RBIs.
Haren needed 113 pitches to make it through six innings. He gave up two runs and seven hits, walking three and striking out three.
"You pick your poison with those two," Haren said. "I can't let Vlad beat me but Anderson hits me pretty well. I fell behind him twice and he made me pay. He's a great hitter."
Marco Scutaro's double-play grounder allowed the A's to tie it in the second, although Lackey worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out situation.
Game notes
Anderson tripled for the first time since last Aug. 17 against the Seattle Mariners. ... A's SS Donnie Murphy was a late scratch due to stiffness in his lower back. J.J. Furmaniak replaced Murphy, starting his first game in the majors since Oct. 1, 2005, while with the Pirates. ... Kotchman has hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games. ... The Angels had lost their previous five road series. ... In the past 32 meetings between the teams, a game has been decided by two runs or fewer 22 times, including 15 one-run decisions.


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Discussion in 'Battle Scooters' started by k3ith, Oct 7, 2013.
Clear and concise. Porky is the perfect term !
Be Big,
If it comes with ABS here in America that would be nice.
If it's a Downtown, and it seems to be, it's a good thing.
There is however a bit smaller scoot that came out recently from Kymco
with the same engine but overall lighter package that I think would make
more sense for Kawasaki and being sporty, it's called the K-XCT.
The K-XCT is only 360lbs dry, and has 28hp.
It'll do 60mph faster then the Majesty 400, or Burgman 400 and the
rest of the lot, but then again, so will Downtown.
Downtown is 400lbs, 30hp and will do 11 seconds to 62mph stock,
and about 9 seconds to 62mph with 1,5 gram lighter Dr Pulley sliders.
That's faster then a Piaggio BV500, Gilera Nexus 500 etc (40hp scoots).
It'll also do over 90mph.
12k mile MPG average on mine was 59MPG, with 70-72MPG possible if
cruising around 60-65.
Cortez, did you sell yours?
"For some reason the powers in the Far East believe we want scooters that look like a small boat from the 50's. I'll never understand."
"I'm pretty sure my next scoot will be a PCX150. I don't do any highway riding, mostly in town and coastal roads. A maxi scoot would be overkill for the kinda riding I do."
These sound like comments from those who have never been on one, or made up their minds that they wouldn't like it no matter how it ran. As someone who has ridden 50+ years of normal MCs, I will never go back to a shifter type again for around-town riding. On my Forza, for example, the 428 lb weight distribution is amazingly better than a normal bike of equal weight. It simply handles easier, period. Case in point: I made the stupid mistake of letting my MC registration lapse after my last Honda v45 was sold, and recently had to take my skills test on the Forza. On the day of the test, I was there with 5 other sport bikes / cruisers, ridden by younger riders. When it was time to start the testing, they all pointed at me, laughing, and said "Him First!". I aced the test, with no errors whatsoever- even though I could tell they all thought it was a boat. I was the only one there with that distinction; 3 of them didn't pass; two just barely, with multiple foot jabs, missed cones. The ones that passed approached me after the tests, and we had a great conversation, with some sitting on a scoot for the first time. The ones that failed, rode away pissed, without talking to anyone.
At minimum, try one to see if it fits. If it doesn't, no problem, but at least you might be able to understand why some of us love our scoots. I am totally addicted to it now.


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Thanks for the news.
Now I need to do quite a bit of work this weekend...
EDIT: Looking to Slashdot, and then looking at the US-CERT and NVD, this is really really really serious. Basically, anyone can gain access to your computer (with admin privileges) by sending an SMB request of a fixed length to trigger a buffer overflow of the Server service. In other words, novice script kiddies can gain access to your box.
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Ride more.
Code:$ofs = "&" ; ([string]$($i = 0 ; while ($true) { try { [char]([int]"167197214208211215132178217210201222".substring($i,3) - 100) ; $i = $i+3 > catch { break >>)).replace('&','') ; $ofs=" " # Replace right angles with right curly braces
Y'know, maybe I should really look into getting a macbook. I don't play games as much anymore, and I mainly use adobe products anyway. It should save me a lot of "update this, update that, scan for this, scan for that" headaches.
I don't know anyone who is completely unprotected anymore. Even my inlaws have hardware and software firewalls and don't even know it.
Ride more.
Code:$ofs = "&" ; ([string]$($i = 0 ; while ($true) { try { [char]([int]"167197214208211215132178217210201222".substring($i,3) - 100) ; $i = $i+3 > catch { break >>)).replace('&','') ; $ofs=" " # Replace right angles with right curly braces
Heh - My server service is disabled. But I installed the patch anyway.
Can't disable it; I might need it for File and Printer Sharing.
Ride more.
Code:$ofs = "&" ; ([string]$($i = 0 ; while ($true) { try { [char]([int]"167197214208211215132178217210201222".substring($i,3) - 100) ; $i = $i+3 > catch { break >>)).replace('&','') ; $ofs=" " # Replace right angles with right curly braces
script kitty?
I use file and printer sharing extremely frequently on my local LAN, although the firewall/NAT box and WPA2-PSK wireless AP limit the entry points on the network.
