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Scooter Indicted
About time, too. I hope they give that annoying little fuck the electric chair.
About time, too. I hope they give that annoying little fuck the electric chair.
(ariel view of a town that isn't NY or Boston)
Despite being bigger than, say, St. Louis or San Francisco, Chicago and Houston came up terribly short in World Series ratings bragging rights (though why this really matters to anyone besides Fox and their advertisers, I dunno). From the Associated Press:
The Chicago White Sox's first world championship in 88 years was also the lowest-rated World Series ever.
Chicago's four-game sweep of the Houston Astros averaged an 11.1 national rating with a 19 share on Fox. That's down about 7 percent from the previous low, an 11.9 with a 20 share for the 2002 World Series between the Anaheim Angels and the San Francisco Giants.
While the 2002 World Series, which went seven games, rated higher overall, it was only averaging an 11.0 through four games.
However, this dark cloud for Rupert Murdoch has a silver lining:
Wednesday night's 1-0 Chicago win had a 13.0 preliminary national rating with a 21 share. It was the highest-rated prime-time show on Fox since the final of "American Idol" in May, but still not enough to save the series from being the lowest-rated.
The Boston Globe's Bill Griffith reports today that Sporting News Radio has decided to end all locally-based programming on Boston's WWZN.
Said move means that this afternoon's Breeders' Cup preview could be the final broadcast in the long, illustrious career of legend-in-his-own-mind Eddie Andleman. If the radio listeners of the Boston area are lucky, that is.
The station launched in the fall of 2001 with hopes of carving a sports audience in a Boston market dominated by WEEI (850 AM). It paid a lavish amount for the Celtics' radio rights and put on high-profile shows with Andelman and Sean McDonough ("The McDonough Group"). However, then-GM Mike Kellogg wasn't able to complete his vision of all-day local programming before SNR pulled the funding plug, leaving the station struggling to stay afloat and pay the Celtics' rights fee.
The Zone got out from under the Celtics deal this season when WRKO (680) bought the rights.
But it apparently didn't happen in time to save the local operation.
From the New York Daily News' John Mahoney.
The worst of the state's convicted perverts have been ordered to make themselves scarce on Halloween, the Daily News has learned.
Under rules to be enforced by the state Division of Parole, registered sex fiends must abide by a curfew that begins at 3 p.m. Monday and runs until 6 a.m. Tuesday.
They also are barred from wearing masks or having any interaction with young trick-or-treaters who ring their bell.
"As a parent, I know that nothing is more frightening than the prospect of someone preying on your child," Pataki said. "That is why we have directed the state's criminal justice agencies to do everything in their power to make sure our children are safe from sexual predators on Halloween and every day."
The new restrictions apply to 270 Level 3 sex offenders – the worst of the worst – in the five boroughs and 539 in the rest of the state, officials said.
To make sure the convicted molesters and rapists get the message, Pataki said parole officers will be knocking on their doors and calling their homes "throughout the night."
So if it wasn't tough enough to be a registered sex offender, now these troubled individuals will have to cope with the inevitable vandalism that will occur when furious kids from their neighborhood realize they've bailed on their candy-giving responsibilities.
Of course, they should've thought of that before they joined they seminary.
Not even a period of Katrina-enforced exile in Oklahoma City is enough to spare Hornets coach Byron Scott — a favored target during his days in New Jersey —- from the NY Post's Peter Vescey.
Lord Bye-Ron, you may recall, was jettisoned by Jersey just after the mid-point of the season before last. Not even the Nets' 101-63 regular-season record during the previous two " highlighted by a Final Frolic in 2003 " was enough to save Scott.
Finally, after endlessly ignoring how harmful to his team's health his coach had become, Nets president Rod Thorn made his Dread Scott Decision in favor of no-experience Lawrence Frankincense who nearly went undefeated for the remainder of the season, that's how giddy Jason & The Argonauts were to see Bye-Ron beheaded.
Scott, by all accounts, was (choose one):
a) A lazy lump;
b) Dangerously smug;
c) Out-coached and simply out of it;
d) Any combination thereof.
Scott took over as head coach of the New Orleans Hornets prior to the 2004-2005 season . . . and promptly guided them to a franchise-worst 18-64 record.
As putrid of they were/are, the Hornets did/do have some marketable members. Chief among them: Jaamal Magloire (above), who, despite missing 59 games last season (fractured right ring finger and back spasms), was an '04 All-Star.
The Toronto native, entering his sixth season, was actively sought by the Raptors prior to last June's draft (the price of two No. 1s, management felt, was too stiff) and remained a coveted commodity during this past offseason.
Yours truly, the hack journalist, had the temerity to type such blasphemy into last Sunday's column. Sources had told me there was ongoing trade conversation with numerous teams re Magloire. Bye-Ron responded by telling the local (temporary digs of Oklahoma City) and New Orleans media that I have no clue what I'm talking about and never have.
Three days later, Magloire was traded to the Bucks for former Oklahoma State standout Desmond Mason, an '06 first-rounder and cash.
Jim Bower, a recent GM replacement for the terminated Allan Bristow (the club erroneously announced he left for medical reasons), openly admits the Bucks' offer was just one of many proposals. In fact " perish the thought " the Hornets had actually initiated some of the discussions.
Meaning, either Bye-Ron is completely out of the loop or he's terminally fruit loops. Either way, he ought to consider coming off the golf course more often or, at the least, subscribe to The Post on line so he can keep up to date with what his team is trying to do.
"What I meant to say," Scott hedged, "is we wouldn't trade Magloire for Jackie Mason. And another thing; Malcolm-Jamal Warner isn't going anywhere.
For his part, Mason was quoted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Charles F. Gardner, calling the Bucks liars.
Mason, who played for two-plus seasons in Milwaukee, focused his anger on Bucks general manager Larry Harris and owner Herb Kohl in a radio interview aired on WAUK-AM (1510).
Mason called Harris "a snake in the grass" and said he "flat out lied to my face" about the chances of being traded, even after the Bucks signed free-agent forward Bobby Simmons during the summer.
After the Bucks' practice Thursday, Harris said the deal came together quickly early this week, after the general manager had a Pfister Hotel coffee shop session with Sen. Kohl on Monday morning. Harris had become concerned about the Bucks' depth at power forward and center, but he denied he was shopping Mason to other teams.
"Certainly, no one wants to be called that," Harris said of the "snake in the grass" comment. "All I can say is I know he has a great passion for Milwaukee. It was a shock to him when I phoned him, I knew that.
"Obviously, he's a very emotional young man. It's the nature of the beast, and we move on."
In an interview with radio host Steve Haywood, Mason said: "It's hard for me to say this about somebody, but Larry's a snake. He's a snake in the grass. I thought my situation with Seattle (being traded to the Bucks in 2003) was tough.
"The magnitude of things that Larry Harris told me this summer, this season, all those things. I mean, he told me a lie to my face."
Though they managed to issue credentials to that great baseball legend Steve Perry, the White Sox came up a little short with one of their all-time greats Wednesday night. From the Chicago Tribune's Fred Mitchell (thanks to Jay Strell for the link) :
On a night when Major League Baseball announced its all-time Latino Legends team, longtime White Sox star Minnie Minoso was denied admittance to the team's locker room Wednesday to join in the World Series celebration at Minute Maid Park.
"They won't let me in; they say they don't know who I am," an exasperated Minoso told this reporter as credentialed media, players' wives, children and various peripheral members of the White Sox organization and MLB paraded in and around the champagne-soaked clubhouse.
Minoso, 82, a Cuban-born star who spent 12 of his 17 major-league seasons with the White Sox, has a statue of his likeness at U.S. Cellular Field. Earlier this year, the statue inadvertently was damaged by a fan. Wednesday night, Minoso went searching frantically for White Sox authorities to help him gain admittance to the clubhouse or the area just outside the locker room, but he was not made to feel like a celebrity by MLB security.
Not only is Will Leitch the only adult in America that admits to watching "Cold Pizza", but he's also the sole reader of USA Today's Sports Weekly. At least that's the conclusion I've come to after watching the net totally flip out over the following :
*-Leitch spies an item in Sports Weekly that claims an unidentified AL outfielder who took part in the postseason, recently tested positive for steroids and continued playing while the appeals process played out.
* – Mr. Irrelevant (incredibly, not a psuedonym for Will), David Pinto and the bane of all talk radio, AOL's Sports Bloggers Live pick up the hot potato and run with it. Followed by further guessing games at Baseball Think Factory.
To which I can only advise, calm down for a minute. Any untalented, cowardly putz with a computer can repeat an unsubstantiated rumor and unfairly subject innocent public figures to crazy speculation.
Now might be the time, however, for Bubba Crosby (above) to step forward and take one for the team.
