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Keeping Your Teeth Aligned Before Replacement Retainers Arrive
After wearing braces for a certain period in order to align your teeth, there will be a need for you to wear a retainer. Braces are used to align the teeth in proper position, however once the braces are taken off, there is a possibility that the treatment may relapse and the teeth may become crooked again. Therefore, in order to prevent this, dentists recommend patients to wear retainers after braces in order to hold their teeth in the proper realigned place. There are some people who are careless and have a very bad habit of leaving the retainer around the house and then forgetting to either wear them or putting them in a retainer box, and as a result they misplace their retainers. Misplacing your retainer can cause your teeth to move back to its original place and become crooked again. However, if you have misplaced or lost your retainer, there are a few steps that you can take in order to make sure that your teeth do not move before getting replacement retainers.
First of all, you need to contact your orthodontist immediately and inform him that you have lost your retainer and are in need of replacement retainers. This is the only way to make sure that teeth stay in place as the dentist's office can arrange for replacement retainers promptly. Your orthodontist understands that before the replacement retainers arrive, every day that goes by without wearing retainers means that the teeth are shifting back to its earlier position and thus, undoing years of good orthodontic work.
Next, ask your orthodontist for advice on what you can do in order to prevent your teeth from shifting until the replacement retainers arrive. Even though there may not be much that one can do to keep one's teeth in place until the replacement retainers arrive, it is advisable to ask in case that he may have a few do's and don'ts for you in order to prevent movement of your teeth before the replacement retainers are acquired.
You should ask the orthodontist for a temporary solution while waiting of the replacement retainers. Using a clear aligner is one such solution that one can use before the replacement retainers are procured, although, it is recommended to ask the dentist or orthodontist if this is a good alternative before doing so. Otherwise, it could cause more harm than good. It is essential to avoid stress on your mouth, which includes grinding or clenching your teeth together. Doing so will cause the muscles in your mouth and jaw to stretch and extend, which will further cause your teeth to move. Even though this might seem like a small thing, until you have the replacement retainers, you must take the necessary precautions in order to avoid moving your teeth.
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May 4, 2010
LOS ANGELES - The UCLA men's and women's tennis teams each received top 10 seeds for the 2010 NCAA Tennis Championships on Tuesday, as the draws for both 64-team tournaments were released live on ESPNews. UCLA's Los Angeles Tennis Center has also been chosen as a regional site for both men's and women's play beginning next week.
The seventh-seeded UCLA women (19-3) open up the tournament against Patriot League champion Army (20-9) on Friday, May 14 at 1:00 p.m. The other first-round match that day features West Coast Conference champion St. Mary's (17-6) against Arizona State (13-5) at 10:00 a.m. Friday's winners will meet in the second round on Saturday, May 15 at 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday's selection marks the 29th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance for the Bruin women. UCLA, Cal and Stanford are the only three teams to participate in every tournament since joining the NCAA in 1982.
The ninth-seeded Bruin men (14-6) will take on Big Sky champion Sacramento State (17-11) on Saturday, May 15 at Noon. Prior to that match, Cal (12-7) faces Big West champion UC Irvine (17-11) at 9:00 a.m. The men's second-round will be on Sunday, May 16 at 1:00 p.m.
It marks 34 straight NCAA Tournament appearances for the men's program. In fact, UCLA is the only school to compete in every NCAA Tournament since the team format was adopted in 1977.
Teams that advance through regional play will earn a trip to the NCAA Round of 16, May 20-26 in Athens, Ga.
Tickets for next week's regionals can be purchased upon entrance to the Los Angeles Tennis Center. They are $7 for adults and $5 for youth/students. There are no advanced sales.
NCAA Tennis Regional Schedule
May 14-16 at UCLA (Los Angeles Tennis Center)
Friday, May 14
St. Mary's vs. Arizona State - 10:00 a.m. (women)
(7) UCLA vs. Army - 1:00 p.m. (women)
Saturday, May 15
UC Irvine vs. Cal - 9:00 a.m. (men)
(9) UCLA vs. Sacramento State - Noon (men)
Women's Second Round - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 16
Men's Second Round - 1:00 p.m.

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|Running Back
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Two-year letterwinner…appeared in 22 games, made eight starts on offense…appeared in two games, made on start on defense…recorded 50 carries for 540 yards and one touchdown…caught 40 career passes for 166 yards…returned 42 kickoffs for 1,018 yards, fifth-most yards in WSU history…averaged 24.2 yards-per-return with a long of 92.
JUNIOR (2014): Switched to safety midway through fall camp…appeared in first two games of the season…started season-opener against Rutgers, made four tackles including three solo…left team midway through the season.
SOPHOMORE (2013): Earned a varsity letter after appearing in all 13 games, made five starts…carried 50 times for 271 yards and one touchdown…caught 26 passes for 130 yards…also returned 15 kickoffs for 343 yards, averaging a team-best 22.9 yards-per-return…rushed seven times for 53 yards, with a long of 24, caught three passes for 14 yards and had a 34-yard kickoff return at Auburn…started and carried four times for 19 yards in the win at No. 25 USC...had six carries for 26 yards in the win over Southern Utah…rushed four times for 22 yards and had a 45-yard kickoff return in the win over Idaho…caught two passes against No. 5 Stanford in Seattle…started, rushed seven times for 24 yards and scored first career touchdown (10 yards) in win at California, also caught four passes for 23 yards…had a 16-yard rush against Oregon State…had three carries and caught three passes at No. 2 Oregon…rushed seven times for 47 yards and had three receptions for 26 yards, including a 19-yard catch on the game-winning drive at Arizona…had four carries for 13 yards and 45-yard kickoff return in the win against Utah…had 22-yard carry and caught two passes at Washington…rushed three times for 14 yards, caught one pass and had two kick returns with a long of 32 against Colorado State in the New Mexico Bowl.
FRESHMAN (2012): Enrolled in Jan., 2012 for spring semester and participated in spring drills...earned a varsity letter after appearing in 10 games, making three starts…named All-Pac-12 honorable mention as a kick returner…missed games at Stanford and Utah...rushed 56 times for 269 yards…averaged 4.8 yards-per-carry…caught 14 passes for 36 yards…returned 27 kickoffs for 675 yards, fourth-most in WSU single-season history…averaged 25.0 yards-per-return, third-best in the Pac-12 and ninth-highest in WSU single-season history…had a 63-yard return at BYU…rushed 11 times for 46 yards against Eastern Washington…rushed 10 times for 72 yards and had a 56-yard kickoff return against Colorado…against No. 2 Oregon in Seattle, had five carries for 23 yards, caught three passes for 11 yards and made eight returns for 220 yards including a season-long 92-yard return…his 220 return yards were second-most in WSU single-game history…carried six times for 18 yards at No. 14 Oregon State…rushed four times for 24 yards against California…rushed 10 times for 62 yards and caught three passes for 36 yards against No. 17 UCLA…had a 29-yard return against UCLA…had a 22-yard return at Arizona State…caught two passes for seven yards in Apple Cup victory over Washington.
As a JUNIOR rushed for 400 yards on 47 carries and caught 51 passes for 776 yards and eight touchdowns...as a SENIOR (2010) earned all-city honors despite playing just eight games due to injury...rushed for 1,085 yards and 19 touchdowns including a 290-yard performance in the season opener...originally signed with Nevada in 2011 but did not attend.


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Right now according to the multiple listing service there are 114 bank owned properties on the market in Long Beach, California. How can you get your offer accepted when many of these properties are receiving multiple offers? First of all do your homework.
1. Get preapproved and have that letter ready along with your fico scores. This is critical as you may be competing with many other anxious buyers.
2. Have a great real estate agent that is responsive and communicates promptly with you
3. Have your real estate agent search on a regular basis for properties that meet your specifications so you can find them early, or look for the ones that have been on the market for a while and see if there is anything worthwhile there.
4. Look at recent solds, competitive listings, and recent expireds, and canceled listings in the area to see what the market in the area is.
5. Check out the property and find out what is wrong with it. Find out what it would cost to rehab, fix up, or otherwise make that property livable. Take along a contractor if you can.
6. Ask questions. Talk to neighbors, the condo association, etc.
7. Find out if the property has been listed before and what its history is. Was it a short sale previously?
8. Talk to your agent about how to write your offer. Should you offer highest and best? Or should you leave some wiggle room? This depends on how popular the property is.
9. Make sure your offer is complete. A complete offer should have a copy of the deposit check, agency disclosure, preapproval letter, proof of funds, termite addendum, reo advisory, and of course the purchase contract.
10. Stay in touch with your agent and have your agent keep looking even while you are waiting on your submitted offer. It can take time for a bank to make a final decision on selling an reo.
Finally if yours is not the winning offer, not to worry, keep looking. Remember it's important to stay within your budget; so if your offer was not accepted and everything was there including the right offer amount, and you still didn't get that Long Beach bank owned property, then it was not the right property for you.


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Pilot Flying J reaches agreement with feds
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Pilot Flying J said Monday it has "reached an understanding with the U. S. Attorney's office" and the U. S. Department of Justice, that the company will not be prosecuted.
