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|Estadísticas de por vida en MLB
The Astros on Wednesday reassigned right-hander Brad Peacock to Minor League camp.
Astros right-hander Brad Peacock said he can't remember the last time he pitched in a game when he was fully healthy prior to Sunday's Grapefruit League start against the Pirates at McKechnie Field, where he threw 1 2/3 innings.
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|29 de mayo de 2016
|Fresno Grizzlies activan a RHP Brad Peacock de la 7-día lista de deshabilitado.
|22 de mayo de 2016
|Fresno Grizzlies ponen a RHP Brad Peacock on the 7-día lista de deshabilitado retroactivo al May 21, 2016.
|23 de marzo de 2016
|Houston Astros opcionado RHP Brad Peacock para Fresno Grizzlies.
|5 de noviembre de 2015
|Houston Astros activan a RHP Brad Peacock de la 60-día lista de deshabilitado.
|2 de julio de 2015
|Houston Astros transferido RHP Brad Peacock de la 15-día lista de deshabilitado a la 60-día lista de deshabilitado. Left intercostal strain
|6 de junio de 2015
|Houston Astros envian a RHP Brad Peacock una asignación de rehabilitación a Corpus Christi Hooks.
|17 de abril de 2015
|Houston Astros ponen a RHP Brad Peacock on the 15-día lista de deshabilitado retroactivo al April 15, 2015. Left intercostal strain
|14 de abril de 2015
|Houston Astros activan a RHP Brad Peacock de la 15-día lista de deshabilitado.
|8 de abril de 2015
|Houston Astros envian a RHP Brad Peacock una asignación de rehabilitación a Fresno Grizzlies.
|1 de abril de 2015
|Houston Astros ponen a RHP Brad Peacock en la 15-día lista de deshabilitado retroactivo al March 30, 2015. Recovering from October 2014 right hip surgery
|6 de agosto de 2014
|Houston Astros llamado RHP Brad Peacock de Oklahoma City RedHawks.
|27 de julio de 2014
|Houston Astros opcionado RHP Brad Peacock para Oklahoma City RedHawks.
|4 de agosto de 2013
|Houston Astros llamado Brad Peacock de Oklahoma City RedHawks.
|9 de junio de 2013
|Houston Astros opcionado Brad Peacock para Oklahoma City RedHawks.
|28 de mayo de 2013
|Houston Astros llamado Brad Peacock de Oklahoma City RedHawks.
|2 de mayo de 2013
|Houston Astros opcionado Brad Peacock para Oklahoma City RedHawks.
|4 de febrero de 2013
|Houston Astros cambian a SS Jed Lowrie and RHP Fernando Rodriguez a Oakland Athletics for 1B Chris Carter, RHP Brad Peacock and C Max Stassi.
|12 de octubre de 2012
|Oakland Athletics llamado Brad Peacock de Sacramento River Cats.
|3 de septiembre de 2012
|Brad Peacock estado en la lista cambian a por Sacramento River Cats.
|27 de agosto de 2012
|Sacramento River Cats ponen a RHP Brad Peacock en la 7-día lista de deshabilitado.
|20 de marzo de 2012
|Oakland Athletics opcionado RHP Brad Peacock para Sacramento River Cats.
|23 de diciembre de 2011
|Oakland Athletics cambian a LHP Gio Gonzalez and RHP Robert Gilliam a Washington Nationals for RHP A.J. Cole, RHP Brad Peacock, C Derek Norris and LHP Tommy Milone.
|6 de septiembre de 2011
|Washington Nationals seleccionado el contrato de Brad Peacock de Syracuse Chiefs.
|14 de julio de 2011
|Brad Peacock asignado a Syracuse Chiefs de Harrisburg Senators.
|26 de julio de 2010
|Brad Peacock asignado a Harrisburg Senators de Potomac Nationals.
|29 de julio de 2009
|Brad Peacock asignado a Potomac Nationals de Hagerstown Suns.