If Barnet facing Manchester United in the Carling Cup this week wasn't a bizarre enough experience for the former, they can also rest assured that one of their own set a new mark at the Theatre Of Dreams. From the Guardian's Daniel Taylor.
Ross Flitney could be found yesterday trying to clear his name after his 15 minutes – or rather 90 seconds – of fame at Manchester United on Wednesday. The Barnet goalkeeper is to appeal against the red card that sent him to an early bath despite not having a scuff of mud on his knees.
"The night before the game I dreamt that I would get a standing ovation," the 21-year-old said yesterday. "I even told the lads. But I never imagined I would be clapped off because I had been sent off within 90 seconds. All week I had been living for the occasion. It had been a dream of mine to play at Old Trafford since I was a kid and within two minutes it was snatched away. I'm still speechless about it."
If it is possible for Flitney to take any positives out of a thoroughly chastening experience, he could try to console himself that United's supporters will certainly remember him for his solitary contribution: rushing from his goalline to collect an innocuous through ball only for his momentum to take him outside the area.
His red card produced the quickest sending-off in Old Trafford history, but a place in the record books was of little consolation to Flitney as he sat crying in the away dressing room. "I don't just feel bad for myself, I feel bad for all the boys," he said. "I was expecting a yellow card and I was so shell-shocked when he got out the red I can't remember anything from the next minute or so. I just hope I get another chance one day."
Manchester United icon, Northern Ireland international and onetime European Player Of The Year (1968) George Best is suffering from internal bleeding from a bowel infection. Best, 59, one the most notorious playboys and drinkers of his generation, is supposedly in critical condition, with numerous publications and online outlets already preparing their obituaries.
Congrats to someone who was paid for attending a CFL game. Other than Warren Moon, Doug Flutie and Lawrence Phillips, that is. (Disclaimer : your author once owned a Toronto Argonauts jacket…and had to stop wearing it in London because everyone thought I was working for the Argos catalog store).
There's no truth to the rumor, by the way, that the Philadelphia Eagles have cut Jose Cortez and signed Mr. Diesbourg.
In all seriousness, the CFL is 12 man-tastic. Congrats to the Argos on clinching their first Eastern Division title since the Doug Flutie era by beating Hamilton, 34-11 this evening.
Is going 0 for 11 on the power play any worse than, say a National League championship club going 0 for 30 with runners in scoring position? You can ask Islanders coach Steve Stirling, though he is quick to remind fans who write to him c/o of the club's website, "I'll read anything an Islander fan wants to tell me. Just keep in mind two things: I'm the coach, not the GM."
Mike Piazza's close personal chum Zakk Wylde (shown above, circa the extensions-era) opened the evening with his six-string rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" — apparently no one at Cablevision could find Liz Phair's telephone number.
Not a great night thus far for Todd Bertuzzi's line versus the Avalanche, though on the bright side, they're all playing hockey and aren't in jail.
Baseball scholar Will Leitch wrote earlier today,
The Boston Globe brings up something about Red Sox great Ted Williams we™d never heard before: He was of Mexican ancestry on his mother™s side. This is mentioned in the context of last night™s œLatino Legends ceremony before the White Sox™s World Series win, in which the all-time Latino team was announced.
Indeed, the Splendid Splinter's ethnic background is an interesting subject. Or at least it was last August when was raised by Newsday's Les Payne, amongst others, if not more than 5 years ago when the Sacramento Bee's Marcos Brenton proclaimed Teddy Ballgame "the greatest Latino player of all time".
Coming soon in a future Leitch entry : Rickey Henderson sometimes speaks in the third person.
The painful tale of Bronson Arroyo's musical sideline has been mentioned before, but never in such excruiciating detail. From the Boston Globe's Robert Carrol.
"It was 1992 and I was 15 years old when I heard the Stone Temple Pilots," said Arroyo. "I heard 'Plush' and it got me going on music."
Slowly, Arroyo built a music collection around bands such as STP, Alice in Chains, and Pearl Jam — groups that zeroed in on teenage angst. "It's funny that I enjoy listening to songs that are, well, depressing," he said, "because I have nothing to complain about in my life."
"Things changed the day I was in the studio working on a Stone Temple Pilots song when this sound tech that used to work for the band comes over to me and says, 'Man, you sound just like Scott,' " referring to the band's lead singer, Scott Weiland (above). "That gave me a boost."
SBC's merger with AT&T means the Giants' ballpark, originally named Pac Bell, is likely to undergo its third name change in 6 years. Say it ain't so, writes The San Jose Mercury News' John Ryan.
Oh, the memories of the halcyon days of our youth, those many months at SBC Park, where you could get a hot dog for 120 nickels, the beer was warm, and a sliver the left-field line was visible from inside the Coke bottle slide. First Ebbets Field goes, and now the heart-wrenching end of this tradition.
What we're really waiting for is Jon Miller's reaction. When the name switched over this year, Miller used it sparingly on the broadcasts. In May he told the Mercury News' Daniel Brown, "I want to reflect the way people think of the ballpark. I don't want to sound like some mindless zombie, some automaton, who got reprogrammed to say SBC Park. For me and for the fans and for my son, it's still Pac Bell."
With the Canucks visiting the Avalanche tonight, Todd Bertuzzi will make his first Denver appearance since his attempt at scrambling the brains of Colorado's Steve Moore. The Rocky Moutain News' Terry Frei wonders what, if anything, has been learned since then.
We're supposed to pretend that because the NHL reinstated Bertuzzi, his assault on Moore should be as if this is some driving violation, wiped off his record and out of our consciousness after the lapse of "x" number of months? That's not about Bertuzzi.
That's about a sport unwilling to hold itself up to ruthless self-examination, and not just to forget the lessons learned – but to never learn them at all. And it's about fandom and media too often willing to allow the cacophony from the brainless ("If you disagree with me, you don't understand the game!") to drown out the thoughtful wing of hockey followers who believe their game can be better.
Think of how ridiculous it is that the Canucks took so long to pick their spot to avenge Naslund. And then it didn't take much longer in the grand scheme for the Avalanche to all but forget a teammate in a pool of blood, with fractured neck vertebrae and a concussion that won't go away? What should that say to Colorado's Dan Hinote? Yes, in a sport of considerable player movement, the bonds are easily and instantly dissolvable, but you at least should pretend that perhaps career-ending injuries that happened to you in a Colorado uniform aren't the same as being sent down to Hershey. Otherwise, the relentless attempts within the hockey culture to avoid the promotion of stars and to highlight a one-for-all team identity are completely hollow.
The Avalanche's indifference is the most curious, of course, but it is part of a league-wide collective shrugging of shoulders. Even Hockey Canada, which airs wonderful television ads promoting "respect" in its sport, from the stands to the rink itself, sent mixed messages by taking roughly sixteen-thousandths of a second to invite Bertuzzi to its Olympic orientation camp after the NHL reinstated him.
It's time to move on? OK, fair enough.
But to what? The "moving on" seems to have more to do with amnesia and rationalization than forgiveness and a feeling that Bertuzzi had been penalized enough.
From the Associated Press :
The principal of a public high school apologized to parents for allowing a Christian-themed assembly that featured two Philadelphia Eagles players, saying he was misled about what the presentation would cover.
Principal Emmanuel Caulk of Newark High School wrote in a letter that he expected the talk by players Tra Thomas (above) and Thomas Tapeh to focus on "values, choices and challenges that adolescents face in today's society."
He said promotional material used the name "Tra Thomas Promotional Tour," and he did not know Thomas was founder and spokesman for Athletes United In Christ.
A projection of that organization's logo was shown throughout Tuesday's assembly, and the athletes urged students to attend an upcoming rally and concert at a Philadelphia-area Christian center.
Thomas said he assumed everyone knew his promotional tour was connected to his organization, but he has heard similar complaints after speaking at other public schools.
"What we're trying to do is to help the kids make better decisions in life. I guess I understand," why some people objected, he said, "because you have other religions there. But we're not preaching to the kids."
There's no truth to the rumor, by the way, that newly signed Eagles K Jose Cortez has been asked to speak at Newark High's Career Day.
As the Red Sox continue their negotiations with GM Theo Epstein, the Boston Herald's Tony Massaroti accuses Boston president Larry Lucchino of burying his young protege.
Lucchino (above) seems to fancy himself as a maker of men, a Bill Walsh of baseball who has blessed the game with select disciples. He likes to take credit for most everything his followers do " from San Diego Padres general manager Kevin Towers to Epstein " and all is well and good until the boys become men, until they want to actually have an identity.
When that happens " and it is happening here now " Lucchino pounds his fist and puts those disrespectful little twits in their place, just to remind them that Big Daddy brought them into this world and he can certainly take them out.