According to a news release, the agreement assumes the company follows the terms of an agreement, including paying a monetary penalty over the next two years and fully cooperating with the federal government's investigation of fraudulent conduct within the company's diesel fuel sales discount programs.
The company said the agreement calls for Pilot to pay a monetary penalty of $92 million. The company has also admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay its customers back $56 million in losses.
"We, as a company, look forward to putting this whole unfortunate episode behind us, continuing our efforts to rectify the damage done, regaining our customers' trust, and getting on with our business," CEO Jimmy Haslam said in the release. "We've been committed from the beginning of this to doing the right thing, and that remains our commitment."
According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney for Eastern Tennessee, the agreement "expressly states that it provides no protection from prosecution to any individual, and moreover, imposes a continuing obligation on Pilot to provide complete cooperation with the ongoing federal investigation of current and former Pilot employees relating to fraudulent conduct involving the sale of diesel fuel."
The government's investigation of alleged diesel fuel rebate fraud at Pilot became public last year. Since then, the company has reached an $85 million settlement in federal court with trucking customers who claimed in civil lawsuits that they had been shorted on diesel fuel rebates. Under that settlement, Pilot agreed to repay any amounts owed, plus 6 percent interest and attorneys' fees.
A criminal investigation is ongoing, and 10 former employees have pleaded guilty to charges in connection with the case.
In a news release, U.S. Attorney Bill Killian said that "The terms of this agreement, including the significant monetary penalty and the very serious consequences if Pilot fails to comply, demonstrate quite clearly that no corporation, no matter how big, influential, or wealthy, is above the law. In addition, the company's agreement to fully cooperate with the United States, including its obligation to identify its employees' criminal conduct, will assist the ongoing federal investigation. The agreement ensures that Pilot's extensive remediation efforts will continue until all trucking company victims have received full restitution and until Pilot has demonstrated to the United States that it has implemented sufficient internal controls to prevent this kind of fraudulent conduct from ever occurring again."
So far, 10 former sales employees have pleaded guilty to crimes associated with cheating truckers of promised fuel rebates and two additional former employees have been granted immunity.
An FBI affidavit filed last April claimed some top company executives were aware of the alleged fraud.
Yet a review of the 143-page document also reveals some tape recordings that support Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam's claim that he was unaware of any alleged fraud.
TIMELINE: Pilot Flying J fuel rebate investigation
Haslam has has never been charged with a crime in connection with the ongoing probe, and within days of the FBI raid, he called for a complete audit of the Pilot Flying J books and a review of sales procedures.
In addition, Pilot's Board of Directors hired an outside, independent investigator to look into allegations and report those findings directly to the Board when completed.
More details as they develop.


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|Succulent Cafe & Charcuterie
|1555 Mission Drive
Phone: (805) 691-9444
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|A distinct American spirit is applied to all of our dishes, and we continuously surprise guests with both preparation and presentation. With a special devotion to local ingredients, our menu boasts both the heart of comfort food and the delicate balance of culinary complexity. We believe in ample portions, hearty flavors and lively table...
|Dos Carlitos Restaurant & Tequila Bar
|3544 Sagunto Street
Phone: 805-688-0033
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|The Dos Carlitos experience combines many elements: La Parrilla, our open fire grill, imparts a smoky essence to our authentic grilled especiales and delicious salsas; our comal fills the air with the aroma of fresh handmade tortillas; the tequila bar offers an extensive collection of over 60 premium 100% Blue Agave tequilas. Dos Carlitos is a...
|Fresco Valley Cafe
|442 Atterdag Road
Phone: 805-688-8857
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|In 2009, Aric Christopher and Matt Raab, who have been family friends of the Brouillards for some time, approached them about the possibilities of opening a new and third Fresco location. After diligently searching the Southern California landscape and demographic for a new site, Aric and Matt found the Santa Ynez Valley to be a perfect fit. Not...
|Avant Tapas and Wine
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|Avant Tapas and Wine is the tasting room for over 30 vintners producing their wine at the Terravant Wine Companys state-of-the-art production facility, in Santa Barbara County.
|Bell Street Farm
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|Bell Street Farm is a culinary destination in Santa Barbara County wine country. This cozy and delicious eatery / market is located in Los Alamos, California and is surrounded by gorgeous vineyards. With farm fresh cuisine and sophisticated yet comfortable design, Bell Street Farm offers a distinct environment to enjoy a meal, snack or a wine...
|The Los Olivos Café
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|Trattoria Grappolo Santa Ynez
|3687 Sagunto Street
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|Trattoria Grappolo is a informal, friendly Italian bistro in Santa Ynez, California. Grappolo was founded in 1997 by chef Leonardo Curti and Daniele Serra. Located at only 40 minute drive from Santa Barbara, Trattoria Grappolo is the place to go with your family and friends. Enjoy the bucolic atmosphere of the Valley while appreciating an...
|Ballard Inn Restaurant
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|An intimate dining experience awaits you at the Ballard Inn Restaurant. A 12-table restaurant, reservations are highly recommended. Chef Budi Kazali is putting the small town of Ballard on the map with his award winning French Asian cuisine that melds the flavors and techniques of eastern and western cuisines. Sit back and tantalize your tastebuds...
|Root 246
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|Greenhouse Cafe
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The Titanfall beta ran through the weekend for the Xbox One and PC with the next-gen console updated Saturday night to an open beta. Microsoft has been hyping the Call of Duty meets mechs shooter as the one to get for 2014 and I was able to try it out on both platforms. Does the beta from Respawn Entertainment show that the final product will live up to the hype or will this be yet another multiplayer game that is quickly forgotten in the yearly deluge of games?
Evolution not Revolution
The term "revolution" is bandied about way too often by publishers and PR firms. In the case of Titanfall, it is definitely an evolutionary step for the genre and not a revolutionary step. The default controls use the tried and true first-person mechanics but the difference is the feeling of responsiveness, even with the Xbox One controller, combined with the smooth player movement on screen.
Mechs (aka Titans) have been done in multiplayer first-person shooters before as has AI bots. The difference with Titanfall is how Respawn Entertainment has mixed them all together to form an entertaining blend of fast-paced action and massive human squishing robots.
Even the three modes present during the beta are evolutionary new spins on existing and well-worn multiplayer modes. Attrition is the equivalent of Team Deathmatch but with the added bonus of the AI bots being targets to hunt while Hardpoint is the standard Domination gameplay juiced up with speed and mechs. But again, it's how Respawn packaged the three modes together with the maps and fluid gameplay that make the difference.
The introduction of Burn Cards is a nice addition as well. These are cards that are collected during matches and can be equipped prior to a match to give bonuses such as a more powerful weapon, bonus XP or a faster movement. Once used in a match though, they are gone for good. It adds a little strategy to the game to determine whether to save a card or go ahead and burn it now. Given the frantic nature of matches, the performance boost isn't so much that players will be able to abuse them as they only last until you die.
No Place to Camp
While the Titanfall beta only includes two maps, both illustrate Respawn's design philosophy of both inviting (and practically forcing) players to never stop moving. If you think you've found a place to camp, there's probably at least three different angles that someone can come and attack you from whether it is inside a building or outside.
There's simply no place to squat and hide and cover all the possible paths that enemies will be running past. You may be able to squeeze into a corner and get a couple of cheap kills because of cloaking but that won't last but a minute in a match before you find yourself looking at the killcam of the opposing player that just took you out.
Do Titans dream of electric sheep?
Let's be honest, the AI soldiers (Grunts and Spectres) in Titanfall are dumb fodder for players to shoot as part of the objective for the Attrition mode and not much more. They are mostly an annoyance and you should feel embarrassed if ever killed by one because it likely means you weren't paying attention to your surroundings.
The Titan AI is another story though and I found it incredibly useful to simply not pilot the mech during the Hardpoint modes. The Hardpoint maps have three objectives to be captured with only one of them accessible to a mech. The other two are inside buildings so I was able to set my Titan to follow me as I went back and forth between these two objectives to hold or recapture these points for my team. I was able to rack up serious experience points doing this with the added benefit that my Titan was patrolling the perimeter earning extra points killing AI soldiers and the occasional pilot or enemy Titan.
Graphically Speaking
Disappointingly, Titanfall barely does 720p on the Xbox One with the official word from Respawn Entertainment that it is set to 792p so that all the graphical bells and whistles can be turned on while shooting for 60 frames per second (this may change to 900p in the final release). While that is unfortunate from a technical standpoint, gameplay ran smooth the majority of the time with a couple of noticeable framerate hiccups for the beta build during intense scenes. This will hopefully be something fixed for the retail release.
Surprisingly, the PC version ran strong at 60fps at 1080p on an older Radeon 7850 card combined with an Intel i5 3570k processor. This was with the various graphics settings at the highest settings with the exception of shadows. The good news is that Respawn provided PC gamers with various graphics tweaks and the game doesn't appear to be particularly taxing. However, the quality of the graphics were not noticeably improved over the Xbox One when maxed out.
