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Post-game: And that's it from me this afternoon. What can we learn from this? Pencil Melbourne in as competition favourites immediately. They were several classes above the Roosters and in this mood will be difficult for anyone to beat. Cooper Cronk - who, according to rumour, is off to the Gold Coast despite their money worries - was probably the pick of Melbourne's players with a superb display and two tries. Billy Slater got the pair he required to complete a haul of eight tries in the first four matches of the season and was also a threat throughout, as was five-eighth Gareth Widdop. The Roosters were actually better than last weekend despite being hammered but were simply unable to withstand a second-half onslaught.
FULL-TIME: Storm 44 Roosters 4.
78th min: STORM TRY. Rod Lawrence finds enough downward pressure and that is Cronk's second four-pointer of the day. He has been outstanding this afternoon. Widdop converts. Storm 44-4.
77th min: And if you backed them you would have been right or so it seems. Cronk is celebrating a try, after chasing Widdop's kick. Video ref checking the put-down.
76th min: You'd have to back the Storm to go in again here. Slater's chip into the in-goal makes the Roosters drop out.
75th min: There's that man Cordner again, but his pass to Perrett goes forward and the Storm have it again with a scrum feed in the Roosters' zone. Can they hit 40?
73rd min: ROOSTERS TRY. Cordner does well to get the ball down under about half the Storm team. It's his first NRL try and that was a strong run to the line from Pearce's pass. Anasta misses the conversion. Storm 38-4.
72nd min: Boyd Cordner thinks he has scored but it's gone to the video ref.
71st min: The Roosters finally get a leg-up with a penalty of their own, followed immediately by another. They are right in the Storm's zone, unfamiliar territory for them for most of this afternoon.
70th min: Waerea-Hargreaves penalised for lying on the man with the ball. Storm decline to take the two points. Shock horror.
69th min: Smith grubbers to the in-goal and Kenny-Dowall is caught. Roosters drop-out. More points could be on the way very soon.
68th min: It's all unravelling for the Roosters. Aubusson's tip-on on the blind side goes into touch.
66th min: Brian Smith spent some time in the summer relaxing in the seclusion King Island in the Bass Strait. He may want to book the first flight out of there from Melbourne after full-time following this romp.
64th min: STORM TRY. Stop the fight. This time it is Will Chambers who gets the points. Nice play by Slater and Manu but that is a soft try. Chambers goes past Pearce with ease after being fed by Cronk. The Roosters are thoroughly out of gas. Smith hooks conversion. Storm 38-0.
61st min: Melbourne, for once, go through the motions for a set, ended by Cronk's towering bomb. Minichiello takes it easily.
59th min: Nearly another try to Melbourne but Matt Duffie somehow spills Cronk's cross-field kick with no one else in sight.
56th min: Only some desperate defence from Kenny-Dowall stops yet another Melbourne try after Lowrie is released by Smith. Widdop unable to get a ball to Waqa and it flies out of bounds.
55th min: STORM TRY. That is brilliant. Straight from the scrum Slater puts Nielsen in a hole and the centre races down field, hands back to Slater, whose chip rests just short of the line where it is scooped up expertly by Cronk. Slight question on the initial pass by Slater but given the all clear. Smith converts. Storm 34-0.
53rd min: Magic stuff again from the Storm. Video ref checking what will be a wonderful try for Cronk. Slater heavily involved again.
52nd min: Oh dear. Pearce forced to reach for a pass well in front of him and he puts it down.
51st min: Widdop called for forward pass to Hoffman. Roosters with scrum feed and chance to finally get on scoreboard.
50th min: Cam Smith brought down in what looked suspiciously like a high tackle by Lama Tasi. No penalty, though and it's a turnover.
48th min: The Roosters really haven't been bad this afternoon, certainly nowhere near as bad as they were last week when they actually beat Canberra. But Melbourne have their tails up and are attacking freely and without restriction.
46th min: STORM TRY. And Slater has his double, for the fourth week in a row. He is the first player to begin a season in that fashion. This is quickly developing into a carve-up. Cronk at the centre of everything there, sprinting onto a neat inside ball by Widdop and then giving Slater the final pass. That's eight for the year in four matches for Slater. Smith converts. Storm 28-0.
44th min: Cronk puts up a huge bomb but Minichiello takes it safely. The Roosters have reason to be shellshocked after this start to the second half.
42st min: STORM TRY. That's an awful start for the Roosters. Slater shoots through a hole almost straight off the kick-off and at the other end Ryan Hoffman crashes over from a nice inside ball by Widdop. Smith converts. Storm 22-0.
2nd half kick-off: The Roosters get the second half underway.
HALF-TIME REPORT: The Roosters can count themselves as unlucky to be this far behind at the break, particularly after that questionable decision from the video official right on half-time. They have looked dangerous at times and were on top for a good portion of that half but some average last-tackle options and a couple of untimely mistakes have been seized upon by Melbourne. It's tough to see Brian Smith's men getting back from here.
HALF-TIME: Storm 16 Roosters 0.
40th min: No try. The video ref, Rod Lawrence, concludes that Perrett has lost the ball over the line. Anasta blowing up - it seemed as though it shoudl have been awarded benefit of the doubt.
39th min: Sam Perrett is over for what will be a sensational try if approved by the video ref. Did he get it down, though?
38th min: The Roosters breathe a sigh of relief. Long pass by Smith is spilled by Widdop.
37th min: Things starting to fall apart for the Roosters. Aubusson knocks on trying to grab the ball after blocking a kick. Storm on the attack and looking to finish them off on cusp of half-time.
36th min: Fox Sports commentators issue reminder that no player has ever begun a season with four straight try doubles. What price Slater to make history today?
34th min: STORM TRY. Surprise surprise it's that man Slater. Only seconds go buy before the Roosters pay for that mistake, with Slater sliding through a hole effortlessly. That's seven tries for the season, and he is now only one off a fourth successive try double. Smith converts. Storm 16-0.
33rd min: The Roosters have looked a much more polished outfit than seven days ago but Kenny-Dowall puts down a simple ball.
32nd min: Great goal-line defence from the Storm but a couple of questionable options in attack there from the visitors. Wasn't much on when Jake Friend scooted down the blind side on the right and it came to nothing.
30th min: Super play by Mitchell Pearce. Goes for a 40-20 and Billy Slater is forced to tap the ball back in right next to the corner post. It's gone dead and this is just what the Roosters needed, a Storm drop-out.
28th min: STORM TRY. And the video ref Rod Lawrence rules that Ryan Hinchcliffe's decoy run did not impede Boyd Cordner. Proctor did well to get the ball down with Cordner, Anasta and Lama Tasi on him. Back-to-back penalties gave the Storm a huge kick-along there, having been under the pump for the previous 20 minutes. Smith misses conversion. Storm 10-0.
27th min: Kevin Proctor is over the line and claiming the try. Video ref checking for obstruction.
25th min: Penalty to the Storm. Long kick sees them start the set 30 metres out from Roosters line.
24th min: The Roosters spread it to the left, and Anasta's flick pass just about puts Leilua over. The Storm rush up on the 5th to Pearce, however and he is swarmed making a pass.
23rd min: Billy Slater is human. He puts a pass to ground and the Roosters get another chance to raid the Storm's territory.
21st min: Pearce launches a bomb but it is deactivated by Billy Slater. Lowrie asked to leave the field due to that head cut.
20th min: Cronk plugs a kick deep into the Roosters' zone. The hosts looking to wrestle control back in the field position department.