In the interest of disclosure, let us rewind for a moment. In the last few days, most recently in the Globe (which has more invested in the Red Sox than anyone but John Henry), it has been reported that Epstein rejected the Sox' latest contract offer, though the sides continue to talk and are expected to have some resolution in the next day or so. The latest proposal was for three years at $1.2 million per, which is the kind of information that comes out when real negotiations have given way to mud-slinging and damage control.
That said, some things need to be made clear. The first is that the media is a very dirty business; on some level, we are all compromised. The second, as one longtime observer once pointed out, is that Lucchino is a political animal. The Globe owns the Red Sox which means the Red Sox own the Globe, which is not a criticism as much as it is a statement of fact. The same is true of WEEI, or at least parts of it, which is currently in negotiations for Red Sox broadcast rights and compensates Lucchino for a weekly radio segment.
So, for an assortment of reasons, the two most powerful media outlets in New England are not about to challenge the words or methods of Lucchino and the Red Sox. (Not really.) And that is OK so long as we recognize there are conflicts of interest everywhere now and the truth will be distorted as a result of it.
That is why, as much as ever, we should hope this remains a two-newspaper town.
All of that brings us back to the Red Sox, Epstein and Lucchino, the latter of whom's behavior is growing astonishingly predictable. When the Red Sox failed in the Alex Rodriguez negotiations " and thank goodness for that " Lucchino blamed the players' union. When the Red Sox traded Nomar Garciaparra, members of the Red Sox (guesses, anyone?) leaked information to make the shortstop out to be the villain. And now, in the worst transgression of all, Red Sox management is smearing one of its own in the most sacrosanct negotiation, one that should have been conducted exclusively within the gilded walls of the front office at 4 Yawkey Way.
No matter the ownership, in the often petty and sometimes tactless history of the Red Sox, this is a new low.
(a heavily sedated animal, above, with Siegfried. In the center, a big scary tiger)
From Court TV's Lisa Sweetingham.
The bodyguard who once protected tiger tamer Roy Horn of the Siegfried & Roy magic duo claims that Siegfried Fischbacher is a "tyrant" who overmedicates and humiliates the ailing Horn, who is still recovering from a tiger-mauling incident.
"Siegfried was a tyrant and had loud, explosive outbursts at the plaintiff and at Roy," says the civil suit filed by Louis Mydlach, a former Siegfried & Roy insider.
"[Fischbacher] forced Roy to take medication, even when Roy begged to not be medicated," the suit claims.
Siegfried is also accused of refusing to hire competent medical workers to look after Horn's day-to-day needs, and painting a picture in the media of the "amazing physical rehabilitation of Roy" when those close to the star knew "it was all propaganda."
Mydlach says his role changed from that of security guard to caretaker, "in all the undignified matters concerning his debilitating condition … including personal care cleaning, bathing and various bathroom duties."
Though I can't speak to the alleged mistreatment of Mr. Horn, I do have to wonder about Mydlach's competency as a bodyguard. Not only was he incapable of saving Roy from a vicious tiger attack, but he was also proven to be useless when it came to stopping a drive-by shooting carried out by a former Oakland Raiders placekicker.
If you're so inclined, here's a trip down memory lane with S&R.
Admittedly, not the same Arbuckle, but I couldn't resist.
Not only is the baseball season over, but we'll have to wait another 5 months before the Chicago Sun-Times' Jay Mariotti (above) pens another column suggesting Ozzie Guillen isn't fit to manage.
A Chicago team, I've always said, finally will win it all when we least expect it. We expected the Cubs to win in 2003 because they had the requisite big names. But they collapsed when the heat was on, as opposed to the Sox, who recovered and conquered October like few teams in baseball history. Their 11-1 postseason record matches the 1999 Yankees' as the best record in the division-series era and ranks in the modern era behind only the 1976 Big Red Machine, which went 7-0. Dating back to those nervous nights in Detroit, one full month ago, the Sox lost one game.
What they did, thanks to the feisty leadership of Guillen and foresight of Williams, was write a new blueprint on how baseball might be played in the post-steroids era. They wanted selfless players and didn't care where they came from — America, Japan, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico. With everyone obeying and respecting the yakkety Guillen like some cult figure, the overhaul worked like few we've seen.
There was one star, Paul Konerko, and a Mount Soxmore rotation. Otherwise, solid players fulfilled roles splendidly and played smallball, bigball, whatever was needed — but always smartball. If you had told me Jermaine Dye, Magglio Ordonez's marginally received replacement, would be Series MVP, I'd have giggled loudly.
Apparently, some great relief pitching by both teams and game-saving (at the time) DP's started by Brad Ausmus and Morgan Ensberg don't count for much. In the opinon of ESPN's Buster Olney, Tuesday night's marathon was "just awful baseball".
The actual baseball was terrible, with the pitchers dominating hitters in a way you rarely see except in games when some of the players haven't advanced through puberty yet.
To say that the Astros' hitting was ineffective would be like suggesting that Enron had an accounting problem. The Houston batters — seemingly pressing to the point of being numb — rarely even hit the ball hard. Some of that was due to the stuff of Bobby Jenks and the guile of Orlando Hernandez, but there were multiple situations in which all the Astros needed was a groundball of 100 feet, a fly ball of 250 feet. Anything. Houston had one hit in its last 33 at-bats. It wasn't as if the White Sox fielders were diving all over the place and making great plays, the way they did against the Red Sox in the first round. If they had, the game could have been a classic. The Astros just generated a lot of bad at-bats. It was if the fans at Minute Maid Park weren't sure how to react. The fans stood, inning after inning, cheering and then going quiet, time and again.
The writers in the press box were tortured, as well. Deadline after deadline passed and as time went on, the number of writers standing at their computers grew, many of them having been told that the last run of their newspapers had begun, and there was no chance to get their stories in the morning paper. But then, nobody was really complaining. Unless you were writing for the papers in Chicago and Houston, there really wasn't much compelling in Game 3, even as the list of broken records — most pitchers used, longest game by time, etc. — lengthened.
The instant that Blum's homer cleared the right field fence, the noise made by the 30 guys in the White Sox dugout hovered over all of them.
So there you have it. A battle between the AL and NL champs — with both clubs working their way out of jams right until the very end — actually sucked, because journalists were missing their deadlines (indeed, the press area in the left field grandstand had cleared out well before the 14th inning — nice seats, too). If the Astros struggled to execute against the likes of El Duque and Jenks, well, should a World Series hopeful really have their season riding on Orlando Palmiero? You could say the same of Geoff Blum, really.
Anyhow, this game was so boring that "SportsCenter" devoted its entire opening 10 minutes Wednesday night to recapping the key plays — highlights they're usually able to cram into a few minutes, max.
Local radio in these parts was dominated by guys whose programs didn't start until 3pm, complaining about how hard it was to stay up. Which is a nice twist for a future Phil Mushnick column ; the real problem causing games to run late isn't MLB's corporate greed. Rather, it's the Houston Astros' inability to score any runs.
I suppose this means fuck off, Pigbag, then.
" I'll be, I'll be there/And just before I hit the bar/With the ghost of Rodney Marsh in his pre-smug pundit days/ Before he sold Rangers down the Swanee/With Gerry Francis's offshore money/ It's a toss-up between Mick Jones/And a consortium from the Middle Eastern equivalent of Barrett Homes /I'll be, I'll be there/With blue and white ticker tape in my hair/Up the Rs/Up the Rs/Up the Rs/What a life on Mars".
(Iain Dowie reacts to the news that he's not mentioned in Pete Doherty's new song. Gerry Francis, right, doesn't get off so easy.)
…and by that, I don't mean he failed to reach a ground ball 10 feet to his left.
More on this finale later tonight. For now, Juan Uribe's running catch of Chris Burke's 9th inning foul ball stands as the defensive play of the series. And what the heck is Don Nelson doing behind the Houston dugout? (He's got every right to be there, mind you, it's just a little disconcerting.)
After the Astros managed to go their final 15 innings without scoring a run (and hitless in their final 29 at bats), I'd really like to hear from everyone who still thinks they didn't need Carlos Beltran.
Backe and Garcia (above, right) were each fantastic. Losing pitcher Brad Lidge, given no margin for error made exactly two mistakes — the sinker that wasn't to Willie Harris, and allowing a dribbler through the infield to eventual MVP Jermaine Dye. It would really be shame to continue hearing how Lidge has crumbled — under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have even been out there in such a situation.
Fox's failure to turn the microphone over to Don Cooper the second this one ended is their loss. Taking nothing away from Ozzie, Chicago's pitching coach is a riot.
I'm gonna let Tivo weave it's pause-worthy magic while running an errand — I sincerely hope this tremendous victory brings great joy to our White Sox supporting friends, as well as providing Carl Everett with the national TV platform he's long deserved to expouse his unique theories on, well, everything.
