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For the seventh time in eighth meetings, the Tigers have ended a fine softball season by St. John.
Thursday afternoon at the Art Teynor Complex, an Irish throwing error with two outs in the top of the eighth inning gave Strasburg the only run it would need for a 1-0 triumph in a Division IV district final.
The Tuscarawas County squad has defeated the Irish nine times from 2003-08 and in 2010.
With the heartbreaking setback, St. John concluded a superb 25-4 season. All four losses came by a total of five runs.
"We could've won any one of those games, if not all of them," veteran St. John coach Jerry Magistro said. "There wasn't a game we got beat legitimately from our scrimmages until now, but that doesn't win you games.
"It just seems like something wacky happens up here every year," he continued. "The girls played their hearts out. What are you going to do?"
With juniors Kristina LaRocca (Strasburg) and Hannah Absalom (St. John Central) having their way inside the circle, neither team could muster any type of offense as baserunners were at a premium.
With one out in the top of the eighth, Melissa Cregan bunted for a single. On the very next pitch, Tia Burlingame grounded a single just past Kaydie Coppa at second as Cregan hustled to third.
Burlingame took second on the throw to third. Caitlin Gessner was then walked to load the bases.
The strategy seemed to work as Absalom got Ariel Jones to pop up her bunt attempt. Sophomore catcher Morgan DeLuca sprung from behind the plate to snag the ball for the second out, but her throw to third trying to double off Cregan was off the mark as Cregan raced home.
St. John Central had one at last chance, but Kristen Russell's drive to deep left-center was gloved by a tumbling Ashleigh Moore for the first out. LaRocca ended the game with a popup to second.
"That was probably one of the best hits of the game," Magistro allowed. "That girl made a heckuva catch in left field. She saved the game right there. That's an easy double for sure there, and then you don't know what happens after that.
"I still think that we are a good enough team to go on and play against anybody, I don't care who they are," Magistro added. "We've proved that all year long that we can play with anybody.
"I think this district is the toughest in Division IV," he noted.
"Year-in and year-out the winner of this district usually wins the region and then the state."
The loss ended the 4-year careers of Russell and Coppa.
"You couldn't ask for a better pair of seniors," Magistro offered.
"They are great kids and come from great backgrounds. They did everything I asked of them. They will be missed.
"These underclassmen didn't want this to end for the seniors. They wanted to keep playing for them."
Absalom finished with six strikeouts and the one walk, which was actually intentional, allowing four singles.
The Irish received base hits from Caitlin Sliva, Sydney Helms and Kyleigh Falcone.
LaRocca fanned seven and didn't walk a batter.


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From the street-level open-air bar to the grand marble staircase leading up to the dark, sexy dining room and lounge, you'd never guess this used to be a Staples. To transform it, design gurus AvroKO employed intricate cabinetry, dividing screens and handblown glass lighting fixtures, illustrating the miracle of what happens when you combine able imaginations and elbow grease. Quality Italian is the sister restaurant to Michael Stillman's Quality Meats and attracts the same sort of swanky, business crowd. The most talked about dish is the pizza-sized, shareable, cheese-draped chicken parmigiana (which is sliced with a pizza wheel). Lighter options include gnudi with corn, pistachios, basil and black pepper—an ethereal marvel. The steakhouse theme comes through with a number of chops, porterhouse for two and reinvented old-school favorites like baked clams and chopped salad topped with a fried onion ring.


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Those of you that have been keeping up closely with the feud between the two brothers, a rematch at Wrestlemania between Cody Rhodes and Goldust is currently in the works. There are now talks that a special stipulation could be added to bring even further interest from the audience. Rumors are stating that WWE could have this become a retirement match. While he has denied it publicly, the older Rhodes brother is expected to retire.
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iTunes' top single downloads this week:
1. "Wrecking Ball," Miley Cyrus
2. "Roar," Katy Perry
3. "Royals," Lorde
4. "Wake Me Up," Avicii
5. "Applause," Lady Gaga
6. "Berzerk," Eminem
7. "Hold On, We're Going Home (feat. Majid Jordan)," Drake
8. "Holy Grail (feat. Justin Timberlake)", JAY Z
9. "Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)," Robin Thicke
10. "That's My Kind of Night," Luke Bryan
iTunes' top album downloads this week:
1. "Midnight Memories," One Direction
2. "Kiss Land," The Weeknd
3. "Nothing Was the Same," Drake
4. "Fuse," Keith Urban
5. "B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME," 2 Chainz
6. "AM," Arctic Monkeys
7. "Yours Truly," Ariana Grande
8. "The Electric Lady," Janelle Monae
9. "Crash My Party," Luke Bryan
10. "Atmosphere (Deluxe Version)," Kaskade
Google Play top single downloads this week:
1. "Royals," Lorde
2. "Wrecking Ball," Miley Cyrus
3. "Holy Grail," Jay-Z
4. "Roar," Katy Perry
5. "Berzerk," Eminem
6. "That's My Kind of Night," Luke Bryan
7. "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons
8. "Applause," Lady Gage
9. "Wake Me Up," Avicii
10. "Hold On, We're Going Home," Drake
Google Play top album downloads this week:
1. "MMG Presents: Self Made, Vol. 3," Various
2. "Born The Die," Lana Del Rey
3. "From Here To Now," Jack Johnson
4. "The Love Club EP," Lorde
5. "Off The Beaten Path," Justin Moore
6. "Kiss Land," The Weeknd
7. "B.O.A.T.S. II #METIME," 2 Chainz
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History | Anniversary of Gettysburg battle brings thousands to commemorate Civil War's climatic moment
"Charging for history" Continued...
GETTYSBURG, Pa.—"Attention, Brigade! Forward, March!"
With those words, thousands on Wednesday afternoon began a nearly mile-long trek across a Pennsylvania field in commemoration of the most famous moment in the Civil War's most famous battle.
The 150th anniversary of what became known as Pickett's Charge drew thousands of history buffs from all over the world for an unforgettable prelude to Independence Day. On the same day and hour of the July 3, 1863, attack, the crowd at the Gettysburg National Military Park walked in the footsteps of the Confederate soldiers who endured shot, shell, and shrapnel as they assaulted three divisions of the Union Army waiting a mile away on a hill ominously named Cemetery Ridge.
When they came out of the trees here 150 years ago, it was a watershed moment in American history. Troy Harman, a park ranger, told the visitors he led in the memorial march that the field was a part of the nation's collective DNA.
More than 200,000 visitors are expected to visit the sprawling battlefield during the 10 days of events here that began on June 29 and end Sunday. With area hotels booked months in advance, some tourists are sleeping in their cars.
"There is a pull to Gettysburg," said Rae Egglestone, 32, who traveled from Cheshire, England, and had spent the last three days in a tent on the battlefield.
In 1863, more than 165,000 soldiers from both armies descended on this tiny town that had a population then of just 2,400. During three days of fighting, the soldiers fired 7 million bullets in the fields, ridges, orchards, and streets surrounding the town. When the battle ended, 51,000 were dead, wounded, missing, or captured, making Gettysburg the bloodiest battle ever fought on U.S. soil.