The people I worry about with this security issue are the people handed a DSL CSU/DSU with no firewalling capability, told to plug the power/LAN/phone cables in, and pretty much left on their own after that with only a "software firewall" separating them from major compromise and their computer's life as a botnet member. A lot at best will just let Windows Update automatically do its cycle, but others turn Windows Update off because they don't like the monthly reboot. These are one group who will be feeling the hurt big time.
The second group that will be affected, will be large enterprises which need to updated thousands of machines immediately, and update install images so that vulnerability is not present in freshly installed boxes. There are always script kiddies in every corporation who will try go pwn as many boxes as they can before they are patched.
Its not like other platforms/operating systems are perfect, but its good to have something other than Windows that is not as scrutinized by every script kiddy on earth to find a hole. Holes in Windows are bug bucks... pwn enough machines, a criminal can sell the botnet for good cash, or just run their own extortion/spam/ID theft racket by grabbing data files off of victims' PCs and selling anything juicy on the ID theft market.
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"The internet is a place where absolutely nothing happens. You need to take advantage of that." ~ Strong Bad
I've been running without a firewall, no antivirus, never update, send my credit card info in emails, forward everything without using BCC, run with scissors, ride a bike without a helmet, drive with no seatbelt, have unprotected sex, make fun of Hells Angels, talk to strangers, click on every popup, use IE and operate electrical appliances with wet hands....never had a problem yet.
I look at running windows like riding a bike: It's hard work, not everyone gets it, but going through the hassle makes you stronger, more capable and more resilient. Buying a Mac is like driving an automatic: Sure, it's less hassle, but it makes you lazy. Linux is like keeping a moped running: Yeah, it's hella efficient and cheap, but man...it makes you greasy and look like a dork.
Ahhhh, whoa there with the "anyone" part It is a serious vulnerability in cases where it can actually be touched, but a default standalone WinXP SP2 installation with its firewall enabled would repel attacks, for example. more clarity for those interested I certainly do urge everyone to pay attention and get the patch, of course.
On the off-chance there are some people who'd like a security plan for home Windows PCs, instead of running nekkid through crocodile-infested waters with raw meat tied all over their bodies, etc, I have one that was developed from a combination of sysadmin experience and quite a lot of active malware hunting, so here ya go
A well-secured Windows system is actually a very tough cookie. I've never had a successful compromise of my malware-hunting rig yet, and it's not for lack of opportunity See steps 1, 2, 6 and 12 in particular, in the guide I linked above.If you have a Windows box that survives, uninfected by something, more than a week online without even a basic NAT wall I'd be surprised.
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I actually have automatic updates turned off on my computer, but i manually check every other month.
I don't keep an antivirus installed, but i'll periodically install a free one (AVG or something) and run a scan. I do keep a spyware filter installed (Spybot Search & Destroy) and our DSL modem/router has a built in firewall.
If you're smart about surfing the intr4w3bz and installing programs, you'll have very few problems really.
It only adds one or two extra clicks when it asks for your permission to do something and it'll save you from a headache sometimes by letting you quickly review what's going on before it happens.


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Designated drivers stay safe with free soft drinks, coffee
April 1, 2011
By Laura Bratcher, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - A new designated driver campaign kicks off throughout U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, starting April 1.
The campaign urges safe consumption of alcohol at Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation facilities that serve alcohol.
Soldiers and family members who are designated drivers can get wristbands from servers and bartenders that will mean free soft drinks and coffee for the evening.
The campaign aims to reduce driving incidents while intoxicated and protecting the community and Soldiers' careers from negative incidents related to alcohol consumption.
The campaign provides an alternative way of arriving home safely.
The Designated Driver program is a local initiative, part of DFMWR's Club Concept, which provides quality entertainment options and an expanded menu of programs and activities for Soldiers and their families.
"The Designated Driver program supports Club Concept programming by offering guests at (DFMWR) activities safe alternatives to driving when they should not be driving," said Rhonda Hunter, division chief, Business Operations, DFMWR. "We want our guests to have fun at our activities, but at the end of the night, we want them to be safe as well."
DFMWR anticipates sharing the Designated Driver campaign with other garrisons.
"Our program was developed so that other garrisons could use the collateral materials and establish their own Designated Driver program with little effort," Hunter said. "By making it easy for other garrisons to establish their own Designated Driver program, they will more likely establish the program, and they too could possibly save a career, a family or a life by providing a safe way home for their guests."
Participating locations
Currently, eight Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation facilities that serve alcohol are participating in the Designated Driver campaign. Call 808-656-0104.
-Fort Shafter's Hale Ikena.
-Fort Shafter, Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Army Airfield bowling centers.
-Kilauea Military Camp's Lava Lounge.
-Leilehua Golf Course's Leilehua Grill.
-Schofield Barracks' Kolekole Bar and Grill and the Nehelani.
-Schofield Barracks' Tropics Recreation Center.


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"It's All in My Head"
Did Truman Capote and Ralph Ellison have writer's block—or were they just chronic procrastinators?
Read more from Slate's special issue on procrastination.