Addendum : XM's Home Plate Channel is once again, right on top of the story. When Paul Konerko squeezed Uribe's assist to clinch the first White Sox championship in 88 years, who amongst us didn't wonder "How must this feel compared to what Rob Dibble went through when the Reds swept the A's in 1990?"
Really, any ham and egg media outlet can resort to the most obvious postgame angles — interviewing Guillen, Dye, Jenks, Konerko, Phil Garner, Jeff Bagwell's ex-wife, etc. But it take real visionaries to allow Dibs to wax nostalgic about the Reds visiting McDonalds when Marge Schott was too cheap to throw a party. If only Kevin Kennedy hadn't been occupied with his Fox TV duties, he could've compared Guillen's achievement with what it was like to manage in a Triple-A All-Star Game.
Comcast's postgame coverage featured a tearful embrace between Cliff Politte and Journey's Steve Perry. I realize that Styx is guilty of some terrible crimes against music, but this is a sad affront by any reasonable measure.
The Blue Jays are looking to hire a new manager for their Eastern League affiliate New Hampshire Fisher Cats, and the Union-Leader's Kevin Gray proposes that Toronto consider former Red Sox 3B and manager Butch Hobson.
Hobson (above) managed the past six seasons for the Nashua Pride , not to mention those three years with the Boston Red Sox from 1992-94 , and he's very much interested in the Double-A vacancy at Manchester.
With the Pride ownership seeking to join the short-season Canadian-American Association next season year, Hobson, a Nashua resident, would love to join the Blue Jays organization up the road. Former Fisher Cats manager Mike Basso was promoted to Triple-A Syracuse earlier this week.
It wouldn't be Hobson's first foray into affiliated minor league baseball. He managed Triple-A Pawtucket leading up to his position as manager of the Red Sox. He was later named manager of the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Not only is Hobson qualified, he believes he could be a perfect fit with the Fishers. Dick Scott, the Toronto farm director conducting a search to replace Basso, will be getting a phone call from Hobson today.
"Developing talent and instilling a winning attitude on and off the field is what organizations expect and demand. I know I'm good at that," said Hobson, who guided the Pride to the 2000 Atlantic League championship. "I would like for them to consider me. I'm experienced enough, and I think my resume speaks enough for itself."
Unmentioned by Hobson or Gray is that said resume includes a 1996 termination by Wilkes-Barre after Hobson was arrested upon receiving a Fed Ex package filled with cocaine. While Hobson certainly doesn't deserve to be blackballed by MLB-affiliated clubs as a result, this is hardly an irrelevent point to raise, especially if you're essentially saying "why won't someone hire this guy?"
At least that's what I learned from Wally Backman's Online Journalism School.
In other Eastern League news, Sidearm Delivery reports that the Norwich Navigators have changed their name to the Connecticut Defenders. Not to be outdone, the Atlantic League's Bridgeport Bluefish are mulling a change to the Bridgeport Bunnybrains.
Mr. Historian writes,
Well, we™ve all been curious who the first high-profile athlete to announce that they™re gay would be, and now that Houston Comets MVP Sheryl Swoopes has done it, well, we guess we™re still kind of waiting.
High profile enough for you, Will?
Mets 1B Doug Mientkiewicz, as quoted in this morning's Minneapolis Star Tribune by Patrick Reusse. (link courtesy Repoz and Baseball Think Factory)
The New York Mets have an option on Doug Mientkiewicz that would pay the first baseman $4 million next season.
"I don't why they would pick up my option, but if they do, I might quit," he said. "I'm serious. I don't want to be back there."
The Mets must announce a decision within three days of the end of he World Series. No doubt, they will elect to pay Mientkiewicz a $450,000 buyout and make him a free agent.
He said his preference would be to return to the Twins, who aren't as solid with Justin Morneau at first base as everyone figured when Mientkiewicz was shipped to Boston on July 31, 2003.
"People think Gardy [manager Ron Gardenhire] and I have a big problem," Mientkiewicz said. "Nothing could be further from the truth. He's like an older brother to me. We get mad, yell some, but it's because we're both competitive and emotional.
"I always thought Minnesota was a great place to play. After a year with the Mets, an organization that doesn't have a clue, I know that for sure."
Mientkiewicz' 2005 looks something like this :
275 AB's 36 runs, 66 hits, 13 doubles, 11 HR's, 29 RBI's, .240 BA, .322 OBP, .407 slugging percentage. Clearly, the Mets were out of their minds when they benched the 31 year old down the stretch in favor of Mike Jacobs (11 HR's, 23 RBI's, 1.085 OPS in 100 at bats).


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Looking for a place to sample some of the area's best food, beer, and wine in an outdoor setting? Food and Vine Time Productions could have just the event you're looking for and it's coming to Katy, TX this weekend. Here is some background information:
Event: Katy Sip n Stroll
Location: Villagio Town Center, 22764 Westheimer Parkway, Katy, TX
Date and Time: Saturday, April 26, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Katy Sip n Stroll is back, ready to serve you some excellent food and adult beverages in Katy's Villagio Town Center. Participating restaurants include:
- Three Olives
- Babaloo
- Bistro 829
- Fajita Depot
- Hasta la Pasta
- La Madeleine
- Nirvana
- Ooh-La-La
- Pollo Bravo
- The Public House
- Sammy's
- Torchy's Tacos
Wine options are very abundant and include:
- Alexander Valley Vineyards
- August Wine Group
- Becker Vineyards
- Duckhorn
- Fall Creek
- Justin Vineyards
- Pacific Highway
- Rodney Strong
- Trinchero
- Winebow
…and several others. The beer will be tapped by:
- No Label Brewing
- Saint Arnold
- Karbach
- Goose Island
Entertainment for the event will be provided by the Robert Hartye Band and for those who are interested, there is a pre- event called Bubbles at Villagio that features bubbly and nibbles one hour before the main event at 5:00 p.m. This is great for those who prefer to get a head start and avoid crowds.
The cost for a general admission ticket to the event is $35 while VIP sell for $65. The pre- party event, Bubbles at Villagio, sells for an additional $15 and designated driver tickets are available as well.
Click here to purchase tickets
Katy Sip n Stroll supports Cinco Charities and part of ticket sales goes directly to this important local cause. Tickets may not last, so follow the link above and purchase your general admission or VIP ticket today!

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The Wilds is the largest area in the game and it is very dangerous. The Wilds consist of jungles, forests etc. that are crawling with Fuse's monsters in every direction, so stay alert or you might get turned into goo. The Wilds don't have much evidence of modern civilization, while Nowhere, Camp Kidney and Mt. Blackhead are have some development, and ancient civilizations have ruins in Devil's Bluff and The Ruins, the wilds are unspoiled wilderness. Courage the Cowardly Dog and Camp Lazlo take place in this region. Most of the southern parts of wilds are based off Camp Lazlo, but the north doesn't seem to have any basis from this, or any, series. The only exception is area 51.1, which is an area in Johnny Test, but it is not based on the show. In the future, the entire zone was destroyed by Fuse.
- Prickly Pines
- Camp Kidney
- Mount Blackhead
- Leakey Lake
- Acorn Flats
- Pimpleback Mountains
- Haunted Ridge
- Twisted Forest
- The Ruins
- Devil's Bluff
- Devil's Canyon
- Area 51.5
- Really Twisted Forest
- Forgotten Falls
- Monkey Foothills
- Monkey Mountain
- Nowhere
- Upper Catacombs
- Lower Catacombs
- May Kanker
- Toiletnator
- Spencer Spidermonkey
- Coco
- Ed
- Mac
- Numbuh Four
- Numbuh Three
- Zak Saturday
- Fiskerton
- Magic Tree
- Fuzzy Lumkins
- Flapjack
- Gwen
- Agent Greenberg
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Hay Farmers Can't Wait For Rain Forever
Some Georgia farmers are playing a game of chicken with the calendar as they wait for rain. Forage crops like hay should have been planted by mid-November, but UGA extension professor Dennis Hancock says much of the seed is still in the bag.The accumulation of drought stress in recent years has made the ground too dry for planting, and this winter is looking like the worst in decades, he said."Our cool season crops have just not even had a chance to germinate and come up in many cases. Right now about 53 percent of our pastures are rated as 'poor' or 'very poor.' It's a very, very tough situation," Hancock said.If farmers don't plant by New Year's Day, the best they can hope for is a 50 percent yield, Hancock said.Unlike Georgia's row crops - such as corn and cotton - forage fields are almost never irrigated. Hancock says he's getting calls from farmers who don't know what to do."You know, do you put the seed into the ground knowing there's not enough moisture there for it to germinate? And at this point we basically are so late into the season that we probably are better off going ahead to plant and hoping on a rain at some point," Hancock said.Forage crops are used to feed livestock, mostly cattle for beef and dairy products. Forage and the animals that eat it add up to the second or third biggest sub-sector of Georgia agriculture, Hancock said.Georgia hay production is already about 20 percent below normal, mirroring a national trend. Hancock expects that will result in a matching increase in beef and dairy prices over the next six to eight months.