Hype Meter
There's no denying that Microsoft is banking on Titanfall to push the hype meter on its new console and, judging by the beta so far, the shooter meets the bar in being tons of fun and a must have for the console though it falls short of the revolutionary moniker. Xbox One user should unfortunately be accustomed to the console's technical limitations by now and the game still looks great running on a heavily modified version of the Source engine. PC users will find just as much to enjoy and will not have to race out and build a monster machine to enjoy it. The longevity of the Titanfall will ultimately depend on the number of maps and game modes that Respawn Entertainment is able to deliver at launch combined with continued support over the next year.
Of course, not repeating the meltdowns of other Electronic Arts published titles like SimCity 4 and Battlefield 4 is a must as well.
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I visit some wiki sites with tutorials and I don't always have an Internet connection. So I'm searching for any application working under Linux that downloads a whole site and rewrites links to be usable without an internet connection.
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wget is the standard tool for downloading web sites in Linux. It is quite configurable, so you can tell it to only download a single page, or follow all the links within a single domain, or even cross domains, as well as many other things.
You will want to familiarize yourself with the wget man page.
Another tool you can use if, for some reason, wget doesn't meet your needs, is HTTrack. It can be more powerful in some ways but can be a bit tricky to get used to if you're not using the WebHTTrack GUI for it.


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The annual Miss Christmas Holiday Beauty Pageant recently was held at Long County High School to collect donations for the Wingmen M.C. of Ludowici toy drive.
More than 2,600 recyclable bags of toys, games, puzzles, books and wrapping paper were given away to parents, grandparents and guardians of needy children from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Performing Arts Center in Flemington.
Representatives from the Liberty County Tax Assessors' office spoke at the Goldenheirs' November meeting.
The spirit of Christmas was alive as St. James Sports Center in Holmestown hosted its 15th annual Christmas party and dinner Wednesday night.
Army Pfc. Jarrell R. Crawford recently graduated from basic combat training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.
Christmas Eve is always a busy day around my home, as it is with everyone else. There is one Christmas Eve in particular that stands out in my memory from several years ago.
More than 30 children, their foster parents and eight members of the Hinesville Rotary Club gathered Thursday for their annual gift-giving event, casually known as their Bobby Brown Christmas Party.
Homelessness is a year-round problem, which makes homeless prevention a year-round effort for local agencies and organizations committed to helping people in need.
The faces of the children who enjoyed Friday night's holiday hayride at Fort Stewart's Holbrook Pond Recreation Area were evidence enough to prove Christmas is a special time for families.
Hinesville's Kentucky Fried Chicken has teamed up with the Chatham-Savannah Authority for the Homeless Inc. to help the homeless during the holiday season with a campaign called "Dishing out Meals: Fighting Homelessness and Hunger in Our Community."
The sugar rush at attendees' fingertips was nothing compared to the high of winning for two teams in Tuesday night's Cupcake Wars hosted by the Hinesville Area Arts Council.
Local bikers can participate in the Tri-County Toy Run on Saturday to benefit the local Toys for Tots campaign.
The Baconton Missionary Baptist Church mission department and several other volunteers boxed and distributed more than 100 food baskets for the church's annual Thanksgiving giveaway.
The Miss Liberty County Forestry Pageant will be Feb. 18 at the restored Glennville City Auditorium.
After last week's Christmas in the Park festivities, the city of Hinesville continued its seasonal celebration Friday with the 15th annual Illuminated Christmas Parade. Seventy-five bright and colorful floats, cars and trucks cruised through downtown Hinesville from the traffic circle on Memorial Drive to Gen. Screven Way to Hendry Street to Main Street, drawing cheers and applause from the crowd of onlookers that gathered along the route.
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Long County Family Connection hosted a tribute to the late Rev. William Miller on Monday at the Long County Senior Center.
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Ally Carda hit a game-tying solo home run with two outs in the top of the seventh, then a two-run shot in the ninth that would be the winner, as No. 2 UCLA won at No. 3 Arizona State, 9-5, in nine innings Friday.
UCLA, which improved to 47-6 and 18-5 in the Pacific-12, opened with a two-run home run from catcher Stephany LaRosa in the first, and Mysha Sataraka (3-for-5 with 4 RBIs) connected on her 16th of the season to ice the win in the final inning.
Starting at first base, Carda (28-4) also pitched the final seven innings, collecting eight strikeouts, while Dallas Escobedo (22-7) came in relief of Mackenzie Popescue and struck out seven for ASU (44-9-1, 15-6-1).
"The girls say she's a beast, but she's just clutch," UCLA coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said of Carda. "She has the ability to go to the next level this year, both offensively and defensively, very focused, she's been big for us all season. I credit the team to separate the defense from the offense. Gracie Goulder had a defensive miscue in that inning, but she also led off that last inning that set off the big rally. Ally shut down a very potent offense, and as she came off, she kept her team in to battle. That home run to tie it was huge."
The Sun Devils tied it at 2-2 in the bottom of the second, as Chelsea Gonzales singled with two outs to drive home Elizabeth Caporuscio and Bethany Kemp.
The Bruins would find home plate twice more in the top of the third. After Allexis Bennett reached first on an error, Carda ran out the double play, Delaney Spaulding bunted, and LaRosa loaded the bases with a single. Sataraka singled in Carda and Spaulding, but she was later thrown out at second. A two-out walk to Alyssa Tiumalu was the call from ASU coach Craig Nicholson to replace Popescue with Escobedo. Jessica Hall popped out to strand the bases loaded.
To start the fourth, Haley Steele produced an infield single, but Caporuscio grounded into a double play for ASU. Then, Bethany Kemp and Bailey Wigness collected back-to-back acrobatic catches on LaRosa and Sataraka for the second and third outs of the top of the fifth.
ASU took the lead in the bottom of the fifth, as Nikki Girard led off with a single, Jennifer Soria walked, and Wigness singled to load the bases with no outs. Alix Johnson bobbled one to second that Goulder overthrew to first baseman Tiumalu, scoring the pinch runner Abby Spiel and Soria to tie it at 4-4. Cheyenne Coyle then drove home Wigness from third to take the 5-4 lead. She would take second and then third on consecutive pitches that got away from the catcher LaRosa, as UCLA began losing its cool. ASU, however, would strand two runners.
The Bruins soon found their momentum, as Carda sent the tying home run over the left field fence with two outs and a 2-1 count in the top of the seventh. Escobedo struck out Spaulding to end the inning.
Coyle walked with one out in the seventh, but she was the only ASU base runner, and the game was sent into extra innings.
Sataraka reached first on a one-out hit in the eighth, just after a foul shot down the left field line that was inches away from being an extra base hit. With two outs, Tiumalu singled, advancing Sataraka to third, but an infield pop fly from Hall ended the inning.
Leading off the ninth, Goulder beat the throw from her bunt to take first. The same play from Bennett advanced Goulder to second, although she was out at first. Carda cleared center with another home run to give UCLA a 7-5 edge, and Sataraka would add a two-run shot with two outs to right to secure the victory.
The same two teams conclude their regular seasons at 3:30 p.m. Saturday from Farrington Stadium, before the NCAA Regional matchups and sites are announced Sunday.
"ASU is a quality team, they have great pitching, great hitting, I couldn't ask for the schedule to be any better here towards the end," Inouye-Perez said. "We need those kinds of moments, where you can have your athletes shine, or learn some pretty valuable lessons."


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Between the spring sunshine and that ubiquitous Pharrell song, it's almost impossible not to be happy these days. Instead of fighting it, we suggest celebrating the euphoria in the air with this happiness kit ($10) from Love+Toast. The set includes body wash, body lotion, sugar scrub, shampoo, conditioner, lip butter, lip scrub, and perfume in a variety of fruity scents including clementine, strawberry, and grapefruit. We're happy just thinking about it.
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Shangzhou Persimmon Candy
Last updated by chinatravel at 2016/6/6
Every October in golden autumn, people in Shangzhou Mountainous area would pick up the fresh persimmon and store them. When the Spring Festival is coming, they would take out the persimmon to make candy, which is used to fete their guests during February in Chinese Lunar Calendar. This kind of persimmon candy has fresh color, which is also sweet-smelling, taste like honey. They way of making Persimmon Candy is: first pick up the ripe persimmon and pound with a pestle in a hollowware until it become paste; then wrap the paste with a filter cloth to leach the juice and remove the dregs. Put the juice into the hollowware to boil until it becomes paste again, and it is the purple mauve delicious persimmon candy when it is cool. At last put them into a jar and cover tightly. Then it won't turn bad around the year. When you want to taste some, cut a lump and eat together with yellow wine or yam cake, um, so good!
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'The Avengers' Tops Box Office For Second Week
The superhero blockbuster "The Avengers" easily ruled the North American box office over the Mother's Day holiday. The Marvel Studios film, which is distributed by Walt Disney Co., earned a record-breaking $103.2 million its second weekend of release, according to early studio estimates. This brings the film's cumulative domestic box office take to $373.2 million.
The second-weekend gross of "The Avengers," which dropped 50.3% from its opening weekend, is now the highest on record. The previous record holder was James Cameron's fantasy epic "Avatar," which earned $75.6 million its second weekend.
Worldwide, "The Avengers" is expected to cross the $1 billion mark on Sunday, its 19th day of release. It will be the first Marvel film and fifth Disney film to cross that threshold.