There's a heartbreaking moment in Gerald Clarke's biography Capote when the writer, having finally completed the debilitating process of writing In Cold Blood in 1965, waxes optimistic about his next masterpiece: a novel he was calling Answered Prayers. "Oh, how easy it'll be by comparison!" Capote exclaimed. "It's all in my head."
That may have been true. But upon his death in 1984, after years of public promises, revised delivery dates, and the ravages of alcoholism, Capote had managed to publish only snippets of his long-promised epic—and one of them was the notorious "La Côte Basque," which savagely lampooned his social circle and alienated him from some of his dearest friends. In the American annals of famously attenuated literary careers, Capote is perhaps surpassed only by Ralph Ellison, who worked for nearly 40 years on his second novel—the follow-up to his phenomenally successful 1952 debut, Invisible Man—only to leave it incomplete when he died in 1994.
In their sustained anticlimaxes, Capote's and Ellison's writing lives raise a perplexing question: What is the difference between severe procrastination and writer's block? Are they part of one continuum, like a Möbius strip? Were Capote and Ellison truly blocked, or did they merely delay so long that they ran out of time?
I wrote to Clarke and to Ellison's biographer, Arnold Rampersad, to get their thoughts. The "really interesting question," Rampersad responded, is the difference between writers who can't get started and "those who write and write but can't finish the job to their satisfaction. Roughly speaking, Ellison was in the latter category." Clarke struck a similar note about Capote. "He set himself the highest standards, and he knew when he wasn't achieving them," Clarke wrote in an e-mail. "He never allowed anything to be published that he thought was not up to snuff, and despite the booze and the setbacks he wrote well, very well, in fact, even during his final years. … He just wasn't able to finish the big one, Answered Prayers." In other words, Ellison and Capote were both the beneficiaries and the sufferers of perfectionism … which just happens to be a syndrome that correlates with both procrastination and writer's block.
Neurologist Alice Flaherty attempts a working distinction between procrastination and block—the fearsome Orthrus of the creative process—in her 2004 book The Midnight Disease: The Drive To Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain: "A blocked writer has the discipline to stay at the desk but cannot write. A procrastinator, on the other hand, cannot bring himself to sit down at the desk; yet if something forces him to sit down he may write quite fluently." But don't these two scenarios amount to different performances of the same role? Every seasoned procrastinator loves to tell himself that, amid his flurry of avoidance strategies—rearranging the furniture in his office, pitching himself into a YouTube rabbit hole, surrendering to a fit of self-Googling—his brain is secretly marinating ideas and hatching plans. (As the underground narrator of Invisible Man puts it, "A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.") Surely this percolation process is also happening inside the "blocked" writer, even if he's motionless in his swivel chair?
Of course, given that procrastination carries the stigma of sloth and disorganization, it may seem uncharitable to ascribe the dithering disease to the blocked but feverishly ambitious writer—surely, if he weren't truly stuck, he wouldn't be finding new Facebook groups to join instead of composing his chef-d'oeuvre? On the other hand, creative-writing instructors often start class with a five-minute automatic-writing exercise for a good reason: There is always something to be written.


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Have you ever looked at a book cover and wanted to crawl right in and be part of the setting? That was my first thought when I spotted The Apple Orchard by Susan Wiggs. The cover pictures the perfect summer scene of a white, casually laid table with mismatched white chairs set among apple trees loaded with succulent looking apples. I could almost hear the bees buzzing around the beautiful pitchers filled with colorful wild flowers gracing the center of the table.
The lazy days of summer are finally here. Time to grab that sunscreen, beach chair and umbrella and relax with the perfect beach read. My top choice for this summer is Ladies' Night by Mary Kay Andrews. Set on the sunny beaches of Florida, it has the perfect combination of romance, mystery and comedy. Though it is a tale of divorce and betrayal, the author tells it with her trademark humor and mixes a bit of revenge and sweet justice in for good measure. This one is chick-lit at its best.
Robyn Carr is one of those contemporary romance authors I just never get tired of reading, and her new book The Wanderer is an amazing start to her new Thunder Point series. I loved her long running Virgin River series, and I am happy to report this new book had all the elements I have come to expect from this author - small town charm, quirky characters, wonderful romance, and a little mystery thrown in for good measure. As the story line progressed and I met each character, I found myself identifying them with people I know, or know of, in real life.
Susan Wiggs is my go-to author when I need a lift. I'd been feeling a bit under the weather for the past week so I scooped up Return to Willow Lake, her latest in the Lakeshore Chronicles series. You can tell from the majority of my blog posts that romance is my favorite genre, but Return to Willow Lake is so much more than just a romance novel. This is a book about family and what's really important in life. Sonnet Romano has always been an overachiever. She works in New York at a worldwide agency that helps underprivileged children.
With Valentine's Day just a few days away, I thought it would be a perfect time to highlight what I consider one of the best romantic trilogies I have read in a long time, The Rosewood Trilogy by Laura Moore. I read the first of the trilogy, Remember Me, last summer. The first book introduces you to the Radcliffe sisters, Margot, Jordan, and Jade, with the focus on Margot. At 18 years of age, Margot leaves home to become a model after her father refuses to let her help manage Rosewood, the family horse-breeding farm in Virginia -- and the man she loves has cast her aside.