Its climax, and the centerpiece of this commemoration, was Pickett's Charge. The Confederates briefly penetrated Union lines during the doomed assault. To many historians it marked the closest the South came to victory during the four-year struggle that ended in 1865.
With their bayonets shining in the afternoon sun, the Confederates, more than 12,000 strong and spread out over a mile, had little protection when they stepped out into the vast open field. When the Union line opened up on them, the thickening banks of black smoke obscured the sun and forced soldiers to shoot at the only thing they could see: the feet of their enemies. One 16 by 14 plank of fence was later found to have 836 bullet holes in it.
The Union army came closest to being broken on July 3. But it held. And when the Confederates retreated, they left a field covered with discarded guns, blankets, canteens, and haversacks scattered among the scores of dead and wounded.
"It was the bloodiest and most desperate battle in this bloody and desperate war," wrote a Civil War correspondent.
One Virginia regiment charged with 200 men and came back with 10. When a retreating general was stopped and asked where his brigade went, he wordlessly pointed to the sky.
"Not all the glory in the world can atone for the widows and orphans this days has made," said the charge's namesake, Gen. George Picket, who lost two-thirds of his listed strength in just one afternoon.
Now, 150 years later, thousands began their own march by taking off their hats and waving them in the air while giving a 21st century version of the Rebel Yell.
"Dress your lines! Dress your lines," Harman, the park ranger, told his group, ordering them to stay in straight rows, shoulder to shoulder. But that was hard to do with so many of the participants in this modern march snapping photos with smart phones and shooting videos with their iPads. One marcher yelled that the commemorative charge was trending on Twitter. Missing from this march was the artillery fire of 150 years ago that rained down the ranks, cutting some Confederate soldiers in half.
"You guys look good," Harman said. "This is a fit group."
Among those following Harman was Dianne Walsh, 67, of West Chester, Pa. On this day back in 1863, Walsh's great-great grandfather, Calvin Parker, marched across these same fields as part of a Confederate regiment from Virginia. Having already survived wounds from two previous battles, Parker, then a 26-year-old corporal, was hit in the leg during Pickett's charge. Left where he fell on the field for two days, including a rainy Fourth of July, Parker endured a Union surgeon sawing off his wounded leg on July 7. He survived and was promoted to sergeant major for his actions to protect his company's colors. But he never fought again.
"I always wanted to know where he was when the charge started," Walsh said. "I couldn't help but think he was up there watching me."
As today's visitors marched and cheered across the field, a group nearly as large waited for them where the Union army stood in 1863.
Randy and Kay Hunsaker, both in their 50s, spent five days driving from Billings, Mont., to be here for Pickett's Charge. They arrived at the battlefield on Wednesday at 6 a.m., staking out a spot at the center of what was the Union line. There they sat on their blue folding chairs for nine hours until the 3 p.m. commemorative charge, fishing out bottles of water from their cooler and offering some to those around them.
"It was worth it," said Kay Hunsaker. "Can you imagine that day, hunkering down behind these rocks and they are coming at you firing bullets? What terror those soldiers must have experienced."
Back on the field, Harman, the park ranger, urged his group ahead. The summer humidity led to a few casualties but not the carnage of 150 years ago.
"This is where they started running," Harman told his group as it was about two-thirds to the Union line. "But we won't do that."
It took about twenty minutes for the visitors to get across the field. That is about the same amount of time it took the soldiers back in 1863. Then Pickett's division lost about 60 percent of its men. Some of the bones of the dead are still buried on the field, Harman told his group.
"That is why this is sacred ground," he said.
This time, no hand-to-hand combat occurred. Instead both those who marched representing Confederates and those who waited representing the Union forces shook hands, applauded and cheered. They then stood silently, taking off their hats, as a series of buglers in Civil War-era uniforms played "Taps."
Most of the hundreds of re-enactors here, enduring the humidity in period wool uniforms, had a little more grey hair than the 18- to 20-year-olds who did most of the fighting 150 years ago. Today's re-enactors included John Grant Griffiths of Fredericksburg, Va., who will turn 75 in two weeks. He missed out on the 100th anniversary here, even though he participated in other centennial re-enactments at other battlefields back in the early 1960s. A re-enactor since 1956, he started out as a Confederate clad in grey because it was hard to get blue wool at the time. The 150th anniversary of Gettysburg was a redemption of sorts for Griffiths. He has since switched to the Union side, and for good reason.
Griffiths said he had three ancestors in the Union army, including Union General Ulysses S. Grant, who led the Union to victory in 1865. Griffiths said Grant is his great-great grandfather on his mother's side.
"My other ancestors included an assistant surgeon and a private," Griffiths said while leaning on a wooden cane and chomping on an apple. Chunks of the fruit fell as he talked, getting stuck in his thick grey bread. Griffiths himself is a private in his reenactment unit. "I don't want to be promoted, I'm perfectly happy as a private."
Asked if he planned on making the 200th anniversary in 2063, Griffiths replied: "I hadn't planned that far ahead."
After this year's memorial charge, visitors seemed reluctant to leave the area called the "high water mark of the confederacy." A man wearing a Rebel uniform played the fiddle while nearby another man wearing Union blue played a flute. Other tourists, cradling Confederate, Union, or state flags, swapped stories about their Civil War ancestors, read the many stone battlefield monuments or peppered park rangers with questions. Some just sat on rocks or leaned against cannons and stared out into the distance, reflecting over the ground they had just walked in the shadow of history and taking away hopeful lessons for the future.
"You hear on the news today that you've never seen our country so divided," said 54-year-old Tom Viezer from Cincinnati, Ohio, who has spent 11 years as a re-enactor and first came to Gettysburg as an 8-year-old boy in 1968. He went home and tried to recreate the battlefield using rocks in his backyard. "But here was a time when they were shooting at each other."
After the commemorative charge, many of the re-eanctors began to pack up the period white tents. They had spent three days sleeping on the rain-soaked ground.
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Low-wage workers may find coverage out of reach
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON — It's called the Affordable Care Act, but President Barack Obama's health care law may turn out to be unaffordable for many low-wage workers, including employees at big chain restaurants......
uglydude, well we agree on one thing!
But I do NOT agree on regulation, what we need is LESS regulation.
Regulation is the problem NOW, a handful of insurance companies OWN each state as "Government Approved" providers.
Each state is different.
We should let virtually every insurance company to compete in EVERY state and the competition will drive the prices down.
But I DO agree the government needs to HELP with the PRE-EXISTING condition crowd because NO insurance company wants that big money loser.
So put together a POOL of insurance companies and take $25 BILLION of the of $140 BILLION of Stimulus that was NOT spent and use it to subsidize the LOSS for the companies in the Pool.
Work WITH the insurance companies, not AGAINST them.
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How do you regulate a business to provide a service at s specific profit margin when that business's investors have the option of taking their money out of the business and investing their money in another business venture that would provide a larger profit margin?