18th min: Not the greatest end to a set there. Mitchell Pearce's cross-field dink with the boot is knocked down by Kenny-Dowall but the Storm have the ball. Good signs by the Roosters, though, with Cam Smith made to kick from well in his own territory.
16th min: Sam Perrett darts free down the right wing and the Roosters receive a penalty. Big chance for them here. Looking a lot more organised and dangerous than last week.
14th min: Mitch Aubusson coughs up a pass from Cordner early in the set. Cronk feeding a scrum 10m out from his own line.
13th min: Braith Anasta rolls in a grubber at end of Roosters set and Matt Duffie is tackled touch in goal. A repeat set for Brian Smith's men.
11th min: Some good defence there from the Roosters stops Chambers' drive for the line. The code switcher spills the ball and Cordner dives on it. Further relief for Roosters with a penalty.
10th min: Storm get another penalty. Waerea-Hargreaves the offender, called for a strip. Melbouren 20 metres out from Roosters line.
9th min: The Roosters survive on that occasion, with Widdop's grubber cleaned up by Anthony Minichiello.
8th min: Todd Lowrie has a big bandage round his melon after some awkward contact early on in a tackle on Jared Waerea-Hargreaves. Storm on the attack again after nice run by Widdop.
6th min: The mail continues to come in that Cronk has agreed to join the Titans. We'll check that out, and hopefully ask the man himself after the game. The Storm would sure hate to lose him.
4rd min: STORM TRY. That's just too easy. Cronk makes a bust, then Widdop sends a lovely long ball to Dane Nielsen who crosses out wide without being touched. Smith converts from sideline. Storm 6-0.
2nd min: First penalty of the game to the Storm. Martin Kennedy holding on too long.
1st min: And the Roosters complete the first set with a long Mitchell Pearce kick. That's a decent start considering they completed only 53 per cent of sets last weekend.
Kick-off: Cameron Smith gets proceedings under way at AAMI Park after a minute's silence for AFL great Jim Stynes.
Pre-game: Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the Sydney Roosters' visit to Melbourne. A few changes in each line-up. For the Storm, Justin O'Neill (calf) and Anthony Quinn (cork) are out through injury, and are replaced by Will Chambers, playing his first NRL game since his stint in rugby, and Sisa Waqa. For the Roosters, BJ Leilua moves from centre to wing, knocking out Justin Carney, with Mitch Aubusson switching to centre. That allows Tom Symonds to start in the second-row while Brad Takairangi is in for Mose Masoe on the bench.


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Spring is a time of renewal, a time to plant trees to purify our environment and beautify our homes. At Lincoln Park, there were Cedars of Lebanon that were once part of the landscape of the park, but now they are gone. The Cedars of Lebanon, evergreens that are mentioned over 71 times in the Bible, trees that are native to Lebanon and Turkey, were a gift from the Lebanon American Society to honor our American soldiers.
These special trees, which date back to ancient times, were used by the Romans, Greeks, Persians, Assyrians and Babylonians. The Phoenicians used the trees to construct ships, houses, palaces and temples. The Ancient Egyptians used the resin from the trees for mummification. Cedars of Lebanon are the national symbol of Lebanon and are included on the Lebanese flag and the coat of arms. Unfortunately, these trees are endangered in the forests of Lebanon due to deforestation.
How wonderful it would be to replant the Cedars of Lebanon at Lincoln Park once again. Not only would the park look even more beautiful, our American soldiers deserve that honor.

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Charlize Theron is wickedly funny in Young Adult.
Charlize Theron can currently be seen as the evil Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman, won an Oscar in 2003 for her performance as a serial killer in Monster, was nominated again in 2006 for North Country before receiving a Golden Globe nomination for her performance last year in Young Adult. Oh and she played a mentally handicapped British woman in the TV series Arrested Development.
Diverse, brave and challenging seem to be the qualities that unite Theron's roles. She spoke to us about her role in Young Adult to promote the film's home entertainment release.
Charlize, in Young Adult you play Mavis, an author who is struggling personally. She has plenty of issues, just like many of the great characters you have played over the years. What's it like playing such complex characters? Is it, maybe, cathartic for you?
Snow White and the Huntsman.
I think this work can be very cathartic. There's something really nice when you break it down and you understand how unbelievably lucky you are to play around and do what we used to do as kids. You are very fortunate when you get to do it with material and subject matter dealing with real issues and you dive into that human condition and discover things about yourself that you might not like. If you don't do it, you can sweep stuff under the rug.
What part of you was unearthed by playing Mavis?
Oh, the taking husbands part (laughs). No, the little things. How she deals with things in such extremes. I think all of us can see the same behaviors because she is doing what we all do in order to sometimes get through the day. I could relate to that.
Blockbuster ... Charlize Theron in Ridley Scott's Prometheus, which opens in June.
Mavis is quite an immature women. She hasn't really grown up. When was the moment you realized you had to grow up and be an adult?
I haven't yet (laughs). I don't know if you do ever grow up. Mavis is dealing with real issues women in their late 30s deal with, except she is dealing with them with tools of a 16-year-old and that's what is problematic. We are not saying 'Everyone needs to grow up'. This is not the romantic Peter Pan story. This is the cautionary tale that if you don't feel things in a certain way they will come and bite you in the ass.
Mavis is always putting herself in embarrassing situations. What about you? What is an embarrassing moment you have had that you can share?
Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary in YOUNG ADULT,
Oh wow. I am embarrassing every day. I just had an embarrassing moment. I just went into the (Ritz-Carlton New York) bathroom with my make-up artist who is a man and gay and a lady came out and I was standing there with my boobs out and she was like "Ahhhhhhh!" and Shane was like "Ahhhhhh!" and they ran into separate corners. I was topless in the middle of the room. Then she called security so the Ritz came with security. This happened three seconds ago (laughs).
When you first watched your performance in Young Adult what did you think?
I was highly embarrassed for myself. The first time I saw it it was at my house with my producing partner. We were in my living room and she was on one end of the couch and I was at the other end and the movie finished and the credits rolled and we sat in silence. I couldn't speak. Jason (Reitman) called because he was concerned. I was speechless for many reasons. I saw the movie I was told we were going to make and that happens very rarely. That took my breath away because that was amazing. She is also a cringeworthy character. I think it was almost harder to watch her than to play her. You just don't want to see yourself screaming in the middle of a bar 'This song was playing when I went down on you'. There's nothing good about that, but I'm really proud of this film. It was a great experience.
Charlize Theron's evil queen is driven by a fear of ageing and loss of her looks in Snow White and the Huntsman.
You are very close to your mother which is totally different to Mavis' relationship with her mother. What do you tap into to play Mavis in that circumstance?
I don't know. You just do it. I don't have to personally relate to everything when I act.
What was it like being directed by Jason Reitman?
Young Adult in Charlize Theron.
I fell in love with his work. He set the bar really high with Up in the Air. I remember walking out of that movie saying 'How did that bitch Vera Farmiga get that job?' No, she was so amazing in it. I was jealous. I wanted to be in that movie. Then we worked together on this and I found we were very similar in terms of how we like to work, how many takes we do and had the same sense of humor. There were times when we got scenes in one take or three takes and I never questioned it. If he said 'Jump off the building' I'd jump off the building, that's how good he is.
Could you imagine being Mavis' friend? If you were, how would you help her?
I would love to hang out with Mavis. I think you'd have a good time, although I wouldn't let my boyfriend get close to her (laughs). I would not trust her as far as I could throw her.
Does the fact you grew up outside of America give you an advantage in Hollywood?