Graduated from Palm Beach (FL) Central High in 2006, where he played shortstop... drafted by Washington as a "draft and follow" after his senior season in the 41st round of the June 2006 draft, but did not sign immediately. Elected to attend Palm Beach Community College (currently known as Palm Beach State College), where he went 8-2 with 82 strikeouts in 75 innings with the Panthers... signed by Washington following that season...signed by Nats scout Tony Arango. IN THE COMMUNITY: During September of 2013, was part of a group of Astros players that visited Houston Fire Station 51 and handed out free lunches, signed jerseys, posed for photos and learned how to use firefighting equipment...Brad's father, Jerry, was a firefighter and a policeman for 31 years in Lake Worth, FL ... since his retirement in 2003, Jerry has traveled the country in both a utility trailer and motor home in order to watch all of Brad's games. Brad's mother, Jacyne, coached Brad's Little League team to a championship after becoming the first ever female Little League coach at Okeehelee Park (West Palm Beach, FL) ... the former softball player taught Brad the game when he was growing up. Peacock is a member of the "all-bird name" team, a group that includes Marlon Byrd, Robin Yount, Hawk Harrelson, Jesse Crain, Ducky Medwick, Goose Gossage, Sidd Finch, Trevor Crowe and Astros clubhouse assistant David "Tweety" Burd. Acquired by Houston from Oakland seven days before pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training in 2013 as part of the return in the Jed Lowrie trade ... the Florida native was 600 miles into his drive to Oakland's Spring Training complex in Phoenix, AZ when he got the news. Made his debut on a Major League 40-man roster with Washington as a September callup in 2011...is currently signed by Houston to a one-year contract for the 2014 season.2015
Marked the least active season of his career...joined the Astros in Spring Training, but made only one start as he was recovering from offseason hip surgery...began the season on the 15-day Disabled List, as he continued his recovery...made a rehab start with Triple A Fresno for the Grizzlies Opening Day on April 9...went 4.2 scoreless innings and allowed five walks with two strikeouts, but did not allow a hit...was his first start since Sept. 26, 2014 at NYM, when he closed out his 2014 campaign...made his one and only start with the Astros on April 14 vs. OAK...took the loss, as he gave up three runs in 5.0 innings...following the start, was placed back on the 15-day Disabled List with a left intercostal strain...made his final appearance of the season on June 11 with Double A Corpus Christi...pitched 2.0 scoreless innings at Midland with two strikeouts...on July 3, was transferred to the 60-day Disabled List for the left intercostal strain, where he remained through the end of the season.2014
26-year-old started the year in the bullpen before making 24 starts in the Astros rotation...set career highs in appearances (28), starts (24), innings (131.2) and strikeouts (119)...aside from a three-start stretch from July 13-Aug. 6 in which he allowed 16 runs in 9.0 innings, posted a 4-5 record with a 3.58 ERA(45ER/113IP) and 101 strikeouts in his other 21 starts...posted a 4.50 ERA (61ER/122IP) in his 24 starting assignments as opposed to a 7.45 ERA (8ER/9.2IP) in his four appearances out of the bullpen...made the Opening Day roster for the second straight year, this time out of the bullpen...was slotted into the rotation on April 20...missed a start on May 24 with forearm soreness...was scratched from a start on June 21 at TB with a stomach illness...optioned to Triple A on July 27...recalled from Triple A on Aug. 6...scratched from a start on Sept. 14 with lower back tightness...made his first relief appearance of the season on April 3 vs. NYY...allowed one run in his 3.1 innings, striking out four...tied for the longest relief outing of his career (also June 8, 2013, at KC)...went 3.0 innings and struck out four batters again in his next relief outing on April 7 vs. LAA...joined RHP J.R. Richard (1973) as the only Astros pitchers to throw at least 3.0 innings with four strikeouts in each of their first two relief outings to start a season...tossed 2.2 innings with two strikeouts in his next appearance on April 11 at TEX...became one of just seven Houston relievers to start a season with three consecutive multi-inning, multi-strikeout games, and the first since RHP Larry Andersen (1990)...was moved into the starting rotation on April 20 at OAK, taking the spot of the DFA'd RHP Lucas Harrell...was one of four pitchers vying for the final two rotation spots during Spring Training...went on to post a 3.89 ERA (32ER/74IP) over his first 13 starts of the season...on May 12 vs. TEX, struck out a career-high 11 batters over 6.0 innings, besting his previous career high of 10 strikeouts set on Aug. 4, 2013, at MIN... allowed two earned runs or less in each of his last six starts of the season from Aug. 22-Sept. 26, which was the longest such streak of his career...went 1-1 with a 2.12 ERA (7ER/29.2IP) and 30 strikeouts over that six-start stretch...put up a 2.33 ERA (5 ER/19.1IP) in September, the lowest ERA he has had in any month of his career (min. four games)...made one start during his brief stint at Triple A...allowed three runs on seven hits and one walk in 5.2 innings, striking out five in a 7-3 win over Round Rock on July 292013