If more money is to be made elsewhere, the investments will follow, and the "believers" will get their single-payer (think taxpayer funded) healthcare plan.
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oh I'm sure it's going to be a mess Wraith.Simple solution..regulate the health insurance industry. make them offer a fair service for a fair price while still allowing them to make a fair profit. I know nobody like the word regulate but it sure would be a lot better than this mess will be unless your the CEO of a health insurance company. Seriously..how many health insurance providers go bankrupt a year? Insurance has always been rigged by the provider so that they make hundreds of billions in profits. I don't mind paying I just hate paying for nothing. Just force them to put a % of the profit back into services. Instead we get this mess because all of the politicians are on the take and regulating the health insurance industry will never happen. In my opinion it's the right thing to do. of course opinions are like A holes. we all have one and they all stink to some one.
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sad for American's not to care for each other and only themselves ? whoa there. If you hold your wallet out long enough, it will be taken and no "Thank You " note will be in the mail.
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shazam. how about health care only be available to those over age 45 ? That way, the truly you know, will---- you know.
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Most of these folks will be covered by Medicaid at little or no cost to them going forward. that is the key. Abolish Medicaid and you eliminate much of the problem.
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all men are not created equal. They have similar physical recognition early on. The life looks them in the eye.
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Finally,getting sick sounds pleasurable.
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wonderwhy: You have to be a democrat operative, no free-thinking person could harbor your beliefs. However it is possible that you could be an easily manipulated person who believes every feel-good bit of propaganda that your are fed. In any event your commentary is devoid of any value.
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great many of you need to read or re-read the laws of this. if your only goal in life it doom and gloom..wow. sorry.
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so so much hot air being blow. sad for American's not to care for each other and only themselves.
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uglyass, the IRS sets the cost of insurance for a family of 4 at $20,000.
That is what the FINE is going to be if you DON'T buy insurance.
So how "affordable" is the Affordable Care Act?
Can't afford, now you just don't have care.
Can't afford it under Obamascare, you go to JAIL!
That's Improvement??
Dems are bailing on this turkey in an election year like the Passengers on the Titanic.
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the current system... Can't afford a lawyer..the court will provide you with one. can't afford a doctor...your screwed. the bad part is the people who get screwed are hard working private payers that buy their health care on the open market. We are taxed to cover every all of the dead beats and pay for all of the public employees and politicians plans while we struggle to meet premiums that that are out are unreal with deductibles so high we never use it. it's basically so ?? the bills are paid when you die and they can't put liens on your property?? My life insurance will take care of that. Screw them..until they come up with a better deal I quit. Some one else can carry the dead beats.
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@wonderwhyyouranidiot. It's called freedom of speech you moron. Just because you love our worthless president doesn't mean I have to. You are also brilliant because you end your posts with your wonderwhy every time. On my worse day of my life I will be smarter than you because I never voted for the moron either time. He is putting our country in a shambles and you like him. Doesn't say a good thing for you. Oh and by the way, I don't like you either. Anyone who supports someone that is ruining our country is not for me. He is a crook, con man and a liar.
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The folks not included in Medicare and Medicaid will receive subsidies for private insurance based on income; correct. This still puts the Feds is control of pricing. A national system will soon follow. The days of big hospital executive salaries are over. The doctors will go for salaries vs fees.
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0 for 3 on just one post! Just pack it in!
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"Finally, all Americans will have the opportunity to have health care. "
"the CBO projects that under Obamacare over the next decade, the number of uninsured will never fall below 30 million. Here are the year-by-year projections from the report:
2013 - 55,000,000
2014 - 44,000,000
2015 - 37,000,000
2016 - 31,000,000
2017 - 30,000,000
2018 - 30,000,000
2019 - 30,000,000
2020 - 30,000,000
2021 - 31,000,000
2022 - 31,000,000
2023 - 31,000,000
Google "Table 1. CBO's May 2013 Estimate of the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage"
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More from Open Secrets - Lawyers & Lobbyists: Top Recipients
1 Obama, Barack (D) $27,984,217
2 Romney, Mitt (R) $15,814,511
3 Gillibrand, Kirsten (D-NY) Senate $2,573,230
4 Kaine, Tim (D-VA) $2,333,541
5 McCaskill, Claire (D-MO) Senate $2,296,436
6 Nelson, Bill (D-FL) Senate $2,272,938
7 Warren, Elizabeth (D-MA) $2,249,430
8 Brown, Sherrod (D-OH) Senate $1,830,290
9 Tester, Jon (D-MT) Senate $1,721,818
10 Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) Senate $1,627,852
ONE Repub in the top ten!!!
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"Starts with Insurance companies, and big Pharma. They lobby, (Mitch McConnell got the most from both)."
From Open Secretsdot org. Health: Top Recipients;
1 Obama, Barack (D) $18,933,522
2 Romney, Mitt (R) $18,759,333
3 Hatch, Orrin G (R-UT) Senate $1,446,172
4 Brown, Scott (R-MA) Senate $1,306,213
5 Boehner, John (R-OH) House $1,248,682
6 Menendez, Robert (D-NJ) Senate $1,236,222
7 Perry, Rick (R) $1,234,032
8 Paul, Ron (R) House $1,080,625
9 Nelson, Bill (D-FL) Senate $1,005,107 10 Boustany, Charles W Jr (R-LA) House $967,250
McConnell is not even in the Top Ten!!
R's did get 55% to 45% edge in contributions in the 2012 cycle but D's held an edge the previous 2 elections. McConnell is not even the top recipient in the Senate w/ two Dems and two Rep's in front of him!
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"Considering the USA is ranked 37 in health care, clearly we have a problem"
From FactCheckdotorg, "The No. 37 figure comes from a 2000 World Health Organization report that attempted to grade nations' health care according to five factors and assign an overall ranking to each. One problem is that the report is nine years old (actually 13 now) and hasn't been updated since",
"Bialik quotes the editor in chief of the report, Philip Musgrove, as saying that the figures that resulted from these assumptions are "so many made-up numbers." Musgrove, deputy editor of Health Affairs, calls the end result "nonsense ranking" and the very attempt to rank health care systems "a fool's errand."
Fool's errand indeed!!
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yes: The Feds will have enormous control of pricing going forward via Medicare and Medicaid. They will dictate rates. The providers will have to settle for less. The public not included will demand a public system soon; as we should have.
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Arizona will expand Medicaid to cover nearly 300,000 poor residents next year after a bipartisan coalition passed a measure backed by Gov. Jan Brewer (R) through the state legislature on Thursday.
Brewer, a conservative and avowed foe of President Barack Obama's health care reform law, announced her support for the Medicaid expansion in January, but faced stiff resistance from fellow Republicans in Arizona's House and Senate. During a marathon session that began Wednesday afternoon and stretched into the wee hours of Thursday morning before culminating in a final vote late Thursday afternoon, a handful of Republicans joined Democrats in the House and Senate to pass the Medicaid expansion.