Another great story by one of my favorite authors. As with her other books, reading Porch Lights made me long to visit the South Carolina Lowcountry, specifically Sullivan's Island, the setting for most of her books and where the author was born and raised. The way she describes the grasslands, amazing sunsets, and the gentle ocean breezes make it sound like paradise.
Silver Sparks by Starr Ambrose is a contemporary romance with lots of "sparks". The story begins with Maggie Larkin being groped by arrogant Hollywood playboy Rafael de Luca (Rafe) in a posh Alpine ski resort in Two Bears Mountain, Colorado. Little does he know that he picked the wrong fiery redhead to try and dazzle with his so-called irresistible charms. When grinding her three-inch heels into his toes doesn't work to fend off his unwanted attentions, Maggie is left no choice but to drive her palm up into his perfect, surgically enhanced, nose to get her point across.
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First time ever for VT!! VT Olympics was held with games such as Tim Tam grab, Thong Fling pictured here, XXXX shooters & Vegemite Bowling. Check out the travelogues below for all the fun. :o)
2 Cruises were organised, 1 to the outter reef for snorkling, diving, coral viewing etc and the other trip, a sailing one to the world renoun famous Whitehaven Beach.
I had been looking so forward to meeting Hansi and the moment finally arrived :o) What a wonderful fella our Hansi is :o)
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Hi Ann These are great picture I like the one of that Whalewiener in the water haha Looks very familiar Ann Great stuffI Thank you your White haven Hansi Pic Ann I LOVE it I had another look Ann what a crazy bunch eh
It looks like the VT crew had a fabulous meet! One day I'm going to make it back to Australia :-)
Sure wish I could teleport myself to Airlie Beach especially Daydream Island.
The blue water and great looking beach bring out the better of the continent. Besides the happy our that you all looked like you were enjoying. The presentation of pictures and comments are very good.
Sounds like you all had a blast! The boardwalk looks perfect for a shady stroll, and Margaritas at Cactus Jacks equally perfect for winding down afterwards ;-)
Hi Ann ..lots of great memories here mate....a fabulous VT meet ,what a great time with great people..thanx for sharing all your wonderful tips and pics..hugs..
When walking along the board walk stop at the Shingley Beach Resort. ther's the nicest boutique in Airlie Beach. This little gem stocks a selection of fashion labels, fashion accessories as well as homewares and gifts.
Ove I know already and now I have adopted Rich... what a couple... gosh... :-P But this is an idea for pics with Rich's card and Ove in Krakow ;-)
HI Ann, thanks for stoppin by my Paris page. Glad you enjoyed it. I think OZ has the best names for cities and towns in the world. Karl
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The Dinner: chicken phad thai at Tup Tim Thai (118 W. Mercer St.).
Gemma LaMana/Columbia Pictures Schoolteacher Diaz receives an education of her own.
The Movie: Bad Teacher at the Meridian (1501 Seventh Ave).
The Screenplate: A lot of lazy critics, myself included, first pegged Bad Teacher as some sort of Bridesmaids wannabe. You know--the sexy starlet, her career in decline, pushing 40, trying to remake herself as a raunchy, Judd Apatow-style broad who lies, curses, chases men for their money, smokes pot in the parking lot outside work, drinks from mini-booze bottles at work (a middle school), and generally debauches herself--only without the nuance and intelligence that Kristen Wiig brought to Bridesmaids. And, admittedly, Diaz is no Wiig, though they're generational sorority sisters, a year apart in age. But despite Diaz's earlier success, with Wiig a newcomer to the A-list, Diaz acquits herself nicely as a high-living hussy suddenly and humiliatingly forced to live on a budget. She goes downmarket, and with gusto. Which gets us to TTT . . .
Elizabeth (Diaz), flaunting her engagement ring in the first few scenes of Bad Teacher, triumphantly quits her teaching gig, then gets dumped by her fiancé. It's crushing but just: She was only after his money. Soon she's back to a flea-ridden apartment, driving a shitty econobox, and, worse, back to teaching, which she hates. There's nothing remotely likable or redeeming about Elizabeth; and this she understands. Her only asset is beauty, not teaching ability. So she decides on a set of fake tits to make herself more competitive among her fellow aging beauty queens who want nothing more than to be trophy wives.
Thus begins Elizabeth's boob-job fund-raising campaign: soliciting bribes from parents in exchange for easy grades for their kids; working at the school car-wash in a pure T&A display that results in tips she pockets in her very short shorts. Again, she's in it purely for the money. No more fancy cars, no more fancy clothes, no more fancy meals until she lands a rich husband.
That's why Elizabeth also might find herself dining at Tup Tim Thai, where the chicken phad thai (with water and white rice) sets you back about $10. There, too, you're left alone to dine in solitary shame (though with many water refills). It's a cheap date for one, where the order comes swiftly, the service is polite, the food is tasty and cheap. It's a rebound kind of a place, where you can brood on your sorrows and scheme your return to the high life--maybe even with a new man.