"Dark Shadows," the weekend's only new wide release, had to settle for second place and a $28.8 million debut from 3,755 locations. The dark comedy, an adaptation of the 1960s television show, stars Johnny Depp as a vampire adjusting to life in 1972.
The film, the eighth collaboration between Mr. Depp and director Tim Burton, appealed primarily to females, who made up 57% of the audience, and movie-goers over the age of 25, who made up 73% of the audience.
Imax screenings contributed $1.2 million from 295 screens to the overall take of "Dark Shadows."


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OK Blue Jays (Let's Play Ball!)
About a year ago I asked you good people for an MP3 of the Toronto Blue Jays' official song, "OK Blue Jays (Let's Play Ball!)". Hours later I had it, and I meant to share it with everyone but somehow forgot.
Listening to today's Jays game against the Orioles I heard John McDonald put down a perfect bunt with players on the corners. Everyone was safe and I was just happy to hear the suicide squeeze was still a part of the game. That got me singing this song and finally, 15 months after the fact, I'm sharing it with you all.
Sing it loud, sing it proud. The lyrics are below the player, as if you'll need them...
You've got a diamond
You've got nine men
You've got a hat and a bat
And that's not all
You've got the bleachers
Got 'em from spring 'til fall
You got a dog and a drink
And the umpire's call
Waddaya want?
Let's play ball!
Is that a fly ball
Or is it a seagull
Coming in from the lake
Just to catch the game?
It's the last inning
Our guys are winning
Dave's put down a smoker
A strike
And you've got no doubt
(You're out!)
Waddaya want?
Let's play ball!
Okay (okay)
Blue Jays (Blue Jays)
Let's (Let's) Play (Play) Ball!
It's a beautiful evenin', fans
At the ballpark
When the game starts
Warm summer breezes
Sun's goin' down
And it's all dark
At the ballpark
But that's okay…it's a night game
Okay (okay)
Blue Jays (Blue Jays)
Let's (Let's) Play (Play) Ball!
Okay (okay)
Blue Jays (Blue Jays)
Let's (Let's) Play (Play) Ball!
Bring on the White Sox
Bring on the BoSox
Bring on the Brewers
The Rangers and the Yankees too
We'll beat the Indians
We'll beat the Tigers
We'll beat the A's so bad it'll make
Billy blue
Waddaya want?
Let's play ball!
Okay (okay)
Blue Jays (Blue Jays)
Let's (Let's) Play (Play) Ball!
Okay (okay)
Blue Jays (Blue Jays)
Let's (Let's) Play (Play) Ball!
Comments (158)
How can the team NOT still play this song during 7th inning stretch - still brings chills.August 18, 2007 / 18:51
Sigh...this song gives me chills. I wish they still played this version of it!August 22, 2007 / 09:56
Megan, I agree. The chill factor is high on this one.
This is from the good 'ol days when the Dave putting down a smoker was none other than Dave Stieb.August 22, 2007 / 10:33
...and not David Wells letting one rip.August 22, 2007 / 13:44
thanks mike.
I have to get that for my mp3 for when I run. It will get me though the uphill parts of my run.
A question for you... Did this song ever get radio air play back in the 80's ?August 25, 2007 / 23:49
I don't remember hearing it on CFTR back in the day.
I can throw you the MP3. Play it on a continuous loop and you'll never tire.August 26, 2007 / 09:54
I thought it meant Dave Windfield.September 12, 2007 / 01:08
Er, Winfield.September 12, 2007 / 01:09
Oh the memories...hot summer nights, $1.00 bleacher seats at the Ex....singing "Let's go Blue Jays" during the 7th inning stretch!!October 17, 2007 / 22:50
I remember back in the mid-nineties this song was used for the Sydney Blues Baseball Club in the short-lived Australian Baseball League (especially in 1996 when we were Champions) as Sydney was affilliated with Toronto. Hearing it again gave me great memories. Can you all do us Aussies a favour and make some noise about starting a professional baseball league up in Australia again? I loved it first time I saw it.November 6, 2007 / 02:53
David, I had no idea Sydney used this song. That's wild.
Now I'm going to search for your logo...November 6, 2007 / 08:39
I just wrote about the Sydney Blues: http://www.torontomike.com/2007/11/sydney_blues_1995_abl_champs.htmlNovember 6, 2007 / 09:02
Thanks for this! Tons of memories. Did you remember the song written for Tom Henke? I had the 45 record years ago, and wish I had held on to it.November 7, 2007 / 04:39
My bad! I see you posted the song several months ago. Any chance of you shooting it my way? And maybe Ok Blue Jays as well?November 7, 2007 / 04:44
when they say "Turn Billy blue", who do they mean by Billy?December 25, 2007 / 12:56
I think they mean Yankees manager Billy Martin.December 25, 2007 / 20:15
lol this song is so gay. its funny tho so toronto should bring it back=]December 27, 2007 / 02:17
ooo ok but if theyre talking about the yankees manager, what does that have to do with the jays beating the A's?January 1, 2008 / 18:35
Billy Martin managed the A's from 1980 - 1982. That was both before and after stints with the Yankees.January 1, 2008 / 19:29
How can I get the MP3 file for this song?January 24, 2008 / 16:46
If you enter your email address in the Email Address field, I'll send it to you. Your address won't appear on this site, it'll just appear in my inbox.January 24, 2008 / 16:51
Thanks!January 25, 2008 / 06:58
It's also on my Blue Jays Album - Class of '92 CD that's still kicking around.
Oddly enough, Humble and Fred are credited on a couple tracks. Separately though.January 30, 2008 / 02:46
Humble Howard's Jays Song: http://www.torontomike.com/2007/05/jays_to_the_top.html
Freddie P's Jays Song: http://www.torontomike.com/2007/06/freddie_ps_goohead_jays_song.htmlJanuary 30, 2008 / 08:47
How do I get a copy of this?
I live in illinois now.
Bryan, it's in your inbox. Go Jays Go!February 2, 2008 / 16:54
Can you please send me the mp3 of the "OK Blue Jays" song? I love it!
OMG I must have this.... I am still trying to find "Let's go Blue Jays" as well.... Many a game spent at SkyDome and the Ex... I miss baseball and dangit now the only live games I can watch are if I fly to SEATTLE... *sigh*March 5, 2008 / 17:51
SWEET Mike, thanks for the quick reply. Now maybe you can help me with my second search... the song that they used to play I think right before games started that included *this is from about a 12 year old memory, sorry*
"Let's go Blue Jays, rock em and a sock em and a bring them all home?"
I'm sure it was on one of those Blue Jays CDs, but I'm having a hard hard time finding it.March 6, 2008 / 19:33
Kristen, that's the refrain from the embarrassingly awful "The Blue Jays Rap".
That one is so bad, it's good. I think the lyric is "Let's Go Blue Jays, Whack the ball, smack the ball, in the SkyDome. Let's go Blue Jays, rock em and a sock em and a bring them all home."March 7, 2008 / 11:18
*grins* Yup, that's it. Now I just have to find the download for it. Thanks Mike!March 7, 2008 / 14:02
Thanks for the wonderful memories this song just brought back. I clearly remember watching games at the Ex, and have been back to T.O. a few times to see some games at the Dome (when in TO, I always stay at the hotel in the Stadium). I also remember the fowl seagull incident witn Dave Winfield which created such flap, and I assume it is the motivation for the line "or is it seagull..."
Can you please email me the mp3 for that song?
With Gratitude,
Jeremy Cooper
(Grew up in TO, now in NYC)
I think the seagull line is there because Exhibition Stadium always attracted a lot of seagulls. It was by Lake Ontario, there was always a lot of popcorn and junk and there was no roof, so it was sort of a seagull paradise.March 17, 2008 / 08:40
Hey Mike,
I would really appreciate it if you could forward the OK Blue Jays MP3 to me.
Thanks in advance!
AlanMarch 18, 2008 / 15:01
Can you please send to me, I am making this my ringer on my Blackberry ;)
Can you send me the OK Blue Jays Song too? I just went to my first Blue Jays game and fell in love with it!April 6, 2008 / 17:26
Luka, you picked a great game as your first. A sweep of the Red Sox, a Frank Thomas grand slam, Doc Halladay on the mound - SWEET!
Song sent...April 6, 2008 / 19:27
My I please have a copy of this song also. I cant find it anywhere else.Thanks.
And.. GO JAYS GO!!April 7, 2008 / 15:24
So good. Brings back memories...could you please send a copy? Thanks!April 9, 2008 / 22:43
Hey Mike, I'd love it if you could send me a copy. :)April 12, 2008 / 22:10
Hey I am a Bluejay fan from the Good old UK! Me and my dad been there well me once dad twice (he's old) We never seen them win yet even when we caught them on tv in the UK! If we could get a copy of the cd would ba fantastic to have it cruising in the car.
Anyone know if you can get the world series finals of 1992 & 1993 on DVD or something?