Although Obama's health care law continues to divide elected officials and the public along starkly partisan lines, Brewer is one of nine Republican governors who have bucked their party and embraced the Medicaid expansion.
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Wonerliar, All men are CREATED equal.
That does NOT mean that attain equal results.
Or Earn or Afford equal health care.
Should every man be enttitled to a reliable car? 3 square meal a day
All HONORABLE causes but as the Bible says " Those who do not work, do not eat"
You know, that book that you and other witches burn under your cauldron.
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bud: They can get Medicaid free now. It is income based and very liberal.
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Most of these folks will be covered by Medicaid at little or no cost to them going forward.
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Dorothy F. O'Keefe, 79, of Kingsley, passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at the Kingsley Nursing and Rehab Center in Kingsley, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Kingsley, Iowa. Burial will be at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation begins at 4:00 p.m. Monday, October 10 with a Rosary at 4:00 p.m. an the family present 5:00-7:00 p.m. and a Scripture Service at 7:00 p.m. all at the St. Michael's Catholic Church in Kingsley. The Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, Iowa is handling funeral arrangements.
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In his forthcoming autobiography "Open" Andre Agassi admits to using crystal meth in 1997.
The first mention of this revelation was in a tweet by Sports Illustrated writer Richard Deitsch earlier today and was later confirmed by The New York Daily News who spoke to a publicist at Knopf, publisher of the book. Incidentally, the tweet by Deitsch has since been removed but was published here. Gotta love the internets.
Many people have found it to be surprising, even shocking, to hear this news. I wonder if it's the type of drug, crystal meth, that has people confounded. Maybe we'd all feel a little more indifferent if it was marijuana, or even cocaine, Andre admitted to using. We're used to those drugs in tennis.
Athletes are normal, albeit gifted, people living extraordinary lives which just means they have greater access to things we could or would do if given the opportunity. We don't like to like to imagine our heroes are prone to the same struggles and pitfalls we're all confronted with in our own lives. But they are.
I'd be more surprised if I peeked in and found only good, clean living over the span of an athlete's lifetime. This news? Not so much.
"Open" will be released on November 9.
UPDATE: Andre admits to lying to ATP officials after testing positive for crystal meth saying he ingested it by drinking from an associate's "spiked soda." The ATP reviewed the case and threw it out. He also admits he's always secretly hated playing tennis but lived in fear of his violent father.
UPDATE #2: Andre was asked about fan reaction to his drug use - "I was worried for a moment, but not for long. ... I wore my heart on my sleeve and my emotions were always written on my face. I was actually excited about telling the world the whole story." (via People.com)
UPDATE #3: WADA wants an explanation.
(Photo: Knopf)
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
(UPDATED) THE LOW DOWN: Agassi's meth admission
In his forthcoming autobiography "Open" Andre Agassi admits to using crystal meth in 1997.
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I wonder when he started loving tennis because you don't play till age 36 if you hate the sport.ReplyDelete
Also, somewhere Martina Hingis is fucking pissed!
I want to be like Andre especially because how much he devotes himself to all his children in the school in Las Vegas. He is free to have used whatever he wants in 1977. I hate lies, but he's not perfect. And I like honesty, even though it's two decades late.ReplyDelete
Doping would have pissed me off, if I found out that he cheated. Or God forbid, if I ever found that Rafa cheated, that would totally burst my bubble.
I've never tried anything, too chicken to even smoke a cigarette. But I guess you could find other vices.
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2009 at 1:39 AM
I'm of the opinion that unless it is a performance enhancing substance, what they put up their noses is their own business.ReplyDelete
Personally I'd like to see them all on ket or mushrooms trying to play a match, perhaps a, 'Lack of Inhibition Exhibition' that would be hilarious. One player trying to serve while the other is laughing at their hands.
But anyway, yes, it is the fact he took crystal meth of all things that is the most shocking. The man could afford something decent.
As in general tennis palyers don't tend to drop dead in droves of pulmonary embolisms or obscure nasty cancers in the thirties (have a look at cycling), it has been clean, I hope it stays that way.
t (not that t above though, hello fellow letter).
- AnonymousOctober 28, 2009 at 5:52 AM
That is the most unattractive pic of Andre I've ever seen.ReplyDelete
Cheap Marketing trick. I'm not buying the book anyway.ReplyDelete
Def agree--Totally not shocking.ReplyDelete
I flove that pic of Andre. We are looking right into his soul, warts and all.
I gotta admit, though, I love Andre. I hated him at first, but grew to love him as he matured and became an actual real, live human being right in front of our eyes.
I always hated Pete and loved Andre. If Pete ran into a burning building, saved a little girl, and her puppy and kitten, then ran back to get her favorite doll, I would find a way to hate him for it. If Andre started the fire, I would find a reason to justify him starting it. Then I would love him more.
Honestly? It doesn't bother me. If it had happened when he was winning slams, maybe, but 1997 was a piss poor year for him. He was clearly under a lot of pressure and made a few mistakes, just like we all do. I'm just glad he managed to get himself out of it...ReplyDelete
And I totes agree with natch - I LOVE andre. I don't think I've ever criticised him...
LOVE andre. The meth doesn't bother me. The quasi-tacky weave incident for some reason is MUCH more disturbing.ReplyDelete
I know! Him wearing a rug while playing tennis WAS shocking!
It also gave me a great idea for my Halloween costume...;)
Why did he wait to the publishing of his book to come out?ReplyDelete
first Phelps now Agassi... it would be better to make an example of someone who actually did *worse* after ingesting an illegal drugReplyDelete


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The finance ministry is also hopeful that the full year target for Rs 7,820.02 crore from PPF contributions is also likely to be met. There has been a resurgence in small saving schemes such as the PPF over the last few due to high inflation that has made fixed deposits relatively unattractive, pointed out a senior government official.
The returns on these instruments, which were once seen by investors as their greatest drawback, is now being considered by investors as safe and stead, the official argued.
While the vastly popular PPF offers an interest rate of 8.7 per cent, the 10-year National Savings Certificate has a return of 8.8 per cent and even plain vanilla products like the one year time deposit offer a return of 8.2 per cent this fiscal. Along with this, the schemes also have hefty tax benefits.
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Songs for the Season: Library Carols!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Merry Librarian!
Have you ever had a bad day at the library, and wished it could be brightened by song? Well, Merry happens to know a gifted lyricist who has turned three bad-day-at-the-library stories into hilarious songs set to the tunes of popular holiday music. We encourage you to sing along with us as we celebrate the season with these fun new library carols! (The lyrics were composed by Jennifer Stafford. For more information on our talented friend, check out her website here!)
"Johnny the College Student"
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"I worked at a community college library in the USA. I was helping a male patron in his twenties at the stand-up reference computer terminal with rushing students walking past us between classes.
A woman walked by us and told my male patron in a loud voice, "You'd better go and see "so and so" because she's pregnant and she says the baby is yours".