Rookie starter made 18 appearances (14 starts) across three stints with the Astros...came on strong at the end of the year, posting a 4-3 record and a 3.67 ERA (25ER/61.1IP) in his final 12 MLB games (nine starts)...held right-handed hitters to a .184 (26x141) average, which ranked ninth in the AL (min. 125 AB)...picked up four of his five wins in road games and all five in night games...in his MLB career, six of his seven wins have come in road games and all seven have come in night games...the Astros finished their season with four rookie starters pitching well after July 12...over that time frame, Paul Clemens, Jarred Cosart, Brett Oberholtzer and Peacock combined for a 2.70 ERA (63ER/209.2IP) in their 35 starts during that span... began the year as the Astros No. 4 starter and made five turns in the rotation (1-3, 8.44) before being moved to the bullpen for one outing (3ER/0.2IP) ...optioned to Triple A OKC on May 1 and made four starts for the RedHawks (1-2, 4.98)...recalled on May 28, made three relief appearances, and was optioned again on June 8 ... posted a 5-0 record and a 1.88 ERA (12ER/57.1IP) over 10 apps. (nine starts) for OKC before his final recall on Aug. 4 ... was reinserted into the Astros rotation on Aug. 4 and since that date he went 4-3 with a 3.64 ERA (22ER/54.1IP) and six quality starts in his nine appearances...allowed just a .216 (44x204) opponent's batting average within that time frame, including a .157 (13x83) mark against right-handed hitters...fanned 54 hitters over those last 54.1 innings pitched ... in his first start back with the Astros on Aug. 4 at MIN, tossed a career-high 7.0 innings while recording a career-high 10 strikeouts ... tied as the most strikeouts by an Astros pitcher in 2013 in a single game...marked the most strikeouts by an Astros rookie since RHP Roy Oswalt fanned 12 on Sept. 9, 2001 vs. MIL..went 6-2 with a 2.73 ERA (24ER/79IP) in 14 games (13 starts) for OKC...allowed just a .226 (65x288) opponent's batting average, including a .183 (26x142) mark against left-handed hitters...in his final stint with the RedHawks before getting recalled to Houston, was one of the top pitchers in the entire PCL...over 10 outings from June 13-July 29, Peacock ranked tied for first in the league in wins (5), second in innings pitched (57.1), tied for third in strikeouts (49), fourth in ERA (1.88) and fifth in WHIP (1.05)...had 49 strikeouts and 12 walks over that span...pitched his way into the starting rotation in Spring Training after posting a 2.78 ERA (7ER/22.2IP) in eight appearances, including four starts...over his final five appearances, posted a 0.94 ERA (2ER/19IP) ... did not allow a homer in his 22.2 innings pitched during the Spring...was one of five players to throw at least 20 innings during Spring Training without allowing a homer...entered the season ranked by MLB.com as the Astros No. 10 prospect.2012 Spent his first season in the A's organization at Triple A Sacramento, registering a 12-9 mark in 28 games, 25 starts...had career-highs in games and matched his high in games started...his 12 wins were the most in the A's farm system and tied for fourth in the PCL...also ranked fourth in the A's farm system in strikeouts (139) and eighth in innings pitched (134.2)...ranked third in the PCL in strikeouts per nine innings (9.10) and seventh in strikeouts...led Sacramento in wins, losses, innings pitched, hits, runs, earned runs, home runs, walks and strikeouts and tied for the team lead in games started...allowed a .275 opponents batting average, including .273 (74x271) by right-handed hitters compared to .278 (73x263) by left-handers...opponents hit .274 with the bases empty, .277 with runners on and .277 with runners in scoring position...yielded a .217 average with RISP and two outs...went 6-3 with a 4.14 ERA and .213 opponents average in 10 games, including seven starts, after the break...was 11-8 with a 5.85 ERA in his 25 starts, 1-1 with a 8.10 ERA in three relief appearances. 2011 Was named Washington's Minor League Pitcher of the Year and Eastern League Pitcher of the Year to earn a September call-up with the Nationals...went 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA in three games, two starts, in his Major League debut...held the opposition to a .167 batting average but issued six walks in 12.0 innings...his debut came in relief Sept. 6 against Los Angeles (1.1 ip, 4 h, 1 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 0 so)...entered the game in the sixth inning with a 3-0 lead and runners on first and second with one out...allowed both of the runs to score plus one of his own for the blown save...did not allow a run in either of his two starts for a season-ending 11.1-inning scoreless streak...his first start came Sept. 14 at New York (NL) when he combined on a four-hit, 2-0 shutout for his first ML win...tossed 5.0 innings, allowed two hits and fanned Josh Satin to leadoff the third inning for his first strikeout...also won his second start Sept. 22 at Philadelphia, tossing 5.2 shutout innings in a 6-1 Nationals win...became the first pitcher to earn the win in the first two starts of his career, both on the road, and not allow a run while doing so since Vaughn Eshelman did it for Boston in 1995...was named the Nationals' number three prospect by Baseball America following the season and the A's number two prospect following the trade.