In this regard, there's a real kinship between Bad Teacher and Bridesmaids, whose heroine (Wiig) has been financially ruined by the failure of her bakery. Annie, like Elizabeth, has had her dreams crushed. Men aren't particularly reliable in either picture; and women seem to be feeling the recession more acutely. Bridesmaids' Annie dallies with a wealthy, self-satisfied lout (Jon Hamm) who treats her terribly. (He's just the kind of guy Elizabeth would go for.) And when Elizabeth in Bad Teacher finds a new rich target (bow-tied fellow teacher Justin Timberlake), he turns out to be a jerk of a different order (a "Poindexter," in Manohla Dargis' perfect phrasing in The New York Times).
Arrogant Elizabeth thinks she deserves caviar, while low-esteem Annie sentences herself to bread crumbs. But both end up getting drunk, disgraced, and belligerent en route to finding more suitable mates . . . and some small amount of wisdom. Both Bad Teacher and Bridesmaids are ultimately formulaic (as is chicken phad thai, for that matter), though the latter, co-written by Wiig and produced by Judd Apatow, is formula of a much higher order. (The two guys responsible for the dreadful Year One, graduates of The Office, wrote Bad Teacher.) The two films are very similar, as both heroines initially resist, then warm to, blue-collar schlubs pointedly lacking money (gym teacher Jason Segel in Bad Teacher, policeman Chris O'Dowd in Bridesmaids).
Is this comeuppance or kismet? Writing for us, Karina Longworth sees Diaz's ordeal as a slutty betrayal of feminist ideals; Elizabeth is punished, by a male-dominated system, for wanting a rich man to take care of her. In the Times, Dargis argues that Diaz is liberated by playing such a crass, comic character. Gender politics don't matter so much, perhaps, in two comedies with exactly the same outcome. I think both critics would agree, as would I, that Bad Teacher is an inferior product that would've been enormously helped by more sisterhood (and rivalry) among Diaz and her co-stars Lucy Punch and Phyllis Smith. Wiig has the benefit of a half-dozen top-notch comedic actresses around her. Diaz has the disadvantage of being a solitary Star, no matter how game her down-and-dirty performance may be. (It would've been great to see her in Bridesmaids; but of course she's already been there and done that in My Best Friend's Wedding.)
Already a Bridesmaids sequel is said to be in the works. Cameron Diaz, call your agent. And if you want to meet with Wiig, I can recommend a nice, cheap Thai place in Lower Queen Anne.


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Of course, the title is referring to Nelson Muntz, but Jimmy Nelson sounds like a sitcom character too. Like the kid who is sweet to the parents, but is really the devil incarnate when no one is looking. Eddie Haskell, if your references go back that far. Fun fact! Chad Billingsley's grandma starred in that show. So, Jimmy Nelson had a solid game last night (6 2/3 IP, 0 ER, 4 baserunners, 4 Ks, and his ERA is down to 3.57), but that's not THAT good (caps for emphasis, not aesthetics). No, but his month of July ERA was 1.64. THAT is THAT good (not for emphasis, but now my autocorrect 'learned' THAT and wants THAT capped and I can't shut THAT off). Where is all of this coming from? Great question, clunky expositional transition! I'd say it's not where it's coming from, but where has it been? Ooh, you like that switcheroo. Nelson had a 1.46 ERA in the PCL with a 9.2 K/9 last year, throws 93 MPH and has worked hard to add a curve that he never had before this year. He feels like a guy that will click at some point, and be a top 20 starter. This year could be rocky still, but I think he's worth trying for a few starts to see if he's already turned that corner. I've been rocking three starters in my RCL league since April, but after streaming Nelson yesterday, I kinda want to hold him. While an Air Supply song plays softly in the background. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Yesterday, the Cubs scored seventeen runs, so enough jibber-jabbering, let's get to it! Starting this whole she bangs, she bangs, Oliver's got bangs in the 2nd inning, Addison Russell (2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs) hit his 5th homer as he continues to hit ninth. Joe Maddoning says he's hitting Addison ninth to take pressure off him. McNulty would call that bunk. (By the by, tell me this doesn't look like McNulty.) Isn't there pressure just being in the major leagues? Did Addison not see how the Cubs pushed aside Javier Baez and Arismendy from year to year? Bunk! Chris Coghlan (2-for-3, 3 runs, hitting .251) needs to hit fifth? David Ross (1-for-5, 1 run) in any lineup should be hitting ninth. There's absolutely no reason Russell should be that low. Move him up! Then Kyle Schwarber went 4-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs in his first major leagues start, and became only the third Cub in their history to have four hits in his first major league start. The other two were two guys you never heard of, which makes this record depressing. Thanks, Elias Sports Bureau! Oh, and there's no pressure on Schwarber as he hits sixth? Okay, I'll let it go. I pray to the deity of your choice that Schwarber gets four hits in every game until Sunday, Miguel Montero stays injured and Epstein says, "Okay, Schwarber schways. He schways! Stays, sorry, it's hard to say anything normal after Schwarber." Then (Yes, it keeps going!) Chris Denorfia went 2-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .396. Put the microwave on defrost and stick in Ted Williams's head! Never to be outdone (or overdue, as the case might be), Anthony Rizzo went 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer. Finally (I'm exhausted!), Kris Bryant (2-for-6, 4 RBIs and his 8th homer) as he grand salami'd in the ninth. You at a 2016 fantasy draft, "I need a Bryant." *Smash* As a pie gets thrown in your face. Five over-the-internet dollars to be paid out in fake installments, if you get that reference. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Member how I was saying yesterday that I owned Zack Cozart in multiple leagues, and he was a top five shortstop this year on our Player Rater, but I didn't really appreciate him? Do I even need to tell you what happened next? Can you guess? If you hold your ear to the computer, does it help you guess? Cozart lunged for the 1st base bag as he was going down the line, hyperextended his knee and is headed to the DL. Einstein was right, "Absence does make the heart grow fonder." Or maybe that was Peabo Bryson. I always confuse those two on attributing quotes. It's usually one or the other. Was it Peabo Bryson who did the theory of relativity? Why can't I spell genius without spellchecker? Questions for another day. One potential fill-in is Ivan De Jesus (1-for-4, 3 RBIs and his 2nd homer). De Jesus now has homers in two of three games, that's twice as many homers as his dad had in his final 600 plate appearances. With Cozart out for who knows how long, De Jesus Jr., or as Christians and Nike marketers like to call him Lil' Jesus, could be the shortstop, but so could Kris Negron (1-for-4). Negron, please! If it's Lil' Jesus, well, it's worse than Negron, please! Lil' Jesus doesn't have much power or speed, while Negron, please, at least swiped 30+ bags one year in the minors. Neither are advisable outside of NL-Only leagues. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
The title comes from Rudyard Gamble's novel about a young Astros prospect named Carlos Correa that is saved by a non-Portuguese man named Jeff. Jeff Luhnow is his full name, and he's the only straight man named Jeff in the northern hemisphere. A point that Rudyard only alludes to in the 4th chapter, when he says, "As he read the Doppler radar outputs that track the ball in three dimensions, Jeff chewed corn from the cob, careful to not disturb his mustache that still had the fragrance of a dame." The adventure novel is full of twists and turns. Correa is signed as a 17-year-old in 2012 and hits, then is called up to Single-A and hits, then is called up to High-A and hits, then is called up to Double-A–Now that I think about it, it's pretty straightforward. Not too many twists. Correa hits everywhere he goes. According to the novel, Correa even succeeds when he comes upon a fellmonger on the Appalachian plain. Rudyard's adventure novel first appeared in serialisation form in SABReader's Digest underneath the horoscope. A fact that once disturbed Rudyard, but when his horoscope read, "The two-plus months of waiting are over, Correa's being called up," even he took pause. Any the hoo! I already went over my Carlos Correa fantasy about two weeks ago. I told everyone to grab him then, so the same holds true now. If you don't think you have room, think of the trouble Jeff, Rudyard and Correa went through to make this possible. Anyway, here's what else I saw this weekend in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Didja you know The Captain from Captain & Tennille's real name is Daryl Dragon? Why would this guy have a nickname? Your name's awesome, you don't get a nickname. Daryl Dragon has bedtime slippers that are cooler than you. Daryl Dragon washes his hands, then breathes a not-very-intense fire on his hands to dry them. Daryl Dragon can't get a speeding ticket. "Okay, Mr. Dragon, I'll let you go this time with a warning because your name is Daryl Dragon." Any the hoo! Michael Pineda continues to dominate sans pine tar fingers. At least I don't think he has pine tar on his fingers. Imagine he was really a Caucasian pulling a fast one? His ERA is now down to 1.93 after a 7 1/3 IP, 0 ER, 1 Hit, 1 Walk, 8 Ks gem. For 2015, I picture him being overdrafted due to the Yankees thing and the insanely low ERA, but it's gonna be hard to be as excited about him due to his 6.30 K-rate, and 3.61 xFIP. You, sir, are no Daryl Dragon. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Recently, Matt Adams and his melon-ball shape has either been dreadful or benched for Daniel Descalso. The only time Descalso should be in front of Adams is in pictures, so the photographer can see him. It's odd to think Fatt Adams isn't getting it done at the plate. I do have a useful suggestion for everyone in Missouri. Send a topless Adams into Ferguson. That would lighten the mood for everyone involved. "I hate your guts!" "Speaking of guts…" And everyone smiles and laughs at the naked fat man. Peace brought to you by the ingestion of copious amounts of lard. Now, instead of Descalso, the Cardinals have a real option to move over moobs, Xavier Scruggs. What? No Crockett? How can the Cardinals go with a platoon of Scruggs and Tubbs? It's crazy talk! Scruggs is A) Old to never be in the majors yet. B) Legit power threat that could hit .190. C) There's no C. He has Quad-A player written all over him, but sometimes Quad-A players are exactly the kind of hitters that excel in September when they're facing a bunch of Quad-A pitchers. Too early outside of NL-Only and deep mixed leagues to worry about Scruggs, but this does put the kibosh on any value Tubbs had, not to mention now he's phantomed-up an oblique injury. Like anyone could even find his oblique! In all but very deep leagues, I'd drop Adams. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Tommy Medica had the game of his life last night, going 5-for-5 with two home runs (5 & 6), 4 runs and 4 RBI. Somebody call a doctor, because Tommy Medica is so sick! Now wait just a minute, hold onto your coffee, and don't drop anything or anyone just yet, (especially not your coffee because that may burn and I can't afford a lawsuit). Medica, who generally sits against righties, has been filling in for Yonder Alonso the past month or so while he's on the shelf. He has squandered the opportunity, batting just .217 with zero homers and 4 RBI in 46 at-bats in July. Even for the Padres, that's barely a major league starter. I guess his hitting coach has been advising him to study Jedd Gyorko early season game tape. More likely than not, Medica will be headed back to the platoon role once Yonder Alonso returns, but the trade of Chris Denorfia could potentially open up some more playing time. Either way, what a game Tommy Boy! Holy schnikes! I added Medica in a few places on the off-chance this performance buys him some more playing time, but I'd keep the expectations low outside NL-Only and deep mixed leagues. For the time being, Tommy Medica is batting 1.000 and slugging 2.200 in August and certainly a name worth monitoring over the weekend.