Yes. South Africans are the best (laughs). I don't know. Poor kids don't know they are poor. They don't know any different. I don't think I'd know what it would be like to be different. We all know that where you grew up builds your character and who you are, so I'm sure that came into play. I don't know if that was an advantage. I know my accent wasn't an advantage. I had to lose it to get an American accent.
When magazines write profile features on you they always include how you like to drink and swear. What do you think about that?
I feel like people love to write about that because it is sells magazines and it is shocking. I'm not an alcoholic and I don't swear that much. Do I? Just because I fall it doesn't mean I'm drunk (laughs). Look, I've learned this is not a dress rehearsal and you have to live life the way you want to. I don't want to be 80 on my death bed and say 'Gosh, I wished I lived my life'. I'm living my life. I don't think there's a rule book. I feel so blessed I get to do a job I love and people actually pay me to do it. I don't know how in the hell it happened. I live a really good life and come from a place where it is very evident how fortunate I have been.
If there is a sequel to Young Adult, how would you like it to go?
This is the sequel I want to do. It is Mavis and Matt's sister in the mini, (off a cliff) like Thelma and Louise (laughs).
I hear you are a big fan of mixed martial arts.
Yeah, I love it. There is an amazing book called A Fighter's Heart. It is a book about the art of fighting. A guy travelled around the world and studied with different martial arts. It is really beautiful and poetic. I do like it, yes.
Did you talk to screenwriter Diablo Cody about Mavis?
Diablo just had her baby as we were going into production, or just before that. My journey with this was with Jason. He came to me with the project and then Jason and I had continuous conversation and then Diablo came out towards the end of the film with her newborn baby. She had her hands full. She wrote a really solid script and we worked from that.
Can your compare your performance in Young Adult to your Oscar-winning performance in Monster?
We joke Young Adult is a horror film (laughs). Every time is different. If there was a rule book it would be so much easier. Every role is such a beast and messes with you in different ways. They are a struggle in different ways. You never know. To be brutally honest with you, there's a lot about the process I don't understand. You could be pretentious about it, but there's something about acting that really is very specific and it's trying to catch something very real in a very unreal circumstance. There's a part of that you have to almost leave alone and you can't talk about or know too much about because it's like a magician showing you how to do a trick. Sometimes you don't want to know how the rabbit is pulled out of the hat. I think that is why Jason only likes to do two or three takes. He understands there is one little moment you are looking for you can't manipulate. For me, if anything, from the time I say 'yes' to a project, no matter what it is, I become very obsessive about it. It obsessively takes over every thought process in my mind. If I walk down the street and see someone do something, I'll obsessively take it and put it in a file for the character. I have a friend highly addicted to Diet Coke and drinks Diet Coke from two liter bottles. I have said to her so many times 'You are an addict. It is 4am and you are downing two liters of Diet Coke in the car driving to work'. I filed that away. I don't understand people when they rehearse and do scenes. It is very intimate almost because I am creating someone that has secrets and doesn't want to share them. It is almost like my dark secret. Then I like to go to work and not think about anything. If you are thinking about things on the day you are working you are probably screwed.


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Feb. 14, 2013
Nigel Williams-Goss, a senior at Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) and Husky men's basketball recruit, was named a McDonald's All American on Thursday. Williams-Goss is among 24 players selected for the 36th annual McDonald's boys' game that will be played April 3 in Chicago and televised live at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Williams-Goss plays for the No. 1 ranked high school team in the nation. Through Feb. 3 he was averaging 18 points, 7.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game.
Williams-Goss was also named to the Jordan Brand Classic recently. This year's 12th edition of the game will be played April 13 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and televised live on ESPN2.
Other recent Husky signees to play in the McDonald's All American game are Abdul Gaddy, Spencer Hawes, Martell Webster and Jon Brockman.


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22 thoughts on "WEST PHILLY 3RD GRADE DANCE"
Maybe the 'culture' you despise is really ghetto culture which is no culture at all. I got a little alarmed to find the numbers of black people now making their home up in the valley. What can we do? This being Southern California, no neighborhood remains white or black or hispanic for long.
Adios, Z-Man
What happened to black culture?As a kid in the 60s the blacks in our town had solid families and from what I remember most of the men worked and were involved in the local church.I think it all started down hill with the WAR ON POVERTY and welfare.Then in the 70s I began to see young black girls pregnant at our school and dropping out .Then add drugs ,crime and white liberal guilt.Now add 50 years of all this together and you have got a depraved ghetto culture that is now the predominant black culture.
I said on another post that I went back to my hometown recently.The neighborhoods that the blacks lived in are still there but most of the houses are now owned by Mexicans.
Just a few years before Hitler rose to power, Berlin was the depraved sex capital of the world, offering a range of commercial sex never, and I mean never, exceeded before or since. This was a major factor, among many, in making the Germans morally revolted at what their country had become and subsequently endorsing a scary group of loud, thuggish and often stupid people who promised to bring back morality. Watch today's basest appeals to southern conservatives and tell me you don't see an echo.
Now they run the streets in mobs doing as they please. And no one is even trying to stop it. Wait until the dollar falls. Get out of the cities while you can.
Looks like the fucking monkey cage at the zoo… every one of them, humping something or jerking off… all that's missing is a tire swing and a couple of them screeching and flinging handfuls of shit..
Just saw a commercial for some black competition or other… black female 'cheerleaders' or some shit.. these females looked to be somewhere between 8 and 13 years old… maybe 14. The only thing missing was a pole for them to gyrate around… fucking disgusting. And while they're gyrating or whatever, the "parents" are cheering their fat asses off…
Tha fuck is WRONG with these people?? And I use the term "people" lightly.
Pensn…..As I recall from reading just a little of Germany history it was mainly Jews that did that and it was one of the reasons Hitler hated them.Who controls the sex and entertainment industry in this country? People get tied of all the vile behavior and if it happens here , they will have no one to blame but themselves .
Talk to any grade school teach in mixed -race school and they will tell you how sexually aggressive the very young black males are.And there's a reason for that.The lower the intellect the more mentally preoccupied with sex .
@bb: I expect the Jews were involved in the Berlin sex trade, but it encompassed most of society (only a small fraction of which was Jewish) and was driven mostly by poverty… which was driven by WWI reparations and banking practices… and we all know who was heavily involved in banking both then and now.
@flash: I think about sex all the time and standardized testing claims that I am smart… but what distinguishes me is not doing anything in public like what's shown on the video. A lot of people have impulses. More capable and civilized people control those impulses when they are inappropriate to act upon.
Well, they don't have to work for a living, or get educated, or contribute to society; they start pumping out babies out of wedlock asap and get on welfare, the equivalent of $56,000 a year pretax. The black males impregnate obese white trash that white men won't touch, because they're obese pigs. But that doesn't bother black males, they'll fuck anything on two legs. There are more mulattoes being born than whites, and they are societally black (see Obama). They don't have to earn their food, they got food stamps. Even the jungle bunnies in the Congo have to hunt their own food.
These aren't people, they're animals. They belong in the zoo, and many end up there (prison). You can take these savages out of the jungle, but you can't the the jungle out of the savages. Good thing they'll outnumber whites within another generation, that way they can finish off the whites, just like they are doing in South Africa. Then, the US will be a diverse country, free of productive white people, and return to it's jungle status. The Native Americans are 100x more civilized than these animals. Maybe they'll kill of these savages like the white man did the buffalo.
Damn Balzytch ,you never seem to sugar coat anything..
Hopefully ballz didn't hold anything back. Nice summation.
Persnickety , there are exceptions to every rule. But, maybe you're on to something.It may not be the low intellect that's a mark of sex obsession , but the inability to control the impulse to act .