Thank You Once Again!April 13, 2008 / 08:47
I wish I could kiss you.April 16, 2008 / 18:09
can you play "take me out to the ball game",too?April 17, 2008 / 18:04
can you play "take me out to the ball game",too?April 17, 2008 / 18:04
can you play "take me out to the ball game",too?April 17, 2008 / 18:05
Can I get a copy of this song? I went up to watch a Blue Jay/Oriole game for my bachelor party a few years back. That game had a streaker and this song with every one doing calistetics (sp?). Great game, even better beer. God Bless Canada.
Thanks for the memories.
Go Jays and Come Tigers, lets get it going!!!
I am going through a box of 45s to log them and possible sell some nd guess what I came across? Yup, you guessed it, the *original* 45 of OK Blue Jays still in the original sleeve and both the record and sleeve in *mint* condition. I may consider selling it if the price is right.April 20, 2008 / 15:27
Hey Tigger59, can you scan the cover and send me the pic?April 20, 2008 / 15:44
Love this song.April 25, 2008 / 16:01
Thanks so much for posting this! Great memories sitting at Exhibition Stadium for evening games, on the first base side being blinded by the sun until it went below the bleachers.
Could I bother you for a copy of the mp3? Thank you!
P.S. Does anyone remember/have a copy of "Terminator - The Ballad of Tom Henke"?May 3, 2008 / 08:51
Previously on Toronto Mike...
The Ballad of Tom Henke: http://www.torontomike.com/2008/03/the_ballad_of_tom_henke.html
I'll send you the MP3s on Monday.May 3, 2008 / 09:34
Brilliant!! Thank you!May 3, 2008 / 09:52
Perfect to hear!!!
I have long since moved away from TO but just the other day parts of the song came to me but I could not remember all the words.I could not wait to get back to work (hight speed) to search it out and sing along. Thank you for finding it. I was saddended to here they do not play it during the game any more, that a shame.
Do they really not play this anymore? They were playing it as recently as last season when I last attended a game. Can anyone else corroborate Nicole's statement?May 6, 2008 / 15:36
This is so funny, my husband and I were just talking about this song last night. I love this song, they should start playing it at the games again. The Friday night home games with the retro uniforms would be prefect for it!! Can you please send me the song as well I would love to have it. ThanksMay 8, 2008 / 15:39
Can you please send me the MP3 also. ThanxMay 18, 2008 / 15:33
I had to play this song for my grade 6 class. We were going to watch a baseball game as a school and no one in my class even heard this song before. Thanks for giving my class the opportunity to hear this song.May 26, 2008 / 09:41
My sister has a presentation about the Toronto Blue Jays and it would be great to have the "OK Blue Jays" song. Can you please send it to me, we will greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
Can you send me a MP3 of the Okay Blue Jays song for my son?May 27, 2008 / 20:48
Oh man would you please send me the MP3 of this?
I love this song so much.
Thanks in advance!June 7, 2008 / 03:43
Never mind! real player let me do it directlyJune 7, 2008 / 03:49
Thanks for uploading it!June 7, 2008 / 03:54
HA HA!!! Great! Still got my original 45 in it's sleeve somewhere.June 11, 2008 / 14:35
Best Baseball song EVER!!!!!!June 21, 2008 / 12:25
Best Baseball song EVER!!!!!!June 21, 2008 / 12:26
Could I bother you for the OK blue Jays songs?
WimJune 23, 2008 / 16:59
Could I get a copy of this song please...my Mom and Dad would have such a flash back.June 24, 2008 / 19:00
Please send me the Mp3 for OK BLUEJAYS ! thanks, Tim
Could I get this MP3 too?July 10, 2008 / 17:04
This is great. All time song. So Dave is Dave Stieb, not Dave Stewart... Any chance I can have the MP3 too? awesome!
Makes me feel like I am 9 years old with a hot dog in hand.
Gives me goosebumps everytime I hear it.
Is there anyway you could send the mp3 Thank you
The second half starts in 24 hours. LETS GO BLUE JAYS!
I'm trying to teach my little ones the Blue Jay's song now that they have started playing ball. Do you mind flipping me the song, I can't find it anywhere else.
My daughters and granddaughters and I went to the Jays game on July 12, 2008 against the Yankees, it was my first Jays game as well as for both of my granddaughters and although we lost 9-4 we noticed that in the 7th inning they played this song, just the chorus though. I love this song and all the Jays songs, could I get the mp3s of any that u have?July 23, 2008 / 09:53
can u send this song to my email?
i want to put it on to my mp3...
if you can also send "jays to the top" and "Freddie P's goohead jays song"...
my email: email@example.com
Thank's at the game for the first time in 5 years, won the happy dance and now can't get the o.k. song out of my head.
please send me the mp3 version. of all the tunes. I had never heard the Tom Henke song before....it's a good one too.
Thanks for the siteAugust 2, 2008 / 08:27
Hi there, I just googled OK Blue Jays because it's been so long since I sang it... I used to as a kid but almost completely forgot.
Could you please send this one to me as well? I'd really appreciate it. :)
It's great to see that the Jays love is still alive and well.August 5, 2008 / 01:16
hey I just got back from the game tonight is there any way to find the song at the start of the game with the hilites of the jays franchise it mabey starts with jays visionAugust 9, 2008 / 02:50
OOHHHHH, I'd love a copy. Would you please send me one. Thanks in advance!!!
That song brings back memories too. I would love a copy as well. Would you please send me a copy as well?
DeronAugust 16, 2008 / 12:21
All requests for this fantastic song will be satisfied. Cross my heart and swear to Alfredo Griffin.August 31, 2008 / 21:19
Awesome, I am from Toronto but now live in NJ just outside of New York City. My twin boys are turning one in a couple of weeks and I would love to be able to play that song for my friends who are annoying yankee fans. Please send me that song and if you have the Terminator song as well I would greatly appreciate it. THANK GOD FOR CITO!!!!!!
Scarborough Native now living in NJ
A coworker hates the Blue Jays and the Toronto Maple Leafs. When she is on holidays we intend to teach her a lesson and decorate her cubicle with photos of both teams.
I also want to load an mp3 of the Ok Blue Jays song onto her computer and program it so that it starts playing every time she boots up.
Can someone please send me this mp3?
And are there any Toronto Maple Leafs songs that we could do this with too? If so please send me those mp3 files too.
You can email them to firstname.lastname@example.com
ThanksSeptember 9, 2008 / 21:42
Please send me a copy of the song!September 16, 2008 / 21:55
Hi there
Love the song and I have been looking for it a long time.
Could you send me the mp3 my way.
Lets play ball!! GO JAYS!!
can u send me mp3 of ok blue jays
can you send me an mp3 of the song, its one of my favoritesSeptember 24, 2008 / 17:32
Hey, could you PLEASE send me the OK Blue Jays mp3 ASAP?! I've been trying to find it on Limewire, unsuccessfully and wanted to teach it to the kids as part of my gym class tomorrow (I'm in Teacher's College and a student teacher).
Thanks sooo much, in advance.
Would you be able to send me the song aswell. It reminds me of the time Dave Stieb punched out that Plumber, Richard Simpson at the 7th inning stretch Aug 12th... good timesNovember 12, 2008 / 03:03
are you sure this is the song that they play during the 7th cause it sort of sounds differentNovember 16, 2008 / 20:20
Yes, this is the song the Jays play during the 7th inning stretch at home games.
Then they follow this up with "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", but that's a recent phenomenon.November 17, 2008 / 07:56
How can I get a copy of "OK Blue Jay" and the "Tom Henke" song?
thanks TC
I got this song luckily enough on Napster (or maybe Limewire) a few years back. But what I'd REALLY like to find somehow is the Blue Jays version of the Talkin' Baseball song. I know one did exist -- I can remember hearing it a few times at Exhibition Stadium. We didn't quite have Wllie, Mickey & the Duke. It was more like Fairly, the Swatto and Big John! I had totally forgotten about the Terminator song until just reading someone's comment here but would love to hear that too. I also have a vague memory of a VERY cheesey song that goes back to 1977 that I think Labatt's must have been using to promote the team locally. Have there been any others anyone can remember, or better yet have MP3s of? email@example.com 6, 2009 / 21:50
I Love this song cuz i'm danceing to it for my folk danceing for grade 4,5,6.February 1, 2009 / 19:40
Could I get a copy of this MP3? I've got the early-February baseball blues :)February 5, 2009 / 22:18
Could you please send me a copy of this MP3? I had almost completely forgotten about this song until hearing strains of it tonight at the World Baseball Classic game. Hearing it here has brought back some wonderful memories. Thanks in advance!March 8, 2009 / 00:41
Jays Home Opener tomorrow!!!
Great Site, I miss those 80's days, games at the old park, hearing Tom and Jerry on the radio, etc. If you have a minute please send mp3 of OK Blue Jays, and Toms greatest calls if possible. Thanks again for the site!April 11, 2009 / 00:48
hey this site is awesome....how do i download these clips for my mp3 player....was looking for ok blue jays song and the 92 & 93 audio clips of they spill out onto the field and touch em all joe. hope they're available somewhereApril 19, 2009 / 02:26
I need an mp3 of this song as well!! I even have my 3 year old singing it!!!!April 20, 2009 / 17:30
I would like to have a mp3 version of this song sent to me too. I am teaching my kindergarten class this for graduation.