I don't think the guy batted an eyelash, but it did disrupt our reference conversation. There is no distinction these days between public and private conversations." ~"Jacqueline"
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"Johnny, the College Student"
(To the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
Johnny the college student
Had a kind of wild night,
And when he was in public
All his secrets came to light.
All of the other patrons
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Was about to be "that guy."
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A lady came to say,
"Johnny with your past so bad,
You're about to be a dad!"
Then how poor Johnny grimaced
As a blush crept to my face,
Johnny the college student,
The library is not the place!
"I Hate Books!"
The Story…
Yesterday at the library the machines failed us. The computers were down most of the day. Ignorant, I arrived for the evening shift I passed some giddy day shift people. They laughed at me as they left. "Get ready for a nightmare," one said. Once inside I see that there are towers of vertically stacked books, on armies of trucks. I find out the only thing worse than the library not being able to check in books all day, is the moment when you can check everything in after such a glitch.
We start checking in movies, cds, books transforming vertical stacks to the more processed and evolved horizontal stacks. The phone is ringing, people have noticed their books haven't been checked in. "Are you going to charge me?" "Are you open Veteran's Day?" "Have you seen my laptop charger?" People stick their heads in the book slots to describe the horror of how the automated handling system has mistreated them. The automated machine flays books and gets jammed in its unrestrained joy to be online again.
As I check in books I come across a children's book called "I Hate Books!" I read the title aloud, and I feel great joy. I find the louder I say it, the happier I feel. I hold it up to a coworker and say "Look Joe! I Hate Books!" Joe says, "I Hate Books!" Uma joins us in the "I Hate Books!" chorus. There are so many ways to say it. I like really emphasizing the Aaaaa sound. It can be said staccato like pent up rage boiling over, or whispered like a dark secret.
A librarian walks by and sees the fitful giggling and can just feel our delight. She comments, "You guys are always having such fun in circulation."
Yes. Yes we are. ~"Jasmine"
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"I Hate Books"
(To the tune of "Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!")
The computerized check-in failed us,
All books flew in and nailed us,
It's just as bad as it looks…
I hate books! I hate books! I hate books!
I see books piled to the ceiling,
And I have a sinking feeling.
And the patrons all think we're crooks.
I hate books! I hate books! I hate books!
When we finally make it work,
Then it jams and the books start to shred.
And I want to tell this pesky jerk
That slot is for books, not your head!
At the height of our frustration
They say it's fun in circulation
It's not as fun as it looks–
I hate books! I hate books! I hate books!
"Walnut Bashing"
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The children's librarian has a line of people waiting for help. Things are rather hectic, children scrambling about, various people talking, normal chaos that is the children's section of the Cupertino library. A series of loud noises catches the librarian's attention and she sees that it is a woman banging the stapler on the desk. A longer take reveals that it is a woman trying to crack open a walnut with the library's stapler. ~"Joyce"
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"Walnut Bashing"
(To the tune of "Ding Dong Merrily on High")
Who brings walnuts in their purse?
We think someone should smack her!
When things couldn't get much worse,
Our stapler's a nutcracker!
There's shells in circulation.
There's no sane explanation.
Thank you, Jennifer, for your fabulous lyrical contributions to The Merry Librarian!
We wish you all a very joyful holiday season!
Send your stories to us at email@example.com!
5 Responses to "Songs for the Season: Library Carols!"
Ho ho ho … thanks for the laugh!
I love the library carols! Hilarious and well composed. Definitely made my season brighter…haha!
Great job! (Tim and Eric Awesome show!!) I see a definite future here with this new gig. Let us know when your next CD comes out.
I absolutely loved these! After sharing them all around the library I went home and sang them to my partner and we laughed and laughed!


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LEXINGTON, Va., April 15, 2013 – Regardless of how good a shape a cadet is in, hauling and chopping wood for extended periods of time is exhausting. Six cadets got to feel that exhaustion during Spring FTX at New Market April 8 and 9.
With the warm, arguably hot, weather finally arrived, the cadets traveled to New Market to help the Virginia Museum of the Civil War in its preparation for a Civil War re-enactment scheduled for May 18 and 19.
Maj. Troy Marshall, museum site director, put the cadets to work on piles of logs that needed to be cut into fireplace-size pieces for use by the 600 to 700 re-enactors. Throughout the morning, the cadets used mauls, axes, and a hammer and splitter to reduce the logs to firewood.
"What this does is save us … literally having to go out and spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars for firewood," said Marshall.Some logs were easier to split then others. Pithy woods and stubborn knots sometimes slowed the process, but persistence paid off and the cadets eventually became less visible, blocked by the growing piles of chopped wood. There was much sweat and much accomplished.
"It's just a small price to pay to come out here and have the tradition going," said Cadet Clayton White '15, a mechanical engineering major.
The FTX assignment was also an extension of Park Day, held April 6. This annual event, organized by the Civil War Trust, has been going on since 1996 and allows people to help with maintenance-related duties on Civil War battlefields and historic sites. The FTX activity also gives cadets an opportunity to be present at New Market.
"I think it's vital as much as possible to get the cadets up here," said Marshall. "It's good for the public to see the cadets."Helping that day were cadets Fred Wang '13, Sean Purnell '13, Jonathan Hampton '13, Abhimanyu Trikha '14, White, and Nicholas Dreybus '15. "Anything we can do to connect the Institute to the battlefield is vital for us," said Marshall.
"It's all for a good cause," said Chad Phillips, grounds worker and maintenance supervisor. Phillips also chopped wood and used a chainsaw to create more manageable pieces for the cadets to chop.
Working at New Market reminded the cadets of the 10 who died as a result of the Battle of New Market in 1864.
"It's nice to be able to give back, especially for those [who] … committed so much," said White.
Added Wang, "New Market holds a special significance in the hearts of VMI cadets."
These six cadets were among many who fanned out into the community during Spring FTX. They assisted with events including VMI's 10K/half-marathon Torch Run, Special Olympics, the Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair, the Nabors Service League Children's Carnival, and Shredding Saturday with Rockbridge County Recycling. In addition, they worked with children in schools including Mountain View Elementary, Central Elementary, Fairfield Elementary, Natural Bridge Elementary, Rockbridge Middle, Maury River Middle, Rockbridge County High, and the Boys' Home in Covington, Va. Cadets also worked at Boxerwood Nature Center and Woodland Garden, Rockbridge Area Hospice, Project Horizon, Rockbridge Area YMCA, and Rockbridge SPCA.
But for the six, helping out was one more opportunity to be a part of the New Market story. As Marshal put it, New Market is "their battlefield."
– H. Lockwood McLaughlin


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Body Buyer's Guide 2013Written on February 15, 2013
Brookville Roadster offers reproduction bodies for '28-29 Model A roadsters, '30-31 Model A roadsters, '28-29 Model A roadster pickups, '30-31 Model A roadster pickups, '32 roadsters, '32 roadster pickups, and the popular '32 three-window coupe. All new is a full-fendered '32 roadster pickup and a unique pickup bed and fender package for '32-33 closed-cab Ford trucks. Brookville also offers fenders, aprons, splash panels, and accessories to build these bodies as full-fendered cars in most cases. Complete chassis/body starter packages are also available to accelerate your new rod project.