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Haruhiko Kuroda - nominated to be next BOJ governor - ratchets up expectations for the central bank's first meeting under his leadership (April 3-4), telling parliament he will do whatever it takes to end deflation. Adding a bit of humor to his confirmation hearing, he says the BOJ's easing isn't aimed at weakening the yen. Dollar/yen -0.1% at ¥93.43. The NIkkei +0.7%.
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Why is it humorous that Kuroda claims the BOJ easing is not aimed at weakening the Yen? Ben Bernanke, Timmy Geithner et al. have consistently maintained that the US is committed to a "strong dollar policy"..........while continuing to print TRILLIONS of dollars via QE!
There is now nothing Japan can do to reverse its economic, financial, technological, demographic and geo strategic decline.
It has passed its tipping point as a polity.
While shared delusions and deceptions may provide comfort for another few years they cannot disguise the truth from the current generation of Japanese that the long twilight of their society and nation has begun and an even longer night awaits.
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YUMMY!!! Food.com won't let me put stars - but I give them a 5!
Super TASTY and very FLUFFY scones! They were so easy and quick to put together and made for a wonderful breakfast treat this morning. I made some of them without the sugar and topped them with grated cheese before baking, which was really nice as well. These scones have a wonderful texture and a delicate not overly sweet taste. I made the full batch and got 10 big scones out of it. Thanks so much for sharing this gem of a recipe, I'm Pat! I will surely make it again! Made and reviewed for Every Day is a Holiday Tag Game March 2009.
Delicious scones/biscuits!!! So quick and easy using the self-raising flour. I too, didn't add the sugar as was serving with a sweet fruit salad. I cut the recipe to serve 4 and that worked out perfectly. Thanks for sharing I'mPat. Made for PRMR tag.
Mine didn't rise very high but they were delicious and oh so simple and quick to make. I skipped any sweetening just because I don't prefer sweetened biscuits to accompany a meal. They were perfect with the soup for lunch. Yummm. Made for Photo Tag
I made this recipe exactly as written with no deviations. A friend and I made this recipe at her home. This is a very good scone recipe! It is was easy to prepare and as you can see from my photos, it has a flaky texture and we truly enjoyed the flavor.
These were excellant scones Pat, just wonderful served with a little whipped cream and rhubarb strawberry jam. I enjoyed these tasty little treasures so much, they were light, fluffy and very flavorful. I shaped the biscuits with a butterfly cookie cutter and baked them on a cookie sheet. Thanks so much for sharing this lovely recipe.


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According to the Staff Robot here I am more kinky, literary, compassionate, independent , kind, ambitious, experienced in sex, scientific, cool, submissive, sex-driven, indie, romantic, and better mannered than the average woman my age and less experienced in life ( I strongly disagree with that one ) , adventurous ( disagree again) , spiritual, old-fashioned, mathematical, greedy, and trusting which is a fairly accurate if somewhat brief and bare summary.
Basically, I'm all about affection, sex, love, kindness, altruism, equality, responsibility, personal growth, learning, adventure, avidity, and happiness.
I'm going to get musical here and say that these songs represent something significant about me :
*** Might as well put this prominently out there, but I am NOT looking for casual sex ( I did it before and was unimpressed ; see more at the bottom of this long, long profile ) and any "hey", " wat's up baby?" , how you doin?", or "dam baby anal?" message won't make me change my mind on that. If that's all you've got it is probably for the best to just keep it rather than give it to me. The same applies to guys who feign interest in being together in order to have sex - keep it.
It should be mentioned that I'm also not looking to join couples even with the incentive of " $ 500 cash". Sorry, I like a lot of things, but threesomes and moresomes are not among my myriad interests.