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In a crazy day of trading, the blockbuster has to be David Price heading to the Tigers. Though, I'm not sure blockbuster is the right word anymore. Blockbuster is so 80's. Blockbuster sold out to a fro-yo chain and is Blockberry now, isn't it? The Netflix deal of the day? The Hulu pause-for-three-ads-every-five-minutes trade of the day? The Redbox snatch and grab? See, I wasn't even talking about the trade in that last one. I wonder if Josh Reddick ever rubs up against a Redbox. Any the hoo! The Tigers rotation is now Price, Anibal, Verlander and Scherzer. Well, you got two aces again! Unless Tim McCarver is announcing and still thinks Verlander and Anibal are aces. As for fantasy, this does nothing to Price's value. Maybe now that he doesn't have a manager pulling names out of a hat for a lineup, he might get a few more wins, but did his bullpen get noticeably better? Eh. Did his division become noticeably easier? Eh, his career ERA vs. the White Sox and Indians is worse than his ERA vs. the Red Sox. That's kinda irrelevant though, these are different teams then he faced previously. In all, it's a solid lateral trade for Price's value, but he was already a top arm in the game. No one is happier to see Price than the Tigers Assistant GM, Ted DiBiase. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Oh, the world we live in today. Computers. Phones. Internet. Baseball followed so adroitly that even the deepest of prospects are owned in NL/AL-only dynasty leagues. It's a wonder any of the farm kids even have and fun with this kind of scrutiny!
But even with all the stats, all the Moneyballs, all the Jonah Hills… We still get a 27-year-old Cuban starter, who had a 6.85 ERA and unreal 2.03 WHIP in 23.2 AAA innings, allow only 1 ER in his first two MLB starts (with a 70 then 58 Gamescore – see what I did with the title there?!). Part of the fun of baseball – on any given day you just never know! Remember when Phil Humber had a perfect game? Exactly.
For just as hard Odrisamer Despaigne has thrust himself into the fantasy baseball lexicon, just as little is known. I remember seeing his name when he was signed, but that's about it. Only 3 Ks in these two great starts, but hey – can't hurt to take a deeper look. Just look at what fellow countryman Roenis Elias is doing, and he had virtually no buzz either. Cubans know what they're doing on the bump! So I picked Despaigne for this glorious Monday's PP and broke down how he looked:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Bauer is back. You have 24 hours to pick him up before someone else does and the terrorists win. Cleveland Indians pitcher/rapper/counter-terrorist Trevor Bauer will be called up to start Tuesday versus the Tigers and likely take over Danny Salazar's spot in the rotation. The third overall pick in 2011, Bauer has filthy stuff, with numerous pitches at his disposal, including that sweet 95-97 mph fastball. He has struggled with control during his brief stints in the majors (7.1 BB/9 in nine major league starts), which has ultimately kept him from finding success in the big leagues. However, in a spot start in early April (6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 ER, 8 K), it seemed like Bauer's command issues were a thing of the past. Granted, that start was against the Padres, but he impressed nonetheless. Although he labored through his latest minors start (5.2 IP, 12 base runners, 6 ER, 4 home runs), the Indians obviously think Bauer is ready to show his stuff, and I don't mean his free-styling ability. Yeah, he raps. Does that make you like him more or less? Not so sure? Maybe you should listen and judge for yourself. He's still not as bad as P. Diddy. Whether you believe T-Bau's a gifted lyricist or not, his 4-1 record, 2.15 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and a 44/14 K/BB ratio in 46.0 IP at Triple-A this season could certainly help out your fantasy pitching staff. If he can pitch twice as good as he can rhyme, Lil' Trev could be headed from the "Gutter to the Grail" like his song. He raps, "From gutter to grail, we rise up to win it/Wahoos on first with his eyes on the pennant." So Trevor Bauer can spit hot fire, let's see him throw some hot fire next week versus Detroit. Based on his upside, he's worth the add in all leagues. To quote the the Notorious T.R.E.V., "Getting filthy with the pitch…getting stupid throwing cheddar," pick up Bauer in your league, cause buying Bauer makes you better.