Brookville Roadster Inc.
(866) 961-7722
The Dearborn Deuce convertible was awarded Best New Product at SEMA in 2004. The stylized '32 roadster body was redesigned around a fully disappearing convertible top and a larger cockpit. It also has more legroom and will fit on any chassis built to stock dimensions. The Dearborn Deuce body, built in Detroit, comes complete with a convertible top fully finished, power windows installed, polished stainless windshield and stanchions, floor, firewall, dash, transmission cover, and complete weather seal kit.
Traditional styling with the modern convenience of side glass and a convertible top that goes up in 14 seconds when there's a sudden change in weather.
Dearborn Deuce, LLC
(860) 669-3232
United Pacific Industries is proud to announce their all-steel '32 five-window coupe bodies. These beautiful reproduction bodies are built with quality in mind. Beginning with steel of equal or greater thickness as an original, each panel is stamped on handcrafted permanent steel dies to ensure every detail is preserved. These completely assembled bodies come coated in EDP (Electro Deposit Primer) inside and out. Ensuring these bodies are as authentic as the originals, complete hard wood assemblies are included and come pre-installed.
Even Henry himself would approve of the attention to detail resulting in the superior fit and finish of these bodies.
If you're restoring your original '32 five-window, panels and components are available individually as well.
Quality, innovation, and design continue to be the driving force behind their success and bringing quality products to the hot rod and restoration markets.
United Pacific Industries, Inc.
(866) 327-5288
Now being offered exclusively from Stoker's Hot Rod Factory is a 4-1/2-inch chopped, fiberglass '32 three-window body. It is available with exposed door hinges or hidden hinges and with or without door handles with all hand-laid fiberglass around a steel and wood reinforcement. Stoker's also offer the three-window body in a 2-1/2-inch chopped top as well as a stock reproduction '32 roadster body or with 2-inch-longer doors. Grille shells and fenders also available.
Stoker's Hot Rod Factory
(855) 726-7101
Woody's Hot Rodz has quickly become the go-to shop for Tri-Five Chevrolets. Over the past year they have sold dozens of all-new Tri-Five Chevrolet bodies and numerous new Tri-Five chassis to customers across the country. Woody's has expanded its focus on the Tri-Fives to include a new division of the custom shop called Woody's Tri-Fives. By calling Woody's Tri-Fives you can get experienced Tri-Five techs to walk you through the purchase of an all-new '55 or '57 hardtop, convertible, or the popular sedan body, chassis, or complete turnkey car. Complete bodies are $19,700, and turnkeys begin at just $50,000. Woody's website (below) also handles many of the parts needed to build your own Tri-Five.
Woody's Hot Rodz
(855) 567-1957
JW Rod Garage is pleased to now offer a complete '33-34 Dodge fiberglass truck cab, complete with suicide doors, metal framework, power windows, and door latches. Also, a complete line of body parts for the truck, including front and rear fenders, running boards, hood, and grille shell. All-steel beds are also available. Made in the United States alongside the '31 Ford Victoria, '33-34 Ford three-window coupe, '32 Ford roadster and three-window coupe, and '63 split-window Corvette fiberglass bodies.
JW Rod Garage
(888) 414-8787
ScottRods Custom Hotrods & Fiberglass offers a unique variety of nostalgia hot rod bodies and chassis packages at affordable prices. The quality of their hand-laminated products is second-to-none and they take pride in providing their customers with superior fiberglass bodies and chassis for street rods, drag racers, show cars, and more. They offer over 20 rolling chassis packages, including the T-bucket, C-cab pickup and Sedan Delivery, '26-32 Ford roadsters, '32 Ford three- and five-window coupes, '33-34 Ford coupes, '33 Willys coupe and Sedan Delivery, '41 Willys coupe and pickup, '51 Henry J, their customized Willys kingpin and Hankster pinched-nose coupe, and a full line of Fiat Topolinos. Their rolling chassis packages can be built to suit, whether your dream hot rod is a Gasser, Pro Street, or a traditional version. They also carry a full line of fiberglass hoods, fenders, doors, and hood scoops for cars ranging from the '20s to the '80s.
ScottRods Custom HotRods & Fiberglass
(419) 499-2705
Fool all your friends at the cruise night with the unbelievable authenticity of a New Age Motorsports (NAM) fiberglass body.
With accurate original features like driprails, bead lines, and reveals, hot rodders at any experience level will think you're the proud owner of an original Deuce. Ruggedly built, these bodies will take chassis-twisting torque with ease, and can be trusted to last for generations. Deuce roadster and coupe bodies come equipped with a 1-1/2-inch round tube internal structure to support hinges and latches for the life of the car. Ash hardwood is used as a solid base for easy upholstery attachment. NAM offers no shortage of available bells and whistles to complement the body's substantial constructive qualities.
Their bodies are easily tailored to meet the styling demands of the most particular rodder, or to replicate the American Graffiti coupe to the greatest possible extent.
With a broad selection of factory and modern-day options available, the NAM body is by far the most detailed, solidly built, easily finished body on the market today.
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Before you begin
Make a new backup of your iTunes library or update your existing backup before you move it. Even if you already have a backup of your iTunes library, this step makes sure you capture any changes and makes the process easier.
If you want to move your library to a new Mac, you can migrate your data from another Mac or a PC. If you are replacing your PC, you might be able to use Windows Easy Transfer. This option might be slower than other options, but it's more thorough.
Use an external drive
If you're using this method on a Mac:
- From the Finder menu, choose Preferences.
- Make sure that the boxes next to "External disks" and "Hard disks" are enabled.
Part 1: Install iTunes
Download and install the latest version of iTunes.
Part 2: Move any new content
If you've used iTunes on your new computer, move your media to a new folder. This will keep anything you added to your new computer separate from your old library. These files can be added back to your library in Part 4.
Move your iTunes Media folder (Mac)
Move your iTunes Media folder (Windows)
Part 3: Copy the iTunes backup from your old computer
To copy all of your media files, including the library file that holds all your playlists and other settings, to your new computer:
- Locate the following folder on your new computer.
- Mac: Choose Go > Home from the Finder menu bar. Double click the Music folder.
- Windows XP: Navigate to \Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\.
- Windows Vista: Navigate to \Users\username\Music\iTunes.
- Windows 7 and Windows 8: Navigate to \Users\username\My Music\iTunes.
- Drag the iTunes folder in this location onto the desktop.
Mac: From the Music folder to the Desktop:
Windows: From the My Music folder to the Desktop:
- Locate the external drive on your new computer:
- Mac: On the desktop.
- Windows: In My Computer or Computer.
- Double-click the external drive icon to open it.
- Drag the iTunes folder from your external drive to the Music folder (Mac) or My Music Folder (Windows) on your new computer. The transfer might take a while if you have a lot of content.