Also, please pass me on by if you already have a kid or want to have them. I'm not going to change my mind on not liking them and have no intention of having/spending time with any. All companion animals are welcome though!
I'm looking for a serious long-term relationship. Basically, just the two of us doing a lot of boring stuff, a lot of meaningful stuff, going on adventures, having a LOT of sex and cuddling, and not wanting anything to be different or to change because it is already fulfilling. ***
I also did this - I'm beside the big green sign - ( http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2015/01/13/hundreds-rally-capitol-abortion-rights/21697461/ ) and am going to get involved to further support equality and reproductive rights.
I'm proficient at noticing details about people and interpreting those details. It's difficult to lie to me.
I'm observant and mature and look at everything and everyone deeply and closely.
Studies on topics such as feminism, philosophy, and evolution are of intense interest as well with Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex and Darwin's Theory on Evolution as examples.
I do love both films and stories about animals such as White Fang and Black Beauty, but I always blubber my way through them. Few things hit me as hard as animals being abused or killed in a story or film or, for that matter , in real life.
In plays, Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett, George Bernard Shaw, Arthur Miller, and Sophocles are to my taste.
Favourites in poetry includes Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Thomas, Walt Whitman, William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Blake, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Pablo Neruda, Langston Hughes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Byron, and the like and , especially, the Romantics.
Just as in books, the classics and those of quality draw me in to films as well. Mostly drama, some independent, some foreign, some mystery, some suspense, some musicals, some comedy, some fantasy, and some animated ( old nostalgic ones from childhood). They include 12 Angry Men ( 1957), The Shawshank Redemption, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Matrix, The Silence of the Lambs, Casablanca, High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, Rear Window, The Birds, The Lady Vanishes, The 39 Steps, Shadow of a Doubt, Citizen Kane, City Lights, The Lives of Others, Black Book ( 2006), Amelie, To Kill a Mockingbird, Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon, An American in Paris, Pygmalion ( 1938), My Fair Lady, The Train, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It With You, Insomnia, Scent of a Woman, Black Swan, Rain Man, Nosferatu ( 1922), The Invisible Man ( 1933), The Remains of the Day, Secretary, The English Patient , Dead Poets Society, Harry and Tonto, and A Room With a View as an example.
Television, for me, means Antiques Roadshow, Downton Abbey , Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, Nature, social experiment shows such as What Would You Do? , educational programming on such subjects as history, science, art, animals, philosophy, and astronomy, and a few comedic shows watched for nostalgia. British programmes rank highly too - Doctor Who, QI, Keeping Up Appearances , Are You Being Served? Mr. Bean , Jeeves and Wooster, Quite Interesting, Prime Suspect, and more - as I am a long-time Anglophile. And I LOVE Midsomer Murders, Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis, Miss Marple, and the majority of what would be found airing on PBS Mystery. Adore it! I also am partial to podcasts like Entitled Opinions.
In music I generally like individual songs more than certain artists with the exception of classical. Soft rock, pop, opera, classical, some rap and hip hop when working out and doing Zumba, easy listening, jazz ( big band and smooth jazz particularly), and some world is what inspires me to motion.
Some random examples :
Zoo Brazil " There Is Hope" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR9XAsnCm88
Aaron Copland " Fanfare for the Common Man" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr6CnG5dmvM
The National " Exile Vilify" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Vg2YS-sFE
Roxette "Listen to Your Heart" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCC_b5WHLX0
Commodores " Nightshift" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrkEDe6Ljqs
Alicia Keys " Girl On Fire" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCfSRJENSnc
David Banner " Play" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X8I26HN3HM
Extreme " More Than Words" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIiLvg58SY
Travis Porter " Bring It Back" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQQNiQCwQsw
Enya " Only Time" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wfYIMyS_dI
Nine Inch Nails: " Closer "
VIC " Twerk It" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nXAHGKG9KQ
Sarah Brightman " Eden" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5zUhs3L14
The Rascals " It's a Beautiful Morning" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrwhfhncPfM
Sam Smith " Stay With Me" :
Beyonce " Partition" : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ12_E5R3qc
Vivaldi's "Spring" from the Four Seasons : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFHPRi0ZeXE
Food: All vegan, all the time. I try my best to stay with whole foods and healthy foods to complement fitness goals though I can get down occasionally with less than healthy ( get those vegan brownies baking and that vegan coffee gelato out) as well. I know how to cook and bake decently so I can make pretty much whatever I want despite what I actually do is usually a matter of throwing ingredients together as quickly as possible for lack of time or inclination. Simple, delicious, healthy, vegan.