My God.
Come the economic collapse, there are a lot of useless eaters who are going to starve.
Over the centuries/millenia, in cold climates women picked the men who were smart enough to build a winter-worthy home, break enough firewood, dry enough fish, tend enough reindeer and store enough parsnips so they could survive until spring. In the tropics, there's always bananas to eat, so they could pick the man based upon his johnson, especially since it was swinging in the sunshine.


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I've hosted a copy of SQL Server 2008 Express on my machine, and i have a tool that can connect to and query SQL databases (LINQPad, i'm using it to do testing and initial table setup). What do i tell it to connect to?
(Note: i'm just learning SQL, hope this is the right question... Please don't hesitate to tell me if i'm doing something wrong)


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"I cannot live without books." - Thomas Jefferson
About the Foundation
Linebaugh Library Foundation was created in 2001 as a means to fund long-term projects beyond the scope of available public monies, manage endowments, and encourage gifts, thereby meeting the needs and desires of Rutherford County's population.
The Foundation's goals are to enhance library services, be recognized as a venue for potential donors, maximize return on investments, and have a vehicle in place to aid in future capital projects, an example of which would be branch libraries in growth areas of our county.
"A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever." - Martin Farquhar Tupper
Look what Linebaugh Library System
accomplished in fiscal year 2013 alone!
- 979,966 items were checked out at LPLS libraries.
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"Teen Mom" star Chelsea Houska has been hoping that Adam Lind would change his ways so he could be a father to Aubrey. He is now a father to another young daughter, and he has admitted that he should change his ways now that he has two daughters. However, it sounds like he hasn't learned much when it comes to fast cars and safety. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on Feb. 22, "Teen Mom" star Chelsea Houska's ex-boyfriend has been involved in a serious accident and could have passed away from the accident.
TMZ reports that Adam was driving his 2001 Corvette Z06 at very high speeds when he hit a Lincoln Town car, which police said was driven by an 87-year-old woman with a 94-year-old passenger. It is a miracle that he is still alive after a massive crash in Sioux Falls. He was pulled out of the car just seconds prior to it catching fire and exploding. The elderly couple were also doing well after the crash.
This isn't Adam's first charge with his driving. He has three DUIs. And Chelsea had hoped that he would change. "He should be setting a good example for her [Aubree]. And that's a problem, to get three DUIs, you know. I don't really want to say he has a drinking problem, but he's just not making very good choices. What if he got in an accident and died, she wouldn't have a dad. Or what if he hurt someone else, he would be in jail, you know?" Chelsea has said about Adam.
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The Iron Bowl Ending in One Chart
By Rachel Bachman and Ben Cohen
This year's Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn provided one of the greatest finishes ever to a college-football game – and the CBS broadcast ratings reflected the crazy ending.
The number of viewers for Saturday's telecast topped 21 million between 7:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., when Auburn's Chris Davis returned a missed field goal for a 109-yard touchdown, according to Nielsen, a jump from 16 million between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. and about 10 million soon after kickoff.
Auburn's win over Alabama, a game that turned the Bowl Championship Series rankings into a chaotic free-for-all and likely cost Alabama a shot at its third straight national championship, was the second-highest-rated game this season behind Alabama's Sept. 14 win over Texas A&M. That game, which also aired on CBS, peaked late in the fourth quarter around 15 million viewers.
Another rivalry matchup Saturday with a loony finish, Ohio State's 42-41 win over Michigan, saw a similar spike in television viewers. Even when Ohio State thwarted a Michigan two-point conversion in the game's last seconds, though, ABC's broadcast was seen by 13.5 million people — a number the Iron Bowl hit in the first half.


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today, i did W5D3 of my c25k workout... which includes just one running stretch.. but it's 20 mins long! up until now, the longest stretch was 8 mins, and i can't even express how happy i am with myself today!
because i tend to psych myself out when i'm running, i decided to put a sticky note over the "time" on my treadmill, so that i could just focus on running, not on how long i have left, etc. instead, i challenged myself to run through 4 songs (they are pretty long) before i could even peek at the time number. after 4 songs, i had already run 15 mins! so i took the sticky note off, and i have to admit, it was harder after that.. but i was determined to "stubborn" myself through it.. i didn't want to get to 18mins done and then quit. running for 20 whole minutes is such a huge accomplishment for me.. my brain really. now i know i can do it, no excuses!!
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it's really hard for me to get a good workout in on the weekend, with all the kids home. so i'm trying to focus on doing 5 good workouts during the week (3 c25k's and 2 kettle bells) and if i get anything done on the weekend (family bike rides!), then it's a bonus.
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It All Comes Out In The Wash (AKA The Truth About Capps)
On Saturday night, the Twins lost a game they should have won. On Sunday afternoon, the Twins did roughly the same to the Brew Crew to take the crazy series. Of course, it took Glen Perkins relieving Matt Capps in the ninth to lock down the final outs.
I am completely bamboozled as to why Capps has so much support from all sides. The team loves him, Gardy seems to adore him, the media (by and large) give him a free pass, and even Dick and Bert were sticking up for him today. My take on Capps is a bit different: I'll even go so far as to say that this guy…
…was a better closer overall than Capps.
Now, I don't think that Capps is beyond usefulness. He could be useful as a setup-type reliever, or a "seventh inning guy". However, he just doesn't have either the physical stuff (like a prime Joe Nathan) or the presence to fake it (like Rauch). I just wonder when we are going to figure this out for good.
Preview (36-46, 4th, 4.5 GB CWS): David Price (8-6, 3.43) vs. Brian Duensing (5-7, 4.69)
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Some Twins signing news from this week:
Glen Perkins gets a 1-year deal. This surprised me, as I thought he was on the outs with the Twins organization. I guess being a lefty on a team that hoardes pitching has its benefits.
Alexi Casilla is also back for another year, and being given his umpteenth chance to win a starting role.
One more year of Matt Capps (that sound you hear is me getting down on my knees to pray that Joe Nathan comes back strong). He's not that bad…but not that good, either.
Jon Rauch is now a Blue Jay. Perhaps he will thrive again as more of a setup option, like his 2009 role. He lucked into some gimme saves here last April, and held the job for far too long. If only his repetoire and velocity were as intimidated as, well, him!
The Franchise
"It's the franchise, boy, I'm shining now…"
In 2006, the Minnesota Twins were supposed to have the lethal 1-2 combination of savvy vet Johan Santana and unhittable rookie Francisco Liriano leading them deep into the playoffs. That is, until Frankie's arm popped one too many times, and old Tommy John reared his ugly head.
After losing all of 2007 and most of 2008, last year was a lost one for the Cisco Kid, as he struggled mightily with control, his delivery, and his velocity. Good thing that is now in the past, as "The Franchise" is now living up to the billing.
His stat line tonight might not have been all that sparkly (6 IP, 3 ER), but he did strike out seven batters (including Manny Ramirez twice) and pretty much dominated until he ran out of gas a little early due to an extended opening inning. He was hitting 97 mph on Chicago's radar gun, had the biting slider, and even a nice assortment of changeups to really keep the batsmen shifting.
Amazingly enough, that wasn't even the pitching performance of the game, as that "award" goes to Jesse Crain for striking out Paul Konerko and Manny Ramirez with likely the game on the line in the seventh inning. While I may not take back ALL the things I've said about Crain on this blog, I will say that he has undergone perhaps the most remarkable in-season turnaround of any reliever I've ever seen. He's absolutely unhittable right now, and is mopping up all of Guerrier's and Rauch's messes.