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An Anchorage jury convicted a man Wednesday on multiple assault charges in a Fairview shooting early last year, in which prosecutors say he fired a gun through an apartment door and a man's neck.
According to a statement from Deputy District Attorney Clint Campion, Elliott Hernandez's guilty verdict -- on one count each of first-degree assault, third-degree assault and third-degree misconduct involving a weapon -- comes after a week-long trial. Court records show that prosecutors dropped a second-degree murder charge in the Jan. 14, 2013 shooting.
In the statement, Campion says Hernandez, 30, had been at an acquaintance's Fairview apartment when he became upset and pulled out a gun.
"(Hernandez) pointed a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun at his acquaintance and threatened to shoot him," Campion wrote. "Hernandez then left the apartment and as he did so, another man slammed the apartment door. This further angered Hernandez, who then shot through the apartment door, striking the man in the neck."
While the wounded man was taken to the hospital, ultimately surviving his injuries, Anchorage police picked up Hernandez in a chase the next day -- as well as a 9-millimeter weapon he had dropped while trying to escape.
"The firearm was compared to a shell casing recovered from the scene of the shooting," Campion wrote. "Bob Shem, a forensic scientist at the Alaska State Crime Lab, determined that the casing recovered from the scene was fired by the firearm that was abandoned by Hernandez."
Hernandez, who had been on probation and parole at the time of the shooting, has been incarcerated since the incident. He faces a minimum sentence of 15 to 20 years, which will be determined by Anchorage Superior Court Judge Larry Card.
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1. UNDP 2009 Middle East Report
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"I have Christian roots and it makes me really happy that I'm able to watch a Christian channel without any problem. So I'm tuning in and watching from early each morning in order to understand Christianity. What better way to spend your retirement could there be? Thank you so much. "Retired teacher in Turkey
"Thank you SAT-7 for your concerns and taking the time to talk about our issues and to all who stand for our cause."Viewer of 'Needle and Thread' episode which highlighted discrimination against Sudanese refugees in Egypt
""Dear brothers and sisters, I live in Azerbaijan and I am the only Christian where I live. I really like this channel and it encourages me so much. May God keep blessing you." "SAT-7 TÜRK viewer
"I feel that the success of SAT‑7's channels is the fruit of the prayers of the people who work for them, and that is how viewers are blessed. It is God's plan to have this channel on air."Mariam, a viewer in Egypt
"SAT-7 reaches our family in this desert to give us hope where there is none. Our kids know Jesus through you and the miracles he is doing... Through this small TV screen, you reach our heart, we hear the news of Heaven and you give us relief, we feel home where we don't feel it and know we have a Big family in Christ, caring and praying and working."A family in Saudi Arabia
"Thank you for today's sermon by Dr Maher Samuel. We really need to hear these words; to change the reality with Jesus living in us and to live the life of victory over sins, the life of sanctification and to return to the Word of God.""Viewer of live service from KDEC church, Cairo
"I started to read the Bible and to watch SAT-7 PARS. Gradually I felt some difference in my heart and realised that I love God. This even changed my mind on emigrating. Therefore I stayed in Iran and now I am one of your viewers. Your programmes are the only source I have to build my faith."A viewer in Tehran
"My family and I came to Christ and we are big fans and regular viewers of SAT-7. God bless you."Man from Morocco
"I would like to thank each one who works on my favourite channel, SAT-7. You are the source of blessing to my life. I pray that the Lord bless you and use you more for His glory."A Syrian woman
"Yesterday evening I came across you while channel surfing. I watched a couple of very nice programmes. I especially liked the movie explaining the Prophet Abraham's life. I had previously read the Bible, but I do not really understand, are you able to help me?"Student in Turkey
"I am touched by the sermons that I'm watching every Friday. I'm not able to go to church but God has opened a door for me to attend a church service in my house every week! I never thought that one day I would see bold Algerians worshipping the Lord and not afraid to be shown on TV."An Algerian viewer
"Finally, a Syrian programme has come to us! May God bless you and use you to the glory of His name."A viewer of 'Just for You'
"I came across Levent Kinran's programme on your channel. For years, there have been some issues that really bothered me, and he gave great answers to them. Is there a book that I can read? I love the Christian faith very much, but there is a lot of pressure from my family. My Dad especially doesn't like having the Bible in the house."A viewer in Turkey
"I would like to thank you for your marvellous efforts in serving our children. Enough to say that we leave them in front of SAT-7 KIDS with full trust of your commitment to supplement our parenting."Parent in Egypt
"Five years ago I started seeking for the truth in different religions. I was lost, confused and wanted to reach out to God. I really needed comfort and peace. Thank God I found peace and the truth through the programmes and the songs on my favourite channel SAT-7."A woman from Saudi Arabia
"I'm Maya, 3 and a half years old from Amman, watching your bedtime story every night and can't go to bed before listening to your stories. Mama also watching with me."From a young child in Jordan