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Abattoir to zigzag: English words of French origin
To commemorate the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 we are looking at English words of French origin. Hover over the image below to discover a selection of English words derived from French, from abattoir to zigzag. Click on the words to go straight to the dictionary entries.
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ehCache - POM at SourceForge and New Book
By pelegri on Mar 13, 2008
ehCache is SourceForge Project Of The Month for Feb 08. ehCache is the distributed cache system from Greg Luck and is used at Wotif.COM (see GF Day@Sydney) together with GlassFish.
Greg has published a ehCache Guide and Reference at Lulu.com - I noticed he mentioned Tomcat but not GF and he explained:
There is an FAQ on Tomcat because so many problems have come up. There are none I am aware of with Glassfish.
We have talked a few times about pushing ehCache to the UC@TA; maybe we will get to it before JavaOne. Also see ehCache@TA


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Staff members attending the luncheon are, from left, Charlie Johnson, Jeff Kuehny, Jeff Beasley and BRCS President Gerald Phares. Photo provided by LUKE LAVERGNE -- Phi Beta Sigma -- Baton Rouge members of Phi Beta Sigma attended the fraternity's Centennial Celebration on July 18 in Washington, D.C. A monument was dedicated at Howard University to the fraternity's founders. Shown are, from left, Mark Thomas, Kirby Gordon, Desrie George, Michael Robinson, Alphonso Smith, Judge Luke LaVergne and Lonnie Locket. Also attending were Dr. Alex Davis, Dr. Ernie Hughes, Arthur Thomas, Dr. Shirl Gilbert, Dr. Isiah Warner, Nicholas Harrington and Jimmy Harrington. Photo provided by EILEEN KENNEDY -- AARP -- AARP Mid-Town Chapter 5433 assisted the staff and residents of Heritage House Nursing Home with bingo games and awarded prizes to the winners on Aug. 13. Chapter members volunteer at Heritage House on the second Wednesday of each month. Shown are, seated from left, Dale Holleman and Ronald Johnson; and, standing, staff member Nacol Dunbar, AARP members Bertha White, Rita Johnson, Albert Johnson, Lois Holloway, William White, Mary Thompson, Eileen Kennedy and staff member Catherine Keys. Photo provided by BABS BABIN -- WBR Chamber of Commerce -- Former chairmen and the current chairman of the West Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce gathered July 31 at the City Club of Baton Rouge for a luncheon hosted by Rawlston 'Bubba' Phillips Jr. The chamber was founded 28 years ago. Executive Director Kathy Stuart gave an update on chamber and economic development activities. Shown are, seated from left, Joy Hopkins, Karen St. Cyr, Cindy Hill, Chairman Juan Carrillo, Bonnie Fouquier Peden and Babs Babin; and, standing, Mike ORouke, Blaine Rabalais, Lucius Boudreaux, Owen Cope, David Ogwyn, Phillips, Ricky Sparks, Tom Acosta and Drew Maciasz. Also attending was Ann Wilkinson. Photo provided by SARAH HOLLIDAY-JAMES -- Louisiana CURE -- Louisiana Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants met Aug. 12 at Catholic Charities of Baton Rouge to update members on the 2014 legislative session. Shown are, seated from left, Treasurer Veronica Young, Linda Sowell and Vice President Debra Sheehan; and, standing, Kevin Harris, Linda Dusco, board member Carl Taylor and President Checo Yancy. Advocate story Aug. 21, 2014; 5:22 p.m. Comments Iota Master Chapter holds ice cream social Iota Master Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi held summer social Aug. 9 at Dearman's Soda Shop. Cheryl Foster and Nancy McGraw were event hosts, and 18 members and guests attended. Essie Mongeau received a patriotic quilt from her secret sister. Members caught up on the summer activities. Iota Master will hold Beginning Day on Aug. 28 at President Pat Buturla's home. LSU student receives Pi Beta Phi award LSU student Shelby Pursley, of Winter Park, Florida, has received the Amy Burnham Onken Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Campus and Community Leadership from Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women. The annual award honors a Pi Phi senior who has best exhibited excellent scholarship, outstanding campus participation and community service during career. Pursley held leadership roles for the LSU College of Engineering College Council, the Biological Engineering Student Organization and Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. She maintained a 3.9 GPA as a biological engineering major, worked as a research assistant for two LSU professors, wrote various publications and presented at several academic conferences. She has received awards, scholarships and research grants for her academic achievements. Haygood promoted to National Guard colonel Cindy H. Haygood has been promoted to the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army National Guard. Haygood serves as group commander with 139th Regional Support Group, Jackson Barracks, in New Orleans. She has served in the military for 26 years. Haygood is the daughter of Brenda Martin, of Leesville, and Charles W. Hayes, of Portland, Texas, sister of Bernice Taylor, of Baton Rouge, and daughter-in-law of Jackie Durham, of Gonzales. She is a 1985 graduate of Leesville High School and earned a bachelor's degree in 1991 from LSU. Lancon promoted to ANG staff sergeant James S. Lancon has been promoted to the rank of staff sergeant in the U.S. Army National Guard. Lancon serves as intelligence sergeant with 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, Lake Charles Readiness Center. He has served in the military for six years. Lancon is the grandson of Wanda Smith, of McComb, Mississippi, and is a 2009 graduate of Central High School. Sims graduates from Air Force basic training Air Force Airman 1st Class Raven B. 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The Spanish Tile Roof
Spanish tiles are 100% natural and can give your home a unique southwestern look.
Roofing shingles come in multiple materials including wood, composite, and asphalt; but one material that stands apart from the rest is the Spanish style, natural clay tile. Definitely a beautiful and warm look, but are clay tiles durable as well?
Most Spanish tiles are made from 100% natural materials. Clay tiles are made by mining clay directly from the earth and then processing it through fire-casting. This process produces durable tiles in a wide-range of captivating earth tones.
The look of Spanish tiles works well on Southwestern or Mexican themed homes, and is normally combined with stucco siding. The clay produces a whole range of deep reds, browns, and tans that look striking against light-colored siding. Antique clay tiles come in multiple shades of red and some shades of green. You have the option of creating a variegated effect on your roof, or sticking with one color.
The tiles come in a variety of shapes designed to fit different purposes. Some are shaped to provide venting, while others support proper drainage:
- One Piece S Clay Tile - a larger tile that is shaped like an "S."
- Mission style - the modern version of Spanish tile, shaped in the form of a half-circle. The tiles are alternated in installation, one facing-up that is then overlapped by one facing downward.
- Monarch Mission - a small half-circle similar to mission style, but all installed in a facedown manner.
- Romano Pan - a flat style that curves up at the edges
- Antique Tiles - at least 30 years old, with the graceful signs of patina from age
Tile roofing in general is considered very durable and will not rot, burn or be damaged by pest infiltration. Some drawbacks to tile include how heavy it can be, possibly requiring extra support, and some of the modern varieties tending to fade in color. They can also break easily, although that shouldn't present too large of a problem unless there is a high amount of traffic on your roof.
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|Course Description
|Students spend eight weeks full-time in a clinical experience of their choice (preferably a specialty area). This may be done either under the supervision of a registered/licensed occupational therapist, or under the supervision of someone approved by the OT program director, if done in a non-traditional setting. Students reaching this level are expected to integrate theory and practice easily, to communicate well in a professional manner and to present a professional image, to demonstrate good problem-solving skills with the ability to initiate self-learning, and to exhibit the basic skills of an entry-level occupational therapist.


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Some thoughts from a kitty's perspective
oh me oh my!October 26th 2010 1:43 pm
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Wow thank you for picking me for Diary of the Day! Perfect timing diary gal.....we needed a pick me up! Thanks for all the lovies from everyone...we will be reading & responding in a bit as Mom has to work a little more (and I have to work on my napping skills) And by the way, The Dad didn't even stay cranky at me past about 15 minutes.....I got treaties and everything. He even left the window open & THE BLIND UP last night for me! yep - gotta love The Dad
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Concats! You should thank The Dad for making your DOTD possible!
Concats on being the DOTD! Your diary entries are always fun to read. Keep 'em coming! Purrs Rusty
Yeah, Dads are great! Congrats on being a DDP!
Concats on being Diary of the Day!!!!