I was very surprised by the lack of pizazz shown by the Chicago crowd tonight. With Ramirez up and the bases loaded in the seventh, the fans never really even got on their feet or made any noise (except, of course, to boo Manny rigorously as he returned to the dugout). Then, when Alex Rios misplayed a ball in center field that allowed three runs to score and effectively clinched a Twins victory, I thought the Chi-Sox fans were practicing a fire drill the way they were heading for the exits.
I would like to believe that, if the roles had been reversed, Twins fans at Target Field would have been on their feet in those crucial situations and not leaving until that 27th out.
Preview (86-58, 1st, 7.0 GA CWS, Magic #: 12): Brian Duensing (8-2, 2.02) vs. Gavin Floyd (10-12, 3.91)
Re-Capping Matt
The Minnesota Twins have had new closer Matt Capps for about a month now, and so I think it's time to evaluate his performance so far. Here are the raw stats:
What I like about Capps is that he seems to have the raw "stuff" to get people out. He has a live fastball, and a decent assortment of breaking pitches to keep opposing batters off-balance.
However, there is a troubling sign that makes the new closer a bit too much like the old one for my tastes…
For all his velocity, Capps is a "pitch to contact" type of closer. Those kind of guys make me nervous, especially in the playoffs when "contact" usually is the equivalent of "base hit". Now don't get me wrong…I think that Capps is better suited for the role than Rauch, who didn't have the live fastball or control of the nasty curve to ever dominate the final inning. However, on a scale of "Guardado-Aguilera-Nathan", I think Capps falls somewhere between Eddie & Aggie.
Thus, it is very interesting that the Twins just traded for Angels closer Brian Fuentes:
The "official word" is that Fuentes will be used primarily as a setup man to Capps, but Gardy also made the interesting comment that Fuentes could be used in "certain save situations". I like that reasoning, as it shows me that Gardy understands that Capps isn't Rivera or Papelbon and thus wants to consider all his options.
Perhaps the best thing that could come out of all of this is that it gives the Twins some bullpen depth, something that always seems to be lacking (on any club, really). Guys like Crain and Guerrier can't always shoulder the load, the biggest case in point being Matty G., as we may have already burned him out from years of overuse.
More Bailouts Than Obama (aka Don't Mess Around With Jim)
Tonight's Twins-White Sox game featured more bailouts of Twins' pitchers than the Obama Administration:
First, Scott Baker stunk it up once again, giving up a bevy of hard-hit balls, including a moonshot from Paul Konerko in the early innings:
However, the Twins also got dingers of their own from Delmon Young and Orlando Hudson, as well as a big triple from Jason Kubel, to stay in the game.
With the Twins leading 5-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, Matt Capps was brought in for the save situation. The first batter, Alexei Ramirez, homered to tie the game, but Capps was bailed out by a huge, bases-loaded double play to end the inning.
In the tenth, Jon Rauch took the mound and, with one out, gave up three straight singles to once again allow the White Sox to score a run, giving them a 6-5 lead. Rauch, for the second time in as many games, couldn't even finish off his inning and had to be replaced:
At this point, though, is when Big Jim took matters onto his own, rather broad shoulders:
In the bottom of the tenth, Delmon Young sent a rocket right through the crotch (almost literally) of Matt Thorton. Up stepped Jim Thome, and three things happened in rather short fashion:
1. The ball rocketed towards the right field pavilion;
2. The ball landed, giving Thome career homer #581, and the first walk-off jack at Target Field;
3. A shaving cream-filled towel quickly homed in on Thome's face, courtesy of one Nick Punto.
Every win against the Sox is a good win at this point, but it's so much sweeter when Thome does it to his former mates! Next to Delmon Young choosing to punch AJ Pierzynski in the face instead of sliding into home plate, Thome's blast is easily the highlight of the season-series with these two clubs so far. Can we drop them even further back tomorrow?!
Preview (69-50, 1st, 4.0 GA CWS): Gavin Floyd (8-9, 3.70) vs. Francisco Liriano (11-7, 3.26).
Their Own Medicine
This weekend series against the Oakland A's was billed with the young, very talented Oakland starting staff potentially shutting down the Twins' bats. Instead, we beat them at their own game:
-On Friday, Pavano got hit around quite a bit, but still managed to pitch into the seventh inning and get the win.
-Saturday saw Brian Duensing completely mow down the A's to the tune of nine innings and three hits.
-Kevin Slowey then pitched seven no-hit innings against Oakland on Sunday, only to be removed from the game due to pitch count issues.
Now, the Pale Hose come to our house. We can really put a dent in Guillen's crew by just doing what we do best…winning the series.
-I completely understand Gardy taking out Slowey after that seventh inning, as he has been struggling with elbow tendonitis of late. However, it took even more (insert term loosely related to "guts" here) from Gardy to put in Rauch with a no-hitter on the line. Didn't you just know he would blow it…and he did?! For the first time in my life, I was actually hoping to see Crain jog in from the 'pen.
Preview (68-50, 1st, 3.0 GA CWS): John Danks (12-8, 3.19) vs. Scott Baker (10-9, 4.76)
Right Move…But Right Guy?
Just heard today that the Twins got closer Matt Capps from the Washington Nationals…
From a purely personnel standpoint, GM Bill Smith got it right. I'm glad he realized that Jon Rauch is not a playoff-caliber closer, and that adding a reliever to allow Duensing a spot in the starting rotation might be just as good as a high-caliber, high-risk, rental-player trade.
The only thing I'm concerned about is that, from what I've heard, Capps isn't all that steadier than Mr. Rauch. I don't know too much about him, though, so I would appreciate some comments from more informed minds on the matter.
For now, though, I'll say I like this trade going forward. Pavano, Liriano, Duensing isn't too shabby at the front end of the rotation, Blackburn will likely be pitching in big games (and probably suceeding, knowing him) in September again, and anything from Baker/Slowey is a plus at this point.
Making 'Em Sweat
Last night, the Minnesota Twins look for all the world to be headed to another disappointing loss on the road. Down 5-2 after five innings, Carl Pavano was getting beat by the long ball and the bats weren't doing much of anything (besides grounding to Lyle Overbay, that is).
However, that is when the bats started to heat up:
Not only did it take back-to-back jacks from Morneau and Kubel to jump back into the game, but big hits were also needed from Mauer (dinger), and doubles by Thome and Delmon Young (who finished the game 3-3) since the pen kept serving up the meatballs.
As much as everyone is worried about the Twins right now, I think that our hitting is what it is and we aren't going to change anything. If we continue to trot out a Span-O-Dawg-Mauer-Morneau-Cuddy-Kubes-Big D-Big Jim-JJ lineup, we'll score runs:
If it doesn't, then we probably just don't deserve to make the playoffs anyway, so why worry? Thus, are biggest area of improvement will be pitching. Cliff Lee would be huge, but enough so to mortage away guys like Wilson Ramos and Aaron Hicks? At this point, I would have to say yes. With that kind of potent lineup day in and day out, we may actually have a chance to take on the mighty Yanks in the playoffs this year (one always has to assume that the AL road to the World Series runs through the Big Apple), but not without a few pitchers to hold back their firepower. Sending Lee, Liriano, and Pavano/Slowey/Baker/Blackie to the mound would give as at least a fair shake against their big bats, I think, though of course nothing is guaranteed.
Another key…more pictures like this:
-Too bad Delmon Young won't win the Final Vote balloting, but Kevin Youkilis probably deserves it. Just as long as Swish doesn't make it…man I hate that guy!