Thanks so much in advance.
Hey! god i've been looking for these songs for so long! I had the tape of these songs when I was maybe 7 years old and used to drive my parents nuts playing it all the time! Can someone send me the mp3s??? Go Jays!May 13, 2009 / 09:15
Please send me an mp3 of OK Blue Jays. Been looking for it for awhile. Thanks.May 18, 2009 / 17:52
GO JAYS...THIS IS OUR YEAR. WELCOME BACK CITO!!!May 18, 2009 / 20:33
i was wondering if you could send me a copy of ok blue jays and the tom henke songs on mp3 my cassette finally stopped workingJuly 8, 2009 / 11:41
i was wondering if you could send me a copy of ok blue jays and the tom henke songs on mp3 my cassette finally stopped workingJuly 8, 2009 / 11:42
hey mike, I think its great what you are doing being back all those old memories I was wondering if you have an mp3 for thos whole Blue Jays Album - Class of '92. If you did that would be great if not I would still like a copy of this song and I will continue my search for the albumJuly 19, 2009 / 12:25
One of the originals from April 1977...snow and all. Would love an mp3 of this song. Boy does it bring back memories.July 22, 2009 / 22:09
Hi Mike, could I please have a copy of the MP3...I was a the Back2Back games Friday and today and was disappointed they didn't play the old version. Seeing all of the "old" players was amazing.August 8, 2009 / 20:23
I have sold a few copies of this 45 record recently. I always buy and sell 45's. My latest aquisition is a copy of "Talkin' Baseball" performed by Terry Cashman.
I am still a Tornto sports fan :) look up Subjazz auctions to see if I have this record available.
My friend has a copy of the Bat Boys - OK Blue Jays for $7.00 + s/h ($10) no pic sleeve.
Hey Mike,
Could I get a copy of that MP3? Been looking for this everywhere.March 11, 2010 / 16:05
Hey Toronto Mike. Was just looking for this song and came across your blog. AWESOME! Is there any chance you could hook me up with the MP3 as well? Fond memories of games at Exhibition Stadium, bringing my glove and hoping to catch a fly ball. Never did, but think I still have Dave Stieb's autograph from "autograph day" somewhere... :)April 20, 2010 / 04:11
I one got to go on the field and do the strech!May 6, 2010 / 19:24
I one got to go on the field and do the strech!May 6, 2010 / 19:24
go jays they won 10- 2May 23, 2010 / 13:09
Please post the MP3June 1, 2010 / 19:37
Excellent song, makes me remember the ´93 world series, brings chills. Thnx Toronto Mike. by the way...i don´t like the new logo, the old one was the best. Go Jays Go !!July 7, 2010 / 00:53
Hey Mike, just found this here blog , and am loving it. Have been looking for the Blue Jay Album for years, is there any way you can send me the mp3s of the 92/93 songs?August 17, 2010 / 18:04
I dont like this song. Why do you have it. It should belong on a kids show to teach kids to play ball. I heard it and me and my friends broke out laughing. What is wrong with this song.January 26, 2011 / 12:56
heyMarch 30, 2011 / 20:36
THANKS FOR THIS MY SON USE THIS FOR PROJECTMarch 30, 2011 / 20:37
Hey Mike,
Do you mind sending me a copy of this song? I know it's 3 years later but hopefully you still have it!
Please and Thanks in advance!April 2, 2011 / 02:13
3 WORDS BEST SONG EVERApril 26, 2011 / 18:45
Mike, my almost-4 year old is a ridiculous Jays fan (knows most of the line-up by name / number already!). He knows the chorus to the song, but I played the whole thing for him and would love to find the MP3 to rip to CD / MP3 player so he can listen to it whenever he wants. If you still have the audio file (or can direct me to) could you send it to me?
Thanks very much!
can you please send me a copy of this to my inbox?
Hi Mike,
Could you please send me the MP3 if you still have it...great song, brings back memories.August 21, 2011 / 18:41
Remember the song , wish they'd bring it back, cause all us Jays fans love to hear itSeptember 14, 2011 / 17:00
Please please can anyone who has this song send me a copy. Will pay. Need it on cd. Many thanks present for my dad xOctober 2, 2011 / 16:29
Please please can anyone who has this song send me a copy. Will pay. Need it on cd. Many thanks present for my dad xOctober 2, 2011 / 16:29
Please please can anyone who has this song send me a copy. Will pay. Need it on cd. Many thanks present for my dad xOctober 2, 2011 / 16:30
Please please can anyone who has this song send me a copy. Will pay. Need it on cd. Many thanks present for my dad xOctober 2, 2011 / 16:30
Hello Mike
After four trips annually i have composed a dvd of pics and would love to be able to play the mp3 version in background.
Hope i'm not too late, your site is awesome, thank's for sharing.
hey TM, could you send me this gem?
Could I get a copy of "Home Run - We Got The Blue Jays" too, such a 1050 CHUM flashback!April 2, 2012 / 14:33
It's opening day, I googled ok blue jays lyrics, and here I am listening to okay blue jays - best team song in the world.
I love those lyrics! Ok Blue Jays Let's Play Ball!April 5, 2012 / 13:05
blue jays go jays let's play ballApril 5, 2012 / 14:13
I play this every morning...it's like starting your day by getting blown out of a cannon...GREAT..!!!!!!!!!!!!September 3, 2013 / 06:20
to whom this may concern .
im a dj and ihad the ok blue jays song for sometime now but my hard drive crashed a week ago and i cant find a mp3 version of this song would it be possible for you to send me this song as i did play it in rotation at clubs ect it would be greatly appriciated and it would also help keep the originl and best version of this song alive ..thank you
Check your inbox.October 15, 2014 / 17:37
I had only JUST found out about this CD today! Would LOVE to lay my hands on a copy! Anyone got the full album as MP3 they could share?May 30, 2015 / 00:47
Hi Mike. Your twitter posts today brought me to this page and I have been listening to the song and reminiscing about the days of visiting Toronto and watching the Blue Jays in Exhibition Stadium. If you still can, please forward me the mp3. Much thanks.August 9, 2015 / 10:29
Can anyone tell me where to find the Blue Jays Album?? The one with the Jays version of rockin' robbin. My Husband is an Epic Jays fan and deeply misses having his old one.September 13, 2015 / 13:38
You can hear Rockin' Robbie by The CHUM-FM Cheerleaders here: https://soundcloud.com/retrontario/the-chumfm-cheerleadersSeptember 13, 2015 / 13:42
I love this song. Brings back great memories. Please send me the mp3. Thanks.September 24, 2015 / 21:41
I love this song :) brings back so many memories :) I have the whole thing on tape still original. And a full set of cards fron 92 and 93 World Series. :) I wish this song was updated with the new players and put on iTunes ⚾⚾⚾👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💙💙💙💙💙🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦October 2, 2015 / 07:04
I love this song :) brings back so many memories :) I have the whole thing on tape still original. And a full set of cards fron 92 and 93 World Series. :) I wish this song was updated with the new players and put on iTunes ⚾⚾⚾👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💙💙💙💙💙🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦October 2, 2015 / 07:04
I love this song :) brings back so many memories :) I have the whole thing on tape still original. And a full set of cards fron 92 and 93 World Series. :) I wish this song was updated with the new players and put on iTunesOctober 2, 2015 / 07:05
What year did they followup with "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"?October 14, 2015 / 11:02
I think it was 2003, but I'm not certain about that.October 14, 2015 / 11:30
Wow this is great. Please send me the MP3.October 14, 2015 / 13:14
Sent!October 14, 2015 / 13:17
please send OK Blue Jays!
Thank you very much for offering to send this. Really appreciate it!October 14, 2015 / 13:30
Gosh, Mike, could you please send me an mp3 of OK Blue Jays? That would be wonderful! Thank you!October 16, 2015 / 09:59
Dying to put this as my ringtone!! thanks a lot!!October 16, 2015 / 11:38
I am a grandmother living in Mexico and want to share the game and this song with my grandson Can you send me the MP3 and I will see if he reacts with the visceral joy and pride in our Jays that inspires me & millions to feelings that aren't so easily accessible most of the time. Gracias!October 22, 2015 / 09:39
Great song.
The US has Take me out to the ballgame and the seven inning stretch.
Canada has OK Blue Jays and should play it more often.
Can you send me a MP3 of the Blue Jays song
As a Canadian I would love to play it at our slow pitch softball league in Florida
Sent!March 13, 2016 / 12:16
I have the old "ok blue jays" record...is it worth anything ?May 25, 2016 / 13:03
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I hate the terms "left" and "right" as indicators of ideological opinion. What "left" and "right" means is based on a person facing a particular direction. Change direction, the cognitive content of "left" and "right" must change. The continued use of the terms as permanent and significant markers of ideas and norms and the like cannot help but be idiotic.
Smart people should stop using them.
And yet, I use them. We all do. They are so ingrained in our political mindsets.
Libertarians, especially, should disassociate themselves from the terms, since there's so much libertarians have to disagree with others on the alleged left and the alleged right. But, aside from not easily fitting in either category, it's worth asking what permanent attitudes or ideas are traditionally associated with the "right" and the "left."