Mac: From the external drive to the Music folder:
Windows: From the external drive to the Music library:
- Open iTunes.
You've now moved all of your music, playlists, and other information—including play counts and ratings—from your old computer to your new one.
Part 4 (optional): Add back new content
Copy the iTunes Media folder you created in Part 2 into the "Automatically Add to iTunes" folder inside the iTunes Media folder you copied in Part 3. iTunes will automatically import the content.
Use iTunes in the Cloud
If you don't have a backup of your iTunes library and your old computer is unavailable, you can download past purchases made with your Apple ID through iTunes in the Cloud.
If you have multiple Apple IDs, you might find it easier to transfer purchases from a device after authorizing your new computer with your Apple ID.
If you previously subscribed to iTunes Match, you can turn on iTunes Match once your new computer is authorized.
After you transfer your library
- If you plan to stop using your old computer, deauthorize it by choosing Store > Deauthorize This Computer from the iTunes menu bar.
- If you used iTunes on your old computer to back up your iOS device, back up your devices on your new computer or manually transfer the backups from your old computer. Learn more about creating and deleting iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch backups in iTunes.
- If you used iCloud with your old computer for syncing, set up iCloud on your new computer.
- If you will continue to use your old computer, recreate your iTunes library. This prevents an iOS device from seeing the old computer as the new one because of the old library files.


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Aztecs' RB Chase Price gets his shot after Kazee's tough break
If anyone has the right to feel sorry for himself, it would be San Diego State's senior running back, Walter Kazee.
After an injury-marred four years that have seen him miss playing time every season since his freshman year in 2009, Kazee's career ended one game too early when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the Aztecs' regular season finale at Wyoming.
It's the second year in a row that Kazee's season has ended early due to a torn right ACL –- he suffered the same injury in the Aztecs' win over Colorado State in 2011 -- and as the Aztecs prepare to take on BYU in the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, Kazee will once again have to sit out the bowl game.
"That's a bad deal," said SDSU running backs coach Jeff Horton. "As hard as he works, that's not good. He doesn't deserve that."
But Kazee isn't the type to sit and mope.
Minutes after he realized that he'd played his last game in an Aztec uniform, he was out on the sidelines coaching his replacement.
Before that afternoon in Laramie, redshirt freshman Chase Price had played in exactly one game – cleanup duty in a blowout at home against Hawaii.
Now, with the Aztecs down 21-14 to Wyoming, he was called into action on the road, in a game that would determine whether SDSU took home a share of the Mountain West title.
Horton never worried about how his young back would do in place of the experienced Kazee. In part because Kazee, one of the team's three senior co-captains, took it upon himself to make sure his replacement was ready.
"I was getting ready to tell him something after halftime there on the sideline, and I look over and Walt was already talking to him about the different situations and what was going on," Horton said. "That's the kind of leader he is. Walt has been coaching since the minute he hurt that leg, right after halftime.
"It was very emotional in the locker room when we knew it was done. But when we got out for the second half and regrouped, he was right there, helping us win."
Price seemed to have no trouble against the Wyoming defense. The 5-foot-8, 200-pound back from Diamond Bar ran seven times for 41 yards, picked up a couple of key third downs, and even reeled off a 19-yard pickup on the third quarter scoring drive that gave SDSU the lead for good.
"We always take pride in the next guy being ready to go. He was prepared and ready," Horton said.
Price's performance in that game, and in practice since then, has won him the right to replace Kazee in the Poinsettia Bowl.
Aztecs coach Rocky Long said Thursday that the team will use Price exactly the way it used Kazee – as a complement to Adam Muema, with the two backs splitting time evenly.
"He doesn't have the experience that Walter has, but he's a guy that's got some quickness and can make people miss," Long said.
That much is evident.
On one play Thursday at practice, Price exhibited that elusiveness as he scrambled away from the defense and scampered off on a breakaway run around the right side.
"He's a downhill hard runner. He's got a lot of shake to him," Horton said. "I always say he can put on more moves in two yards than anybody I know. He's always jiggling. But he runs hard. I'm really proud of him. Against Wyoming, he went in there at a crucial time and helped us win."


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Real Housewives of Atlanta
Kim Zolciak Moves Out of Her House: Recap of The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 5, Episode 4
It's time for our weekly dose of insanity — here's what went down with Kim Zolciak on Season 5, Episode 4 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Let's do this!
Ladies On the Move
It's moving day in Atlanta as both Kim and Kandi Burruss pack up their lives into cardboard boxes ready to set off on new adventures.
Well, at least it's a new adventure for Kandi: new house, new man, new hood. For Kim, it's more of a step back. Since her dream house turned out to be more of a haunted mansion with a nightmare landlord, her and Kroy decided not to buy the overpriced castle. Or maybe they got evicted because Kim didn't pay rent. Who knows.
Regardless, they are headed back to Kim's townhouse, with Kim's two daughters, the dogs, baby KJ, and baby #2 en route. In other words, it's gonna be tighter than Kroy's buns of steel in that piece.
At least they didn't have to spend 100 grand on movers, and instead managed to score some workers for $35 per hour. Although between the pace they're going and Kim reopening boxes to complain about margarita makers and Santa decor in the same box (pretty sure those two things go hand in hand, but whatever), they may end up costing her more. And she's pissed and not afraid to show it. To be fair, she is mad preggo.
Meanwhile, Kandi is pissed that Kim and Sweetie insinuated that her new neighborhood is ghettoriffic. We're pretty sure we haven't heard the last of this.
Are you surprised that Kim had to leave her "dream house" for her old townhouse?


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i have done this map early this year in Adobe Illustrator.
I wanted to turn the map into a flash website showing my work, which i did more or less, but then had some technical difficulties (and less time) and stopped working at the website. I still like the layout and idea, so maybe i'll do it some day...
The idea:
-the start page is the main city "Hafen der ersten Landung"
-the names are the other menu-points
-the shipping-routes are named, and are links to other websites
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http://mmajunkie.com Lightweights Gesias "JZ" Cavalcante (15-4-1 MMA, 0-1 SF) and Lyle Beerbohm (16-2 MMA, 3-2 SF) will clash at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson."
Strikeforce officials announced the fight overnight.
"Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson" takes place July 30 at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Ill., near Chicago. The main card, including a Fedor Emelianenko vs. Dan Henderson heavyweight headliner, airs live on Showtime.
Cavalcante vs. Beerbohm likely will be part of the preliminary card.
Cavalcante, who owned a 14-1-1 record in late 2007, is 1-3 (with two no-contests) since then. Once considered one of the world's top lightweights, the DREAM vet recently has suffered losses to the likes of Shinya Aoki, Tatsuya Kawajiri and Josh Thomson. Most recently, the Brazilian's "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" bout with Justin Wilcox ended in a no-contest when he accidentally poked Wilcox in the eye.
Beerbohm also looks to get his career back on track. "Fancy Pants" launched his pro campaign with a 16-0 mark in just three-and-a-half years, but since signing a multi-fight deal with Strikeforce, he's suffered back-to-back losses to Pat Healy and Aoki. The well-rounded Washington native owns seven knockouts and seven submissions in 16 career victories.