Preview (45-38, 2nd, 0.5 GB DET): Kevin Slowey (8-5, 4.57) vs. Marc Rzepczynski (0-0, 0.00). The Tigers needed some late-inning heroics to preserve their division lead last night, so let's keep the pressure on. I don't want to be two games back heading into Comerica this weekend.
Don't Be Distracted (or One Pressing Need)
Just recently here in Minnesota, the guy pictured above (Cliff Lee, for those living under a brick of Target Field limestone) has been on the brains of all Twins fans (and for good reason, as he could be a great addition to our ballclub).
However, games like tonight only go to show that another need is just as pressing…a true closer.
When Mr. Joe Nathan used to come into games (to the fans urging others to "Stand up and Shout!"), you got the feeling that everything would be okay, and most of the time (if not the ALDS against the Yanks…grrr) it was.
With Jon Rauch, though, the exact opposite is true. He is basically just your average middle reliever who challenges hitters and lives by the law of averages (that which states that a pitcher should be able to pitch one inning without giving up a run). However, come October or even a steamy September, and I can see Rauch losing too many key games for us. Past demons aside, I would (if given the option…booo) send Nathan out to the mound every time against, say, the Yanks again over Rauch any day of the week.
Tonight was just another example. Two great teams, the Twins and Rays, played a hard-fought game into the eighth inning (featuring more heroics from Delmon Young both at the plate and in the field), when the Twins finally edged out in front. However, Rauch then blew the save that led to Matty Guerrier's eventually loss.
So, with all the pandering over Cliff Lee, let's not forget another pressing need…that "last guy" spot in the ninth. Rauch isn't preposterously bad, but also probably not good enough to make it through the playoffs, either.
-Carl Crawford may just be the best player in baseball. Blazing speed, incredible defense, and hits for power/average. If I'm building a major league baseball team right now, he's A-1 on my short list.
Preview (43-36, 1st, 1.0 GA DET): David Price (11-3, 2.44) vs. Scott Baker (6-7, 4.97).
Heading into the top of the ninth inning of Saturday's game against the the Phillies, it looked as if the Twins were headed for a sweep at the hands of the defending NL champs. But then, less than 24 hours later, the Twins had taken two of three from the Phils and salvaged what looked to be a disaster.
Thome, Mauer, Butera, and Young provided the late-inning offense in the thrilling Saturday comeback (featuring a blown save by Jon Rauch that prolonged the game even further), while Carl Pavano out-pitched Roy Halladay (Yankee fans, I bet you never thought you'd read that sentence!) on Sunday.
Now, on to the city of Brats & Beer!
Preview (40-29, 1st, 1.5 GA DET): Scott Baker (6-5, 4.41) vs. Chris Narveson (5-4, 5.79).


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On the podcast this week we talk with Roseann Weiss the Director of the Community & Public Arts Department at the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission.Â
Sara Drake posted a thoughtful essay about Daniel Clowes' MCA restrospective. Her review opens with a well-considered point about the time line the MCA presents at the beginning of Clowes' show ("the timeline epitomizes a friction still present between comics and art institutions' reluctant willingness to accept them as one of their own,") going on to focus on the show itself:
Comics exhibitions are typically, perhaps even inherently, about process. The work on the walls is unstable and has not yet calcified into it's final form as a work of art. Clowes's comics are intentionally built to be read. The focus is on narrative structure and storytelling, as opposed to the flip-side of playing with the visual richness of the medium. Reading desks and large, upholstered nooks with copies of Clowes's books dapple the space while original pages of his comics span the width of the galleries. The result is claustrophobic in a good way, providing a daunting depiction of the amount of labor involved in comics creation. Clowes's work is more emblematic of illustration than that of a painter or print maker, albeit his skills as a draftsmen almost render the various changes that occur during printing production invisible: penciling or under drawings are rarely present, Clowes's adept brush work meticulously cover the initial draft,  and the gouache painted covers in the show are breathtaking. The flawlessness of the line work and the confidence embedded in Clowes's drawings almost seem to undermine the self-doubt and alienation present within his stories.
The week began with our ever fabulous gossip report courtesy of Dana Bassett. Everybody loves Keith Haring, Andrew Santa Lucia covers Logan Hardware, and Anthony Romero published a column about Jay-Z's performance:
Just when we thought the world was safe from appropriating celebrities (#LoveYouMiley) Jay-Z swags in and tries his hand at the most bodily of professions, Performance Art. This, as you may well know, is NOT his first attempt at a durational performance. HOVA and Yeezus reportedly played Ni**s in Paris a record breaking number of times.* We all did for that matter and in case you were wondering, there are five more works of art from Jay to come. So we can all relax, there's plenty of newsfeed fodder forthcoming. Word on the street is that there may be images of a Jesus chain in a jar of urine surfacing soon.
Best of Lists in the summer time… WHAT? That's right. Here is Paul Germanos' annual top 16 in photos.
Chicago Artist Writers contributed another piece from their most excellent blog. James Pepper Kelly writes about the controversial exhibit, Wierd Dude Energy at Heaven Gallery calling forth other spectral voices to do so:
Walter Benjamin |Â Â At the center of this exhibition is man. Present-day man; a reduced man, therefore, chilled in a chilly environment. Since, however, this is the only one we have, it is in our interest to know him. He is subjected to tests, examinations. What emerges is this: Weird Dude Energy (WDE), a layering of men, a group perspective on masculinity.
Thomas Friel also wrote about Jay-Z's performance at Pace Chelsea last week, reflecting on the performance and place and celebrity via instant, public documentation:
A celebrity's presence in our space, instead of the media version we tend to see them as confirms our own existence. At the same time, it complicates that existence. We are seen by those we have saw but here unto unseen by. I see (consume one's image) therefore I am, but when I am seen, what am I? It is mindfuck of Turrell like proportions, as we lose our sense of up and down, left and right. We choke on our own vomit, we are paralyzed. In exchange, or maybe as a symbiotic response, we return them to a mediated image from our cellphone capture. Shrinking them to a 2.5†x 3.5†format, moving at a mere 16fps, they are more manageable as a digital apparition. With Jay-Z rapping in our face – a desire of many to be that close to a living legend, to be acknowledged by He who hath created the current state of Hip Hop – we are quickly overwhelmed, and thus respond with our cell phone's sad idea of video to return to a sense of normality. It helps us relate to his intangible nature. It is in this way that we treat the celebrity both as a solar eclipse and a stripper at a gentlemen's club. At at least one point during "Picasso Babyâ€, a tight circle forms around Jay-Z. We see his professional camera crew which is typically meant to be invisible. They are anything but in the many cell shots taken, reminding us that this is a planned operation, to be dissected and re-edited later. However, their visibility being an anomaly, suggests a future that is somewhat less imminent than the rapidity of the cell phone.
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Palace Square, a focal point in the history of St. Petersburg, notably in the bloody revolutions of 1905 and 1917, is now the city's cultural centre boasting the prestigious Hermitage Museum. Designed by Carlo Rossi like a stage set, it affords a grand (8 ha) perspective. It is closed off on the Neva side by the Winter Palace, across from the spectacular semicircular colonnade of the General Staff Building pierced in the middle by a majestic triumphal arch. In the centre of the square stands the Alexander Column.
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In his homily for daily Mass in the chapel of the St. Martha House yesterday, Pope Francis reflected on his concern that too many young people are not answering the call to the priesthood or to religious life because they have become too attached to the things of this world to empty themselves for others as Christ did. "We must pray so that the hearts of these young people may be emptied, emptied of other interests and other sentiments, so that they may become free," the Holy Father said, centering his thoughts on the Gospel passage about the rich young ruler who turned away from a calling to follow Jesus, and who had material wealth. "He was a good man, a man who had observed the commandments from his youth. However, this was not enough for him, he wanted more. The Holy Spirit was pushing him further."