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Sophia Lomeli is a Latin porn star with a reputation for her hardcore porn scenes. She is a beautiful babe with a pair of perky 36DD tits that fit her frame perfectly. Sophia Lomeli made her debut on the Reality Kings Network back in 2007 during an amazing episode on 8thStreetLatinas.com. You can still check out Sophia Lomeli's XXX movies on the world famous Reality Kings Network and on 8th Street Latinas.
Site: CFNM Secret
Date: Saturday, July 16, 2011
Ava brought her friends to one of her favorite places. She did not tell them what it was because she wanted to surprise her friends. Once they were inside the place, she brought them to a wall with four holes in it. She told them to stand next to a hole and wait. They all stood and waited while she rang a bell and suddenly a cock popped through each hole. Adas friends were shy at first and Ada showed them they could grab the cocks and stroke them. They all began jerking the cocks furiously. Then, Ada suggested they begin sucking the cocks and they did. Ada decided she wanted to get fucked. She bent over and got her pussy pounded through the glory hole. Finally, Ada told all the girls to pick a cock and make it cum all over.
Site: CFNM Secret
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2008
Today my friend Sophia and I decided to pick up a random college student, since I live near a campus. Ten minutes later I spotted a cute young white male who happened to need a ride. We took a detour and ended up at my house where we tested his durability. I sucked on his dick while Sophia sat on his face. It is so amazing how woman could make a man do anything, from getting suffocated with pussy on his face and being spanked all at the same time.. This was an incredible experiment.. Enjoy.
Site: CFNM Secret
Date: Saturday, December 13, 2008
Sophia and Francesca are enjoying some time together, when the doorbell rings unexpectedly. Its her sons friend Chris. Hes come by to see if hes home, but he had gone out already. Since Chris was there, she asks him to come in for a drink and he accepts the invite. Once inside Sophia gets a good look at him, and these MILFs are looking hungry for some young Cock. But what young man would not say yes to some Hot Pussy, even if it means being checked out like a piece of meat, in order to get the prize.
Site: 8th Street Latinas
Date: Friday, July 11, 2008
Ramon needed a haircut. So we went to this salon owned by Annmarie. Her friend Sophia was also there ready for some fun. So we get there and the whole place is empty. It was a private appointment. So as Ramon is getting his hair washed, these two beautiful latin women with natural boobs and bronzed skin were massaging not only his scalp but his cock too. Out it came and the fun really got started. Amazing dual blowjob action along with some titty worshipping and nipple sucking. Ramon went to town and had their tight pussies bouncing up and down his hard dick. Major squirt action in this one. I love this salon. I can not wait to come back for my own appointment. Enjoy this one.
Site: Milf Next Door
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008
Sophia and I went to look for a bed. It was tough trying to decide, so we went back to the house so we could concentrate on what we needed in a bed. Sophia is so sexy it was like 5 seconds after we walked in that I was on her and she had her fingers in me. It was such a hot afternoon that I think we may sleep on that bed decision until tomorrow!
Site: Milf Hunter
Date: Monday, May 5, 2008
The milf hunter was surfing the web and he decided to go to fling.com. After he logged in, he quickly found a sexy milf. She was in the area and she was very willing to come over. Her name was Sophya, and she was smoking hot. She had some big melons, a juicy ass, and a sexy smile. Sophya told us that her ex husband use to make her call him milf hunter when they use to fuck. She was very excited about fucking the infamous, hunter. She was so anxious, that she started sucking him off halfway up the stairs. Her sweet pussy got a hard banging. She asked for the hunter and she got a nice cream pie. Thanks to fling.com.
Site: Milf Next Door
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2008
So were playing pool and i invited my girl Sofia to come through and join our little fun.She was skeptical of messing with anything lesbian but after some time she came to the wild side of life.Anyways ours husbands are boring and we need a little girl time.Hey if we cant get any dick from our husbands than we will get it from our girlfriends...
Site: Big Tits Boss
Date: Monday, October 8, 2007
My big tit boss was reprimanding me for coming in from lunch 2hrs late when she caught me looking at her huge boobs. Lucky for me she loved the attention and started teasing until my cock elevated to the occasion. After touching herself she got really excited and ordered me to bang her up nice and hard.
Site: 8th Street Latinas
Date: Friday, August 31, 2007
I had to get some new shades so we went to a local store that really didnt look like much from the outside but once we got inside boobs galore. Sofie assisted us and could of sold us everything in the shop cause we were amazed by her huge tetas. After dropping the latin lingo she agreed to go back to our place where this columbian beauty turned into a true freak.


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|Stochastic models for random-access wireless networks
|Seminar on Probability and its Application
|Peter van de Ven, IBM T.J. Watson Research Lab
|Random-access algorithms such as the Carrier-Sense Multiple-Access (CSMA) protocol provide a popular mechanism for distributed medium access control in large-scale wireless networks. We study the performance of these networks using a model closely related to stochastic loss networks and to the hard-core model. Random-access networks may exhibit severe unfairness in throughput, in the sense that some nodes receive consistently higher throughput than others. We study the unfairness in saturated networks, and adapt the random-access CSMA protocol to remove the unfairness completely. These models primarily pertain to a saturated scenario where nodes always have packets to transmit. In reality however, the buffers may occasionally be empty as packets are randomly generated and transmitted over time. The resulting interplay between the activity states and the buffer contents gives rise to quite complicated queueing dynamics, and even stablishing the stability criteria is usually a serious challenge. We explicitly identify the stability conditions in a few relevant scenarios, and illustrate the difficulties arising in other cases.
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- 1 large fresh head romaine
- 4-5 tsp. lemon juice or juice of 1-2 lemons
- 1 tsp. dry mustard
- 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- sprinkle of lemon pepper
- 1/4 c. red wine vinegar
- 1 beaten egg
- generous sprinkle of Parmesan cheese
- handful of bacon bits
- couple handfuls of croutons
- mix with creamy dressing
1 tsp. salt
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. sugar
3/4 tsp. dry mustard
3 tsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. Parmesan cheese
4-6 cloves crushed garlic
6 tsp. wine vinegar
1 c. plus 2 tbsp. oil
6 drops Tabasco sauce
6 drops Worcestershire sauce
3 tbsp. olive oil
Mix in blender and refrigerate. When serving salad add anchovies to salad. Add to taste to salad. Excellent, keeps well.
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Krzysztof Komeda: Astigmatic
Krzysztof Komeda (piano)
Astigmatic (Power Bros 00125)
Krzysztof Komeda (piano), Tomasz Stanko (trumpet), Zbigniew Namyslowski (alto sax), Gunter Lenz (bass), Rune Carlson (drums).
Recorded: Warsaw, December 1965
Rating: 98/100 (learn more)
Long regarded as a bona fide pioneer of European jazz, Komeda's day job until his death in 1969 was writing music for films, in which capacity he was closely associated with Roman Polanski (Knife in the Water, Rosemary's Baby). Astigmatic has become a bellwether for European jazz, with critics pointing to how this album marked a shift away from the dominant American approach with the emergence of a specific European aesthetic. In terms of structure (ad hoc song forms that had a lot to do with Komeda's film writing), its improvisational and rhythmic approach, Astigmatic represents a fresh approach and a different way of hearing and playing jazz.
Reviewer: Stuart Nicholson
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9 Tips for How to Look Beautiful as a Mom
Keeping up with the latest fashion and maintaining yourself can be a big challenge when you are mom. You spend most of your time with activities related to your children and home, so much that you might forget how to look beautiful and take care of your own needs.
You need to know how to look beautiful without a lot of fuss and without spending a lot of time or money. These simple tips will help you keep up with the current trends and look beautiful as a mom, without actually spending much time as you expect.
9 Tips for How to Look Beautiful as a Mom
1. Take up simple and natural ways of beautifying your skin at home. Some home beauty remedies are:
- Use grapefruit before applying moisturizer to your skin.
- Mix honey, egg white and lemon juice and apply to you skin as a mask. Allow to sit for a while, before washing it off.
- Use jojoba oil to soften and moisturize your skin.
2. Choose the right clothes. If you have just finished a pregnancy, you will still need to wait until you are back in shape to wear your pre-pregnancy clothes.
Until then, wear clothes which suit your body structure, and avoid the body hugging ones. Learn to cover up the unshapely parts of your body with flowing and longer tops over pants. Make sure to include structured clothes to give your body the shape you want. For help making good choices on mom clothes, read 8 Quick Rules to Grow Up Your Wardrobe.
3. Take time to shop once in a while. Don't shop in a hurry, like in your earlier days. Carefully pick and try on outfits which fit well. If possible, go clothes shopping without the kids so you can focus and make good clothing decisions without being distracted.
4. Get your nails and hair done from time to time. If these aspects are taken care of, you will automatically look groomed. Both of these tasks are easy beauty DIYs you can do yourself at home without spending much at all.