For more on the "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson"event, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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So I Guess Obama Agrees With Rudy Guiliani
Let's look at just one example at a lifetime of principled stands that John McCain's brought about: his support for the troop surge in Iraq. The Democratic Party had given up on Iraq.
And I believe, ladies and gentlemen, when they gave up on Iraq, they had given up on America.
The Democratic leader — the Democratic leader of the Senate said, and I quote, "This war is lost."
Well, well, if America lost, who won, Al Qaeda, bin Laden?
In the single biggest policy decision of this election, John McCain got it right, and Barack Obama got it wrong.
So tell me, Barack, why should I vote for you when John McCain was right about the surge and the Democrats were wrong? Isn't the important thing not who was right in 2002, but who will make the right decisions in Iraq now? According to you, that's John McCain.


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so i want to start shooting long distance with my bow i shoot bear carnage 70lbs ics bowhunter 340 carbon arrows. My question is what does everyone use for a backstop (plan on missing ALOT) thanks in advance
so i want to start shooting long distance with my bow i shoot bear carnage 70lbs ics bowhunter 340 carbon arrows. My question is what does everyone use for a backstop (plan on missing ALOT) thanks in advance
Straw bails and card board but eventually the bails will break down due to weather etc. but it will work just have to swap them out and before you know it you won't even need them
Don't start shooting at 60 or 70 yards.. Start with 20 or 30, and work your way back in 5-10 yard increments. You'll get a better feel for how your bow performs at all distances, and you won't sail an arrow 2 feet over your target either.
I was looking at backstops just this past week and found this:
I need something in my backyard to go behind my RhinoBlock in the event I miss the box. $10 arrows flying 280fps into a block wall if I miss has already been done and it stings in my pocketbook.
I searched craigslist and found styrofoam from a loading dock. They are 8' x4' x18" thick. My backstop is 32' wide. And 8' tall. I painted the styrofoam with a spray gun and a couple gallons of thick elastomeric pain to keep it from weathering.
Last year I got tired of buying new targets every year. I picked up Morrel's Range Target, after reading lots of good reviews. I built a frame to hang it from, suppose to help last longer if it can swing. Shot all summer and have yet to have an arrow stick out the far side. I've been very impressed and its large enough to provide comfort for the long shots. You can replace the cover and I hope to get 5+ years, for field points only.
Check with local shipyards if you have them also any overseas packing warehouse usually have big pieces of styrofoam...when I used to live it Pittsburgh I got some from the local packing places for $25 for 4x8
Places like Home of Economy, or Tractor Supply. When they get in a shipment of trailers they are packed with rectangle styrofoam blocks. I built a backstop against my house in my yard a few years ago and it's still holding up. I used t posts to wedge them against the house and used ratchet straps to hold it all together nice and tight.
Just recently, I built another for indoor use since I have access to a heated warehouse where I can shoot to about 75-80 yds. I made it pretty big as my boss wouldn't appreciate holes in the warehouse. Plywood frame built onto a pallet for easy moving with one of our forklifts. In the Spring and Summer I do most all my shooting behind one of our warehouses so this will get moved out there then. I also bought a bigger bag target for when I shoot at longer ranges. I got sick of losing arrows!!
There is two layers of blocks behind that cardboard, and I used cardboard on the sides to wedge things tight. Ain't pretty, but it'll work.
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Thanks everyone for getting back at me for my post. I have tried to get some styrofoam but dont seem to be having any luck so far but i am going to keep trying after all persistence pays off right? I will let everyone know how i make out thanks again.


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With roster losses, GW basketball forges ahead
As the curtain opened Monday on a new high school basketball season, a few local teams are looking to remain major contenders for state championships.
Class AAA George Washington and Class A Charleston Catholic each made trips to the state tournament finals, with the Irish coming out on top and the Patriots coming within one point of back-to-back titles.
For George Washington, a 33-32 loss to Hedgesville prevented the Patriots from becoming the first Class AAA back-to-back champion since Huntington's run of three in a row in 2005-2007.
If the Patriots are to return to the promised land once again, the team will have to rely heavily on senior point guard Luke Eddy, the team's only returning starter.
"I think in the middle of last year it just kind of clicked for him," GW coach Rick Greene said of Eddy. "He could always play — he's been a good player since he was a freshman. I just thought in the middle of last year he jacked it up a notch. He really got the grasp of everything he needed to do for the team."
For the record, Eddy averaged 16 points per game last season and that number will likely have to increase this year. A large reason is the loss of seniors Dustin Crouser and Cole Salmons, both of whom were injured during football season.
Add to that losing Tino diTrapano, Thomas Francke, and Darian Williams to graduation and Ryan Switzer choosing not to play, and Greene and the Patriots have a lot of work to do.
"It's been one of the best runs period and definitely the best one here at GW," Greene said. "This was the first group of kids in school history to make three straight state tournaments. When you do that, you have talent and kids that are unselfish."
As for Catholic, the Irish buzzed through the Class A field to claim its third crown in seven years. Catholic also finished as the state runner-up three times in a row during that stretch (2008-2010).
The road back to the Charleston Civic Center figures to be tougher this year as defending Class AA champion Tug Valley and Magnolia, which also made the Class AA field last year, both drop down in classification.
"I think Class A is going to be better than it has been in years, depth-wise," coach Bill McClanahan said. "Everyone acknowledges that Tug Valley and Magnolia are the mountain everybody's got to climb."
Leading scorer Nick George (13.6 points per game) is back to help the Irish attack as is returning senior guard David Godwin.
GW and Catholic weren't the only schools to make an appearance in the big show last season, and it would be a mistake to ignore South Charleston and its recent run of success.
The Black Eagles have made the state tournament in all three seasons under Vic Herbert, and he has five seniors to work with and maybe his best freshman class yet.
"I don't know what [SC's talent] means in wins and losses, but top to bottom this team has a chance to be very special," Herbert said. "This is the deepest team I've ever had. Usually I try to get seven or eight in a rotation but this year we could truly go 10 deep with guys coming off the bench and not lose much."
The Black Eagles will be led by point guard Rashaud Kincaid and fellow seniors Trevond Reese, Hunter Moles, Neal Brown, and Devon Harris.
SC is currently riding a streak of 26 straight Mountain State Athletic Conference wins and 21 consecutive wins at home.
Reach Ryan Pritt at 304-348-7948, firstname.lastname@example.com, or follow him at twitter.com/RPritt.


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I've just upgraded a 6.0.8NE to 6.0.9NE.
This wasn't as smoot as the others, as it failed to fetch some stuff from LDAP, like all COS settings...
Anyway now when I press "Spam" on a mail, it tries to send it to account email@example.com instead of firstname.lastname@example.com.
POSTA.mydomain.it is the hostname, while mydomain.it is obviously the domain name handled by zimbra.
can I set it back to work?