I tend to repeat one idea, over and over: The left, generally, wants freedom without responsibility; the right, generally, wants responsibility without freedom. Like all generalizations, it falls apart on case by case examples, but damn the outliers, there does seem a pattern here.
It applies on issues of sexual conduct, surely. The leftists I know want and demand the right to engage in sexual play with anyone they can find to reciprocate. But the consequences of varied partnerships? Disease is one. And the expenses of treating AIDS, for instance — which often cost vast fortunes for every patient — are usually paid for by government, in this country. So, no individual responsibility there. It's been socialized, the burden taken up by society, through the tax-and-spend system of the state.
Similarly, the leftists I know insist that taxpayers fund every woman who gives birth, if she has no income or savings to handle her responsibilities. And leftists notoriously demand a right to abortion. That's a tidy way to clean up after one messy result of sexual play.
On the right, though, there's a strong disgust at abortion, where abortion tends to be seen as irresponsibility incarnate. Further, there's some resistance to taxpayer funding of social diseases. Mostly, though, you can feel the frustration, the desire (often now no longer expressed) to forbid people from having sexual freedom. Just say "no" and abstinence before marriage, etc., are still actually trotted out, among right-wingers.
This attitude may flip, though, regarding the financial risks taken by entrepreneurs and professionals. On the left, freedom of enterprise and trade no longer plays much a role, but regulation does. Freedom, no; responsibility, yes. On the right, regulations still receive some lip-service opposition, but one function of the Republican Party does seem to be to make sure that fat cats receive bailouts when they fail. Freedom to risk other people's money? Yes. That's a rightist position. Responsibility to bear the full cost of that? Not so much.
So, even my nifty little formula flipflops. Freedom and responsibility? That's a minority position. That's the libertarian position. That's the position that makes sense.
But it's no way to get re-elected. What do you trade? Stick to principle, stick to the ideal compromise position, and no other compromises are necessary. Social Statics: The still point in the turning world. Liberty. But politics is political process. Dynamism in the state. And it must not tolerate a principled stance against the push and pull of interest against interest.
This seems to be the general play of left and right, today. Leftists and rightists bid for competing trade-offs in liberties and responsibilities. At any given time it's easy to distinguish one from another, but there are no sure, lasting principles, no element of constancy.
So, left and right must be context-dependent terms. They are useful designators in any given context.
But if you meet someone who insists that the terms mark something important, some lasting truth, you've probably met someone who resists reality in some fundamental way. For the reality of politics is that everything's up for grabs.
Including "left" and "right."


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Is there a way to make sql show how the tables are related in an (ER) relationship graph in SQL? Thank s
There's the database diagram feature which seems to do what you want (unless you have some more specific requirements you haven't mentioned).
You can create one by going into your database in SQL Server Management Studio, right click on 'database diagrams' and select 'New Database Diagram'. You can then add your tables to the diagram and the relationships should show up.
There's a discussion of some alternatives here:
A google search took me to a product called SQLMaestro. I guess you were looking for something like in this screenshot.
If you have Visio 2007 Pro, there is a feature to reverse engineer an existing database - it will read your database and create a Visio chart with all of the tables and relationships mapped.
One caution when using it with SQL Server - I've always had problems using the SQL Server driver directly. Instead, I tend to have to use the "Generic OLE DB Provider" and then select the SQL Server OLE DB provider within that.
Or you can use mysql-workbench. It is a great tool which makes a reverse engineering of your database. You can download it on the mysql website. I think it works with any database. :)


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Adding to the existing rumors surrounding the LG G3, including its specs, release date and price, new pics of the phone have surfaced online. The most recent image leak gives us a high resolution, clearer look at the upcoming LG G2 successor smartphone.
On May 2, GSMArena published a newer shot of the LG G3 that features a crispier rendering of the white color variant. The device is seen sporting a rear speaker grill, rear camera with LED flash and rear mounted keys as found on the LG G2.
What's new is an additional sensor right next to the camera, which is speculated to be an IR blaster feature. The G3 image leaks in Droid Life's report not only show off the back of the G3, but the large front panel. Embedded in the bottom of the bezel we can see the LG logo and the phone is titled to reveal the headphone jack, microphone and usb port, situated on the bottom.
According to GSMArena's report, sources confirm some of the specs for the LG G3, which falls right in line with previous rumors of what features to expect. The new handset is said to be slimmer than the G2 to compensate for its bigger screen. It's expected to feature a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels (QHD) and a pixel density of 534ppi.
LG is tipped to release two versions of its new "G series" flagship phone. One model will feature 16GB of internal storage with 2GB of RAM and the other will have 32GB of space alongside 3GB of RAM. Both models of the G3 feature a microSD card slot for memory expansion, a 3,000 mAh removable battery and a 13MP camera with a built-in optical image stabilizer (OIS).
Other LG G3 specs rumors floating about remain unconfirmed including the following: 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, 2.1MP front-facing camera, LTE/EVDO/IS2000, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth support and Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS.
The LG G3 is expected to get its official unveil soon, although no solid launch or release date was announced. LG did however, roll out invites this week for two upcoming launch events taking place later this month, where it will likely announce the G3.
The Korean company will hold simultaneous meetings in New York, San Francisco and London on May 27. Another event is scheduled for the following day in Seoul, Singapore and Istanbul on May 28. These event dates coincide with rumors that LG would announce the G3 during May or June.
Initially speculated for a September release date, the LG G3 is now rumored to land in retail stores in July. Price speculation places the cost of the G3 within the $620 to $650 range, competitive with similarly priced current phones like the HTC One M8 and Samsung Galaxy S5.
The upcoming Android Wear based LG G Watch, rumored for a June release date might also make an appearance at the LG events later this month. As PhoneArena reports, the always on 1.65-inch display, 4GB of space having smartwatch will be available in Stealth Black and Champagne Gold, priced at $200.


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PSA disease control area extended
Further outbreaks of the PSA vine disease in the Coromandel region have prompted Kiwifruit Vine Health to extend its control area to cover all kiwifruit blocks there.
It is two months since the bacterial disease was first found on four vines of the new Gold 9 variety of kiwifruit in the Whenuakite area of Coromandel.
KVH set up a control zone 10km around the orchard and warned 18 growers with blocks outside the zone, to take all precautions possible to reduce the chance of the disease spreading.
However, there have since been further confirmations of PSA-V, the virulent strain of the disease, in the Whenuakite area.
The agency has now received positive test results on four blocks of green kiwifruit near Whangamata.
KVH has also received confirmation in the past week of another 46 blocks of kiwifruit in Bay of Plenty, Waikato and Franklin having the disease.
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Published: Friday, January 17, 2014 at 11:43 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, January 17, 2014 at 11:43 p.m.
NEWARK, DEL. | The UNCW women's basketball team led by as many as 11 points in the first half before Delaware went on a 17-0 run to take control and top the Seahawks 65-44 Friday night.
Delaware's Kelsey Buchanan picked up a double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds.
UNCW (1-16, 0-3 CAA) fought back to tie the game at 28 with 15:18 to go. Freshmen Shanice Johnson and Hannah Jardine responded with quick baskets and the Blue Hens (11-4, 3-1) never looked back in the win.
The Seahawks didn't connect on a field goal for the final 6:46 of the contest.
UNCW was led by Kelva Atkins' 11 points and five assists while Brie Mobley and Amber Reeves each contributed eight points.
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The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
The God of Small Things Chapter 1 Summary
Paradise Pickles and Preserves
- The narrator introduces us to Ayemenem and its seasons.
- Rahel returns to Ayemenem in the rainy season to the "old house on the hill" (1.4).
- We meet Baby Kochamma, Rahel's great-aunt. We learn her real name is Navomi Ipe and that Rahel is not there to see her. Instead, she's there to see her twin brother Estha (short for Esthappen).
- We learn that Rahel and Estha are two-egg ("dizygotic") twins who were born eighteen minutes apart.
- The narrator tells us that Estha and Rahel never really looked alike. Instead, any confusing similarities between the two lie in a "deeper, more secret place" (1.8).
- We get Estha and Rahel's perspective on themselves: as kids they saw themselves as "Me" together, and separately as "We" or "Us." They shared identities and thoughts – Rahel remembers "waking up one night giggling at Estha's funny dream" (1.10).
- Rahel also has memories that she "has no right to have" (1.11): what the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man did to Estha at the movie theater and the sandwiches that Estha ate on the Madras Mail. (Keep your eye out for the way the narrator keeps telling us hints about what's going to happen before it actually does.)
- Now, as adults, Rahel thinks of Estha and Rahel as "them." She sees borders drawn between their individual lives. We learn that they are now 31, the same age their mother Ammu was when she died.
- We learn that Estha and Rahel were almost born on a bus. Their father Baba had to hold Ammu's stomach to "keep it from wobbling" (1.21). Almost immediately after these details, we find out that Baba and Ammu got divorced and Ammu moved back to Kerala with the kids.
- As kids, Estha thought that if they had been born on the bus they'd be entitled to free bus rides for life. The fact that this didn't happen has always been a source of disappointment to Estha and Rahel. (They also thought that if you were killed in a Zebra crossing, the government was obligated to pay for your funeral.)