After Jesus told this young man to go and sell all that he had, give to the poor, and follow Jesus, Pope Francis pointed out that he went away sad. "His heart was full and he lacked the courage to empty it," the Pope taught. "He made his choice: money. His heart was full of money, he was not a thief, or a criminal: no, no, no! He was a good man: he had never stolen! He had never cheated anyone: his money had been earned honestly. But his heart was imprisoned, it was attached to money and he lacked the freedom to choose. Money chose for him."
The Pope then said that there are many young people who are not ashamed to live and proclaim their faith "but when their hearts are full of something else and they lack the courage to empty their hearts, they turn back and their joy becomes sadness." Francis said that he believes there are many young people today who have a religious or priestly vocation, but that obstacles and roadblocks of various kinds keep them from heeding God's call. "We must pray so that the hearts of these young people may be emptied," he pleaded. "Emptied of other interests and other sentiments, so that they may become free. Lord, send us nuns and send us priests, defend them from idolatry, the idolatry of vanity, the idolatry of pride, the idolatry of power, the idolatry of money."
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One of the three major repairs to the NEI has been to replace more than a mile of pipe that ran through Hewlett's Creek. The portion of pipe in the creek was thought to have the greatest possibility of failure before a back-up line is completed. Not only was the section of pipe difficult to maintain and repair because of its location in the wetlands, it was also in an environmentally sensitive area.
The city chose the relocation route, which runs through the city Golf Course, down Mockingbird Lane and ties back into the existing line at Cascade Road, because it does not impact private property. The route helped speed up completion of the project, which cost $2 million.
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Yo-ho, yo-ho, another roadkill rescue for me! As you may have guessed, this one has a nautical theme…and it's gorgeous! Jodi of Enhanced Home Decor started with this roadside find: a small, hexagon shaped side table.
She wasn't quite sure how she wanted to refinish this table until she took an image transfer class. Right away, she was inspired to give this table a little seafaring flair with the addition of a sailor's compass graphic. After painting the body of the table in a creamy white chalk paint, Jodi used alternating shades of dark and light wax to bring out the beautiful woodtones of the six triangles that make up the tabletop. Then she added the vintage graphic as a finishing touch. Shiver me timbers, it's stunning!
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The next episode of the Scotiabank Giller Awards -- read: The Biggest Party of the Year, literary-wise -- isn't happening again for another eight months, but what's this we see? A punchy, poignant cat-fight?
Elana Rabinovitch, a Giller go-getter and daughter of the man who founded the book prize, has a few choice words to say to a writer who's been howling for some time outside of the Toronto Four Seasons (where the fancy awards take place every November). The writer, author and reviewer Stephen Henighan, toted his gun most recently in the pages of Geist magazine, shooting bullet- points at not only Margaret Atwood, but all the other literary mullahs who hold court, ostensibly, around the prestigious Canadian jackpot.
Labelling his criticism "ravings," Ms. Rabinovitch reports that "Henighan's bitterness toward the Giller Prize is almost legendary."
"No one's quite sure w h y," she continues in an e-letter posted on the Quill & Quire book-blog, "but hopefully all the brow sweat and ink he spills writing about us will at least stimulate more conversations about and the reading of Canadian literature."
The precise source of Elana's ire? Well, it might be Stephen's claim that the people behind the Giller are akin to the mob and that everyone, truly, is in a hammock with Heather Reisman. Or that Atwood is akin to a Mexican despot and the latest Giller winner, Vincent Lam, is her "teddy bear." Or maybe, just, the Guleph guy's wicked observation that, of the whole bookcase full of Giller winners, from the years 1994 to 2004 -- "with the exception of Mordecai Richler" -- every one of them "lived within a two-hour drive of the corner of Yonge and Bloor."
There's more. Oh so much more. Even, for instance, a passage, like the one below, that seemed to describe the scene at the 2005 awards, and one which might have even puzzled Lewis Carroll:
"In an instant, Vincent Lam, in contrast to previous 'multicultural' Giller winners [ M.J.] Vassanji, Rohinton Mistry and Austin Clarke -- all of them relative loners, none of them born or raised in Canada, none of them able to boast an exemplary interracial marriage such as that between Lam and his Anglo- Greek-descended wife -- became a member of the Family Compact and a potential teddy bear." Oh, isn't the world of literature just totally fun?
Elana isn't taking any of it, though. More than a decade after her dad-about-town Jack founded
the literary prize as kind of Taj Mahal-esque tip to his late wife Doris Giller and, in the
process, began a party that people continue to pant over, she quotes one of the Canadian greats to defend the family firm.
"What's striking," she says now, "is how prescient Mordecai Richler was when he stated, at the launch of the Giller Prize almost 14 years ago, that 'when you give Canadians an apple, they look for the razor blade inside.' "
That it was our own Ryan Gosling, a best actor nominee at Sunday's Oscars, who was the first on his feet for Al Gore. That is to say, he led the Standing O for the ex-Veep during the ceremony!
That Bill Gates, who was doing the wintertime thing in Ottawa last week, told the CBC's Evan Solomon during an interview that he gives his kids a pretty modest allowance. That is to say, the world's richest man only coughs up a dollar per week!
Virgin tycoon Richard Branson is Toronto-bound on March 13 for one of his modern-day mercantile blitzes. That is to say, he's expected at a bash in honour of the second-year anniversary of Virgin ear-to-ear here and, also, the long-awaited launch of "wireless number portability"!
- That musically inclined who's - who Denise Donlon ate at the new, hot Globe Bistro on the Danforth last Tuesday! ?
- David Mirvish, who eats too, having a dinner fit for an impresario at Splendido on Harbord not long ago! ...
- Actor/singer/hedonist Jamie Foxx has plans at C-Lounge, following the concert he's doing in town later this week!
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Receivers coach Darrell Wyatt running a drill Friday
The Saturday workout is from 9:45 a.m. to noon in Arizona Stadium and open to the public. Practices in spring are closed except for this weekend's drill and the annual Spring Game set for Saturday, April 14.
Friday morning coaches clinic sessions included talks by head coach Mike Stoops, defensive coorindator Mark Stoops, offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes and offensive line coach and running game coordinator Bill Bedenbaugh. UA director of football operations said attendance was the best in Stoops' tenure at Arizona.
The clinic opened Thursday evening with dinner and some brainstorming sessions led by both Stoops and Dykes, along with breakout sessions for various units. Guest speakers Friday included John Featherstone, coach at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif.; Dave Henigan, coach at Corsicana, Texas, High School; and Jim Ewan, coach at Chandler, Ariz., High School. UA director of performance enhancement, Corey Edmond, led a session with his staff Friday evening after practice, focusing on speed and functional movement work specific to football.
Arizona concludes its sixth spring practice Saturday of the allotted 15. Stoops has been effusive in his praise for the defensive unit that returns 10 starters and also encouraged by the transformation of the Wildcat offense under Dykes.
The former Texas Texas Tech co-offensive coordinator has installed the multiple spread attack which features prolific use of the forward pass. Tech, in fact, threw the ball more than 600 times in 2006 and Stoops has indicated the Cats will put it in the air 40 to 50 times per game, while retaining enough of the power game to keep a physical character rather than morph into a "finesse" team.