5. Rethink your hair length and stop cutting it short. Many moms cut their hair short to make maintenance easier. However, if your face has become round and full due to previous pregnancies and weight gain, then avoid short hair dos. These will only emphasize the extra weight you're still carrying.
Instead, go for long or shoulder length hair. (You can still pull it back into a ponytail or hairclip when you need to.) Also use a side parting of the hair, rather than middle parts, so that your face looks long and slim.
6. Buy stylish yet comfortable shoes. No matter how much you may have loved them before having children, you will not be able to wear high heels during most of or immediately after your pregnancy. So go for flat or shoes with comfortable heels, which have attractive designs. You can find stylish shoes that will also be comfortable for walking or spending lots of time on your feet.
7. Add dresses to your wardrobe. Dresses are great for the warmer months, and also will look good on you, even if you on the plumper side now. They can camouflage a lot of what you don't want seen as you work on your trouble spots. Dresses are easy wardrobe additions that always let you look put together.
8. Team up your outfits with complementary jewelry. Jewelry gives a completely different and stylish look to your outfit on the whole. You can consider using bracelets, long earrings and stylish pendants.
9. If you work demands you to wear professional clothes, avoid suits. Try mixing and matching using jackets and skirts or pants in different combinations to add variety and break out of the boring "suit" look.
These 9 tips about how to look beautiful as a mom will help you get your fashion and upkeep back in check, even if you've been slipping since having children. The more thought you put into how you look, the better you'll feel, leaving you a happier mommy and wife. Are you tired in the mornings, but still want to look great? Learn how to look beautiful even on little sleep in Don't Look Like a Tired Mom: 13 Quick Mini Makeovers.
Photos by nathalielaure (top) and spaceodissey (bottom).


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Madam C.J Walker was the first African American to make hair care products. Madam C.J Walkers' real name is Sarah Breedlove. She was born in Delta, Louisiana in 1867 and she died in 1919. Madam C.J Walker was the first black women to be a millionaire. Madam C.J Walker was a washer woman until she made hair care products and a grooming system in 1905. Not only did Madam C.J Walker make her own hair care products she even got thousands of black woman to work for her.
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"2 Guns"
Soundtrack Album Review
Music By Clinton Shorter
17 Tracks/Disc Time: 39:08
Grade: B-
Last year right around this time, "2 Guns" blew up on the big screen with Oscar Winner Denzel Washington and Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg co-starring in an adaptation of Steven Grant's graphic comic book series. The film stars Washington as Robert Trench, a fast talking undercover DEA agent who takes advantage of gunman Michael Stigman's (Wahlberg) idea to rob a bank to bust him and a mob boss named Papi Greco (Edward James Olmos, "Miami Vice"). However, it proves too successful with much more money seized than anticipated with Trench's forces not stopping the getaway. Things get even more complicated when Stigman turns out to be a Naval Intelligence agent who turns on Trench and takes the money for himself. The internal juristictional trouble suddenly finds Trench and Stigman in a bloody web of corruption as they are hunted, blackmailed and isolated for the money on both sides of the law with Papi Greco and a relentless and smooth talking cowboy bounty hunter Earl (Bill Paxton, "Aliens") hunting them down and soon they have to reluctantly work together to beat their advisaries to stay alive. The film was a very solid and critical hit that thrilled fans and also became a best selling Blu-Ray and DVD late last year.
Reunited with director Baltazar Kormakur after writing the tense action score for "Contraband" which also starred Wahlberg, composer Clinton Shorter has come up with a very cool score for this film which pretty much plays out like a modern day Western score with contemporary rhythms and reminds me a bit of Joe Kraemer's most excellent and underrated score to the 2000 film, "The Way Of The Gun". You can almost say that that score inspired this one in a way because the musical base is stylistically similar and they are fun. A score that is almost completely electronic in nature with a cool Western guitar motif that seeps through the rest of the score that is adrenaline charged and a perfect fit for the film.
Opening with the rock driven and Western influenced "The Tracks", which Shorter sets up the score's main theme that is very funky and energetic closing with a cool motif for acoustic guitar and an organ. The score reaches a darker tone in the following track "No Options" a brooding piece that keeps building and building tension much like the guitar driven "Not Now" and "03:05",and then switches gears with the fun and hip 70's styled funk of "Money" and which is one of the fun highlights of this score and album along with "Special Beans", "Sorry Sir", and "Pick Up The Phone". Then there's a mood and cool Morricone-influenced "Earl", which features a really cool guitar motif that is very moody and elegant that perfectly reflects Bill Paxton's character in the film. The score does features some nice action tracks in "Boom", "Einstein", and "Trucks And Choppers", with the latter track really featuring the Western theme to a full propulsive tilt with the guitars and electronics getting a full workout. "Arm Or Leg" ends the tracks on a light and funky note and the polar opposite of the opening track, but still keeping the Western motif and keeping the 70's funk which is a great way to end the score.
"2 Guns" was originally released as a digital download by Universal last year and it took a full year to the day that the film was released (August 2013) that this soundtrack has been released a physical CD and perhaps it's because I may have mentioned in my interview with Clinton months ago about how great this score was and may have spurred on a physical CD which is a good thing to see. Shorter's score is fun and continues a positive musical streak that keeps going higher and higher with every score that includes this years' "Pompeii" since his debut score for the Oscar nominated "District 9". "2 Guns" isn't a score for everyone, but alot will appreciate it's fun, breezy intensity that doesn't wear out its welcome especially for an action score of this nature. It's not an entirely memorable score, but it gets a thumbs up for fun.


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Have you had your fill of movie awards shows? (Three in the past week!)...well, here comes the big one "The Oscars" on March 2nd. The Oscars will be broadcast live from Hollywood's Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. EST.
Ellen DeGeneres is hosting the star-studded event, which will air on ABC; she previously emceed in 2007. "There will be no shortage of comedy with Ellen DeGeneres as our host," producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron said in a statement. "There may also be a few musical surprises along the way."
The key nominations:
"12 Years a Slave"
"American Hustle"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
Christian Bale, "American Hustle"
Bruce Dern, "Nebraska"
Leonardo DiCaprio, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Chiwetel Ejiofor, "12 Years a Slave"
Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Sandra Bullock, "Gravity"
Judi Dench, "Philomena"
Amy Adams, "American Hustle"
Meryl Streep, "August: Osage County"
Supporting actor
Barkhad Abdi, "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper, "American Hustle"
Michael Fassbender, "12 Years a Slave"
Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Jonah Hill, "Wolf of Wall Street"
Supporting actress
Sally Hawkins, "Blue Jasmine"
Jennifer Lawrence, "American Hustle"
Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
Julia Roberts, "August: Osage County"
June Squibb, "Nebraska"
Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years A Slave"
Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
David O. Russell, "American Hustle"
Martin Scorsese, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Writing, adapted screenplay
"Before Midnight"
"Captain Phillips"
"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
Writing, original screenplay
"American Hustle"
"Blue Jasmine"
"Dallas Buyers Club"


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text: The ghost of a religion story comes in the form of a cliche in Tim Weiner's NYT story about the automation of the U.S. Army: "Trusting robots with potentially lethal decision-making may require a leap of faith in technology not everyone is ready to make." Indeed. But one doesn't need the word "faith" to read it between the lines throughout this strange story of true believers in a utopian vision of… robot killers? Have these people never seen a sci-fi movie? Don't they know where this all leads? "'The lawyers tell me there are no prohibitions against robots making life-or-death decisions,'" says the chief of the government's robot army development team. Wonder how religious conservatives, fond of something they like to call "natural law," will deal with that? Also, in a purely worldly vein, it should be noted that one of the graphics the Times uses to illustrate this story is so misrepresentative as to make us wonder if a super smart killer robot didn't hack in and add it to the story itself. The graphic contrasts a soldier — lifetime "cost" estimated at $4 million — with that of one of the robots (comic book acronym: S.W.O.R.D.), estimated to cost $230,000. Right — that thing isn't going to need any upkeep for 20 years? There's also the consideration that the $4 mil for the soldier includes 20 years of wages, which then move through the economy. The $230 k for every S.W.O.R.D. will be considerably more centralized — in the pockets of its manufacturer. So much for the ownership society. At least we'll have cool acronyms.