- The mention of funerals jets us back to a memory of the twins' cousin Sophie Mol's funeral. She died when she was almost 9 and Estha and Rahel were 7. We get the idea that she drowned: "her face was pale and as wrinkled as a dhobi's thumb from being in water for too long" (1.27).
- The scene of Sophie Mol's funeral introduces us to the whole family: Margaret Kochamma, Sophie Mol's English mother; Chacko, Rahel's uncle and Sophie Mol's biological father; and Mammachi, Rahel's grandmother.
- For some reason (we don't know why at this point), Ammu, Estha, and Rahel are not allowed to stand with the rest of the family at the funeral, and everyone ignores them.
- Rahel thinks Sophie Mol is awake for her funeral, since she's lying in the coffin with her eyes open. She shows Rahel two things. The first is that the dome of the church has been painted blue like the sky, which Rahel never noticed before. She imagines someone like Velutha swinging from scaffolding to paint the clouds on the ceiling and then falling and dying, "lying broken on the hot church floor, dark blood spilling from his skull like a secret" (1.38). (We will see this image pop up later – keep an eye out for striking images in this book, because they tend to repeat.)
- The other thing Sophie Mol shows Rahel is a baby bat that climbs up Baby Kochamma's sari.
- Rahel sees Sophie Mol do a cartwheel in her coffin. When Sophie Mol is buried, Rahel knows she's not really dead. "Inside the earth Sophie Mol screamed, and shredded satin with her teeth. But you can't hear screams through earth and stone" (1.48). (Keep an eye out for moments where kids' versions of reality conflict with those of adults.)
- After the funeral Ammu and the twins go to the police station. Ammu tells Inspector Thomas Mathew that there has been a terrible mistake. She wants to make a statement and to see Velutha.
- Inspector Thomas Mathew tells her it's too late. He calls her a veshya with illegitimate children. (Rahel and Estha don't know what these words mean.) He tells her to go home and taps her breasts with his police baton, "as though he was choosing mangoes from a basket" (1.56). Ammu cries for the first time that Estha and Rahel have ever seen.
- On the bus, Ammu says, "I've killed him" (1.59).
- Two weeks later, Ammu sends Estha back to live with his father in Calcutta. Throughout the book, this event will be referred to as the time Estha was Returned (always with a capital R). This is the last time Estha and Rahel see each other for years.
- Now we're back in the present, in 1993. Estha has come back to Ayemenem. Baba is moving to Australia and he can't take Estha with him.
- Estha is out walking in the rain. He knows without anyone telling him that Rahel is there.
- We learn more about Estha. He had always been a quiet kid, but at some point he stopped talking entirely. He has acquired the ability to blend into the background – sometimes people don't even notice him.
- When Estha was Returned, he did fine in school but didn't go to college. Instead, he took up the housework in his father's home.
- We learn that Estha had a dog named Khubchand, whom he nursed until he died at an old age. We get more foreshadowing of the events we're about to learn about: "To Estha – steeped in the smell of old roses, blooded on memories of a broken man – the fact that something so fragile, so tender had survived, had been allowed to exist, was a miracle" (1.77).
- After Khubchand dies, Estha starts walking for hours on end. (Think of Forrest Gump going on his epic runs because he feels like running.) Now that he's back in Ayemenem, Estha walks all over the place.
- Through Estha's walks, we become more acquainted with the landscape and everyone's place in it. We see the village school that his "great-grandfather built for Untouchable children" (1.83), the church, the kung fu club, and Comrade K.N.M. Pillai's printing press, which was once the office of the Ayemenem Communist Party.
- We meet Comrade Pillai. He has lost his wife, Kalyani, to ovarian cancer, and his son Lenin now lives in Delhi. Comrade Pillai was the first person to hear that Rahel was back in town. He hasn't seen Estha since he was suddenly Returned, but he watched Rahel grow up.
- We meet Kochu Maria, the "vinegar-hearted, short-tempered, midget cook" (1.94) who lives with Baby Kochamma. When Estha came back to Ayemenem, they were the only two people still living in the family home. We learn that Mammachi is dead and Chacko lives in Canada.
- We learn a little more about Rahel's back-story. After Ammu died, she drifted from school to school. She would come back to Ayemenem for the holidays but was ignored by the family. Sophie Mol's death lived on in the house.
- We learn that Rahel often got in trouble at school. She decorated cow dung with flowers. She was expelled for hiding behind doors and deliberately jumping out to collide with senior girls. Then she was expelled twice more: once for smoking and then for setting fire to her housemistress's fake hairpiece.
- Rahel's teachers often remarked that she was really nice but had no friends.
- After school Rahel went to study architecture in Delhi. She wasn't really interested in architecture and she didn't have any talent. Her messy drawings were mistaken for "artistic confidence" (1.109). Rahel went on to spend eight years in college.
- There she met Larry McCaslin, a visiting student. We learn that they got married and moved to Boston. Larry was totally smitten with Rahel, but when they had sex he could see in her eyes that she wasn't thinking about him.
- We learn that Rahel and Larry got divorced and that Rahel moved to New York and then Washington. When Baby Kochamma wrote her to say that Estha had moved back to Ayemenem, Rahel decided to return home.
- We come back to the present. Baby Kochamma, 83, sits at the dining table. She's thrilled that Estha hasn't spoken to Rahel. Baby Kochamma is wearing all of Mammachi's jewelry.
- We get Baby Kochamma's back-story. When she was 18 she fell in love with Father Mulligan, a young Irish monk who came to Kerala to study Hindu scriptures so he could denounce them properly.
- Every Thursday Father Mulligan would come to visit Baby Kochamma's father, Reverend E. John Ipe, who was well known for being blessed by the Patriarch of Antioch (the head of the Syrian Christian Church). We learn more about what happened when he was blessed.
- Back to 18-year-old Baby Kochamma. She thought she could seduce Father Mulligan if he saw her performing acts of charity, so every Thursday when he was supposed to arrive, she would force-bathe a poor village kid in the well. Then she would call out to him and start talking about scripture.
- After a year of Thursdays, Father Mulligan had to return to Madras. Baby Kochamma needed a new strategy to woo him, so she decided to convert to Roman Catholicism and took vows to become a nun.
- Baby Kochamma realized pretty quickly that this strategy was a mistake. She truly hated the convent. She started sending her father letters about how she was happy there but someone named Koh-i-noor was terribly unhappy. We find out that this was a code because the Mother Superior read everyone's letters.
- Baby Kochamma's dad came to get her out of the convent. He thought her reputation was sort of tarnished and that she wouldn't find a husband after that, so he figured he'd let her have an education. He sent her to the University of Rochester in New York, where she got a degree in Ornamental Gardening.
- When Baby Kochamma returned from college, she was obese. She spent all of her time making the garden at the Ayemenem house beautiful.
- Eventually Baby Kochamma abandoned gardening for a new obsession: satellite TV. She and Kochu Maria now spend all of their time watching TV together.
- We learn more about the house. There are two oil portraits hanging in the front veranda of Reverend E. John Ipe and Aleyooty Ammachi, Rahel and Estha's great-grandparents. They hang with their "backs" to the river, which we suspect is going to be significant later.
- As Rahel gazes out the window, we see Paradise Pickles and Preserves, which used to be Mammachi's pickle factory.
- We get another flashback to the past, when the police find Velutha and handcuff him.
- We learn that it was Baby Kochamma's idea for Estha to be Returned. We also learn that in the days after Sophie Mol's death and before Estha was Returned, Margaret Kochamma would slap him every time she saw him.
- We get an image of young Estha being Returned, with "terrible pictures" running through his head (1.200).
- The chapter ends by posing two possibilities for how all of these events came to pass. Either everything began when Sophie Mol came to Ayemenem for the first time, or everything that happened to this family is a product of history.
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Sources Claim Adam Lanza Was Inspired by Norway Massacre
But police say the story is "all speculation."
Two months after the Newtown massacre, officials have offered no explanation of Adam Lanza's motive or his reasons for targeting Sandy Hook Elementary school, but now CBS News claims to have the answer. According to "two officials who have been briefed on the Newtown, Conn., investigation," Lanza was obsessed with Anders Breivik, the Norwegian man who killed 77 people in July 2011, and saw him as competition. The officials claim that Lanza hoped to kill even more people than Breivik, and picked the school because it was the "easiest target" with the "largest cluster of people." While Breivik's rampage ended with his surrender, Lanza killed himself as police arrived on the scene, though he reportedly fired several shots at officers in the parking lot before turning the gun on himself.
According to a new profile of the Lanza family in the Hartford Courant, police found "thousands of dollars worth of graphically violent video games" in the home, and are still investigating what role they might have played in the shooting. CBS News's sources claim that there's evidence Lanza was acting out fantasies from the games, and each death increased his "score."
Connecticut police quickly denied the CBS News report, and pointed out that it doesn't name a single source. "The whole story is inaccurate," State Police spokesman Lt. J. Paul Vance said. "The motive has not been determined. This is all coming from unnamed sources. It's all speculation. It's hideous."