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|Mike Thomas in a pattern drill
Stoops credits Dykes and the other new offensive assistants -- Bedenbaugh, passing game coordinator and receivers coach Darrell Wyatt, and running backs coach Michael Smith -- with helping the makeover a smooth process because of their experience and teaching ability.
Noteworthy changes include different schemes for the offensive line, a full package of patterns and routes for four different receiver groups, changed responsibilities for running backs, and a simplified but speedier thought process for the quarterbacks, among others. At times, UA will have five or six potential targets on passing plays.
The players are loving it. Junior receiver B.J. Dennard, cited as one of the most athletic members of the team for the past three years but not always in the mix on the field, said, "Oh, yeah... it's going to be something." He'll contend for serious playing time this year as a "small H-back," not log-jammed at one or two receiver spots as he might have been in a traditional pro-style attack.
"It's going really well," junior quarterback Willie Tuitama said. "I'm feeling more comfortable each day." Fellow junior Mike Thomas, who has 102 career receptions in his first two years, has been considering the notion he might see 100 balls thrown his way. "I'm ready," he says.


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My friend Dani (appearing courtesy of PopWrapped.com) and I have a bone to pick with Disney...
It's a well-known fact that Disney is where the magic happens. The Powers-That-Be at The House The Mouse Built have been charming us with their whimsy for nearly a century. We've traveled under the sea with Ariel; we've been tutored on the circle of life with Simba; we've realized that dreams are simply wishes your heart makes, when you're fast asleep; and we've experienced the warm summer breeze of an Arabian night while Aladdin showed us the world on a magic carpet ride. We all have our favorites, and Aladdin is at the top of our list. Why, then, does Disney seem so reluctant to release this exotic gem from the vault? Whereas classics like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and The Little Mermaid seem to come available every few years, Aladdin continues to elude us; and we're kind of sick of it.
Below you will find our reasons as to why we think Aladdin should be the next cinematic masterpiece to escape from Disney's illusive vault.
Aladdin is easily the hottest "prince." I mean, this one is a no-brainer. Tall, dark and handsome, and not afraid to get a little dirty and rough it? Puh-lease. Prince Charming and Prince Phillip seem like softies compared to Aladdin's street-rat lifestyle. But beneath that tough exterior is a diamond in the rough, ready to love and be loved; while taking you on fabulous adventures that include flying carpets. It doesn't get any better than that. Girls and gays alike grew up swooning over Aladdin (who had the original Bieber-swoosh by the way). He was a genuine, regular guy who got the girl and the glory, all while traipsing around Agrabah in his cute little vest.
Jasmine is the first feminist I (Dani) remember looking up to. Princess Jasmine was strong, stubborn and fiercely independent, despite her sheltered lifestyle and utter lack of knowledge of life outside of her castle. She railed against her father and his determination that she find a husband, and insisted that she was "not a prize to be won." She was smart and witty, but also generous, gentle and kind-hearted. She loved as fiercely as she protested. She broke all the rules by falling in love with Aladdin (even though she THOUGHT he was prince), and her love for a homeless vagabond inspired her father to use his authority as Salton to change the rules so that she could marry a non-prince; something that was unheard of in her home of Agrabah. She fought for her right to be an active participant in her own life, rather than just a bystander (like some other Disney princesses we know). Jasmine's strength and perseverance are just a few reasons that she's by far my favorite princess. Also, she had a pet tiger. Just sayin'.
From a guys point of view, Jasmine is one of the hard-to-get Princesses who didn't just fall into Aladdin's arms right off the bat. She was gorgeous, independent (which is sexy), funny, sweet and is just in general one tough chick. Pretty girls with bad-ass attitudes are basically the coolest girls you could hope to meet. Not to mention, for a Disney princess, her attire of choice wasn't too bad. I (Ben) remember meeting the "real life" Jasmine at Disney world and was red in the face for days after taking my picture with her. This girl has POWER!
Abu is definitely on the list of cutest Disney sidekicks. Who wouldn't want this furry little fellow fighting along side you? Granted he caused some trouble and wasn't exactly a fan of Jasmine's at first; AND, yeah, he was the whole reason they got trapped in the Cave of Wonders in the first place...BUT it all turned out to be the best thing that could have happened. And he's just so darn cute!
Jafar. Just; Jafar. Any good Disney kid worth their salt knows that the villain makes or breaks the movie. As I look back on some of the Disney movies that didn't really resonate with me, I find that it's almost always lacking a really sinister villain. For example: I never really dug Bambi. I found it depressing, and not particularly compelling. I mean the villain was just a hunter, right? And I don't even know who the real villain would be in Pinocchio. The whale? The man that kidnapped him and turned him into a marionette? It's that ambiguity that I think makes all the difference. But there was nothing ambiguous about Jafar. He was pure, unadulterated evil; and it was glorious. His scheming was apparent from the very start, and he very nearly took the whole kingdom under his sorcerer wing. But, as always, good reigned triumphant over evil, and he was banished to the Cave of Wonders to live an eternity with "ultimate cosmic powers" in an "itty-bitty living space." Though, thanks to the several sequels that followed, we know he didn't stay there for long. Another reason Jafar rocks my socks? He had the best evil sidekick in Iago, the parrot voiced by Gilbert Godfrey. Pure genius.
The music in Aladdin is just the best! Both of the Oscars this Disney masterpiece earned back in 1993 were for the music (Best Original Score and Best Original Song for "A Whole New World"), so it's no surprise that over a decade later these songs are still being played at weddings, receptions and my iPod...don't judge! "Arabian Nights," "Friends Like Me" and "Prince Ali" are some of the other great songs I could easily play on repeat.
The Genie. The Genie may just be my favorite Disney character there is. He was funny, loyal, lighthearted, and voiced by Robin Williams. What's not to love? When they tried to bring him back sans Williams, a little bit of the magic was missing. It was voice acting at its very finest. Plus, we got this awesome song out it, CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!
EVERYTHING. Seriously. Everything. Instead of listing all of the reasons we love Aladdin, like the fabulous supporting characters, the gorgeous animation, the witty and snarky commentary and the music; we're just going to just trust and believe that you get the point!
So if you share our plight and feel that your life has been "Aladdinless" for far too long, help us get our message to Disney. Who knows? If a giant tiger head that houses magical blue genies and flying carpets can emerge from a Middle Eastern desert; anything is possible, right?


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Your Chipotle burrito might cost more next time you visit.
Executives at the Denver-based burrito chain announced the companywide menu price hike this past Thursday. The price increase is the first in three years. According to Reuters, the price increase is spurred by escalating costs for expensive ingredients like steak, avocado and cheese.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the recent drought in California has driven up avocado prices. The dwindling cattle supply has also increased beef costs. In a Businessweek report, Chipotle's Chief Financial Officer John Hartung commented that steak prices alone have risen 25 percent in the last three months.
Despite strong sales in the past year and Chipotle recently announcing an 8.5 percent increase in net income, the decision by Chipotle executives to increase prices was made to manage rising food costs that were delving into the burrito chain's profit margins.
So, how and when will the price increase take place?
Reports are that the price hike will increase prices by a single-digit range and will likely take place in all markets by Chipotle's third quarter.
Twitter reaction to Chipotle's price increase has been mild. The company's commitment to serving quality ingredients, nearly one-hundred percent free of any genetically modified ingredients, has engendered a loyal following to its "Food with Integrity" efforts:
Louise Lawrence @AllAboutImage17 #Chipotle may be having a price increase, but they are still well-worth the $. Good quality/quantity food fast, & humanely raised meats.
Melissa Fortes @RemarksByMelis @ChipotleTweets price increase won't stop me from my burrito love #customerforlife
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