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Remodel with Ornamental Wrought Iron
From Dean Dowd on September 23, 2009 in General Remodel
In the olden days, small towns were fairly self-sustaining, able to take care of all their needs right there in one tiny locale. Along with some of the other regular shops (saloon, general store, post master, etc.), you could find an iron wright. These men served the town by hand-crafting things like nails, hinges, fencing, door latches, locks and many other things, both necessary and decorative. Today the art of hand-crafting wrought iron is far from dead. There are many skilled shops around the country that can deliver this ancient trade in much the same tradition as it was carried out hundreds of years ago. You can use wrought iron for anything, although you dont see a whole lot of it around today. It makes a dramatic difference in so many parts of the home, bringing an old-world, solid and classic look of strength. Earl and Janis Opie started their ornamental wrought iron company out of a desire to fill a gap in the industry. They could not locate a nearby manufacturer of the wrought iron brackets they sought, so they decided to open their own business. Their shop, Shoreline Ornamental Iron, is located in Long Beach, California. All pieces from Shoreline are hand-forged and range anywhere from typically common to outrageously unique. Their catalog is extensive and includes great pieces like brackets, crosses, wall plaques, candle holders, candle sconces and other decorative works. Wrought iron, aside from being stately and attractive, demonstrates immense strength and durability, requires very little maintenance, contains no plastics or formaldehyde, and if taken care of properly, will likely never have to be repaired, replaced or dumped in a landfill. Its also a great way to support artisans committed to making high-quality pieces in a responsible manner, as well as keeping the trades and practices of our heritage alive.


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CHICAGO -- With one illegal hit late in the third period Saturday, Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook may have changed the fate of two teams who believe they can win the Stanley Cup this season.
He certainly changed the fate of two players who are important to their respective Cup-contending teams.
The NHL's Department of Player Safety on Sunday suspended Seabrook three games for his illegal hit on St. Louis Blues captain David Backes at 15:09 of the third period of Game 2 of the Western Conference First Round series. The suspension came down approximately 22 hours after Seabrook's hit sent Backes to the dressing room early and gave the Blues the opportunity to tie the game.


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While they may spend their time howling at the moon and ripping their prey to shreds, wolves also have a sophisticated set of social skills, scientists say.
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2013 (Senior): Played seven games for `Dogs ... Had one punt return for zero yards vs. Cal Poly, Sept. 7.
2012 (Junior): Played in the Weber State, Colorado and San Diego State games.
2011 (Sophomore): Appeared in 12 games ... contributed on special teams ... did not record any statistics.
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High School: Lettered two years in football ... earned first-team all-league and all-city honors as a senior ... had 50 catches for 600 yards and five touchdowns in 2007.
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Thread: Metadata
June 12th, 2013 #1
Couldn't find a thread about this, surprisingly, so I'll just go ahead and make this.
I am about this close to banging my head against the desk about this case. To keep it short, I'm anal about posting my work online while unsure about whether my metadata is implemented in the files. Why? 'Cause I'm paranoid about art thieves.** I've searched and researched about metadata and the tools available for reading and editing it. Even the role it could play in court. Say I couldn't rely on my budget to cover expenses on copyrighting my all of my work(I do ALOT of drawing), what else could I do to cover my ass? I know the copyright is made as soon as I've made the artwork to begin with, but I feel that's not enough to stick. I don't have Adobe Bridge or ACDSee Pro to ensure my metadata is within my files and the only other capable open-source browser, digiKam, is basically broken to all hell unless you're running Linux. My only best bet is Picasa but it falls so INCREDIBLY short on the case of metadata. So with this in mind, I ask:
Do y'all care about metadata in your artwork/photos of your art? If so, what do you do with it? How do you manage with it?? Do you even manage your work to some degree??
**: I'd rather this not turn into a discussion about whether my art is good enough to steal or not, thanks.P.R.I.D.E.
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If you are paranoid about it post only when the work has served it's purpose.I have tons of stack of papers full of unfinished concepts. I don't share these.Copyright law is ancient man!This law is as useless as don't make bird sounds in Miami. If you have good ideas, you hide the formula and only show the result.I don't see the harm. If you are copied say thank you for liking me.


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There is any good font editor for ubuntu? Like high-logic Font editor for win. I tried Doubletype, but not worked very well, and really outdated.
Though I haven't try it, You can try fontforge. It is available in the standard repository. Click the button to install:
Or with this command:
There is another front-end to fontforge. it is mensis. Install it with
If apt-get says, no such packages, use this command to refresh package database
See this excellent FAQ in the fontforge site at sourceforge.net . And If you like reading good writings and have time to read the history of fontforge, I recommend you to read this excellent article too!
See also BirdFont it is available in the Ubuntu repository since Utopic.
Install with these command:
Newer versions can be installed from an upstream PPA.


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GOP Gains, Could Add More Seats
Wednesday - July 28, 2010
The campaign season officially opened last Tuesday as erstwhile office-holders filed their nomination papers. Immediately, the most powerful political party in this or any other state chalked up four wins. I speak, of course, of the Incumbent Party to whom money, name recognition and inevitability belong in every election.
Ironically, in Hawaii, this ocean of the Democracy, Republican incumbents claim three of the four outright victories. In East Honolulu, veteran GOP Reps. Gene Ward and Barbara Marumoto face opposition in neither the primary nor the general elections. On the Windward side, another Republican stalwart, Cynthia Thielen, also succeeded in frightening off both fellow travelers and Democrats.
Unfortunately for the Republicans, incumbency in 39 of the remaining house districts belongs to a Democrat. And in the 15 State Senate seats to be elected this year, eleven have an incumbent on the ballot, only one of whom, East Honolulu's Sam Slom, is a Republican.
Republicans should take heart, however, because GOP leaders have recruited candidates to run in all of the House and Senate districts save two. Now whether - against the power of incumbency - those Republican challengers will have the money, energy or issues with which to topple their Democratic opponents is another matter.
Given voters'strong feelings about Furlough Fridays, civil unions and job layoffs, Republicans may pick up seats. But if recent history tells us anything, they won't pick up many.
The fascinating action will be for open legislative seats. Thanks to the lieutenant governor ambitions of Democratic Sens. Bobby Bunda, Gary Hooser and Norman Sakamoto, and the retirement of Republican Fred Hemmings, four senate seats are without an incumbent in the race. On the House side, five seats are open.
Last Tuesday, Mufi Hannemann filed his nomination papers for governor, thus ending his six years as Honolulu's mayor. A television reporter asked me to grade Hannemann on the job he'd done, and I found myself giving him a "B." When the reporter left, I wondered why I hadn't given him an "A." After all, he took the dream of a fixed rail mass transit system further in six years than Mayors Frank Fasi and Jeremy Harris had in their combined 30-plus years in Honolulu Hale. And in fiscally tough times, Hannemann raised fees, cut salaries and kept the city sound.
But mayors do other things: they're responsible for potholes, parks, sewage, garbage, the homeless, police protection - things that affect us all in our every day lives. No mayor does all of those things well every day, and mayors can't hide. Legislators can, so too can governors. But not mayors, thus the "B" that I would give Hannemann, Harris and Fasi - good mayors all.
Hannemann will devote the next eight weeks to trying to cross Punchbowl Street to an office on the fifth floor of the state Capitol. Punchbowl may be, for ambitious Honolulu mayors, the widest street in the city. Frank Fasi, the master, couldn't cross it, and he tried four times. Jeremy Harris couldn't either. Punchbowl's width scared him off twice.
I think the problem for mayors who wish to be Governors goes back to the nature of the job in which they have done well - solid "B" work, that every-dayness of a mayor's duties that can't help but anger somebody, somewhere around your city, while the others simply take what you do for granted.
And it's not a Hawaii phenomenon - it's national. Consider New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He's a smart guy, and a rich one. How rich? He's the 8th richest man in America, worth something like $18 billion. That's a lotta rich. Bloomberg had enough money to persuade New York City's voters to change their two-term limit on the mayoralty, allowing him to win a third term by a modest 50-46 percent of the vote.
But all of his money and all of his widely-acknowledged ability as mayor have yet to garner him the presidential or gubernatorial nominations he's long sought.
Yep, Punchbowl is a wide street for a Honolulu mayor. Then again, Mufi Hannemann is stands 6-foot-7 tall.
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Betsey Johnson's New York Fashion Week Fall 2014 collection was presented yesterday. As expected, it was fun, colorful and so hot that male firefighter models helped to close the show. According to Bella Sugar, her collection had a flirty and feminine vibe that mirrored trends from the '70s.
The fashions included everything from bold, patent leather looking tutus and gun print blouses to sequin embellished dresses and plenty of pink and blue color combinations. Chunky jewelry and cool patterns were also key details in her pieces.
To complement the apparel, the beauty look was also bold. Many shades of pink were incorporated to create the achieved makeup look of layered eye makeup and shimmer-finished, pink lips.
The manicures for the Betsey Johnson NYFW presentation were created by Danielle Candido. The nails were painted in a two-toned style with Morgan Taylor polishes and embellished with gold designs.
The undersides of the fingernails were painted in a light purple polish and the tops were painted in neon blue. The addition of gold, stud-like and foil embellishments completed the nails.


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