1. Both physical and non-physical affection ( both sexual and nonsexual )/ being touched/ being held
2. Education/ something new to learn ( both of the formal and autodidact variety)
3. A schedule
4. Music
5. Fitness/lifting/Insanity
6. Caring/ empathy/ kindness/altruism. That shit is important.
I also do this too on the days each week that I don't have Zumba class : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR1WKGn85bs
Since I was eleven I've wanted to be a ' bad ass chick from the Moulin Rouge' as depicted in the song ' Lady Marmalade' ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQa7SvVCdZk ) . And still do in the sense of embracing such a confident attitude and gorgeous costumes.
I find Sophocles' character ' Antigone' to be rather an inspiration for character.
Not really a private thing, but I am tremendously vexed that everyone who seems to be sweet and nice always want kids when I don't intend on having any. I feel it makes me seem like a cold person and a " wicked witch" when I only want to adopt animals and my view of a family is me , a partner, and perhaps a few adopted dogs and cats.
Might as well be open about it, but I want this with a loving partner : http://in-morpheus-arms.tumblr.com/post/93381836834
* You love Zumba/working out and like to talk about it
* You find the world fascinating and want to discuss it
* You have an interest in common with me that you're enthusiastic about too and would like to discuss it
* You don't consider yourself a "carnivore" or a caveman.
* Please, if you consider yourself indifferent to others and view yourself and your wants as more important than being kind and responsible to others , do pass me by. Apathy and immaturity are things I can't deal with. We are each important and need to care about ourselves, but we must care about our fellows in life as well. You have to give what you'd want to get.
* You are really sweet, really nice, intelligent, atheist, vegan, don't want kids , and need a lot of sex and cuddling to be content. I value sweet, loving, strictly monogamous, kinky, intelligent, "hands on" guys.
* I'm not looking for casual sex. I did that for a while and it was marvellous physically yet sad and unsatisfying emotionally which is something I'm not willing to continue doing. I want a lot of sex and a good friendship and loving relationship too. Friendship and perhaps more is something you should be interested in as well.
* You are a fan of Upworthy and TED.
* Just mentioning that if you send me a message implying that I'm pretentious from my tastes in various areas or from my vocabulary it will be deleted. "Ain't nobody got time for that" and I've got ( yet another ) song for that : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFEoMO0pc7k


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Nationals heavyweights were in Dubbo today to announce funding for roads and bridges across New South Wales.$120 million in Federal and State funding will help with 27 local council projects while $28.5 million will be put into 29 bridges....Friday 13 February 2015
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Introduce the ability to mark a thread as solved.
Introduce the ability to mark a thread as solved.
There is the ability to mark a thread as solved: Edit your first post (in advanced mode) and choose "Resolved" from the select box next to the title. However, editing your posts is only alowed within a certain time frame (of which I currently don't know the length from mind).
... then a practical improvement needs to be made. Hardly anyone is going to find that. I also doubt anyone is gonna make the effort. A simple "Mark as solved" or something needs to be placed in the thread tools menu.
guidelines section (which gives a rundown of the procedure - buried in the last item in the list). Even some moderators forget that it's there ().
Making it more apparent would be good. I think it's something like putting garbage cans in convenient places in public areas. People who would otherwise just toss their litter on the ground might actually pop it into a bin if you make it easy enough for them to find one. There will always be people who will drop their litter where they stand, regardless, but you can snag a lot more semi-apathetic people if you make it dead simple for them to follow the rules.
And the frequency with which we see people asking how to mark their thread as resolved does hint at an underlying confusion about the process.
So I actually think that there could be some improvement in the "mark as resolved" method. As for what specifically that would be... ::shrug::
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An enjoyable breakfast means the world to Kellogg's. And life hasn't been easy for name-brand cereal makers in general in recent years, as time-pressed consumers skip breakfast while others are on the watch-out for GMO ingredients.
Now Kellogg's is serving up something fresh to remind everyone about the importance of a great breakfast to get the day going: a major brand overhaul, as Forbes noted on Friday and the Kellogg company outlined in a press release this morning.
The scope of the visual and verbal identity refresh includes "an updated logo, identifying the Kellogg's brand's core purpose, incorporating the 'masterbrand' into all Kellogg's marketing campaigns, consolidating 42 company websites around the world to one, and the new tagline, 'Let's Make Today Great.'"
The move, Forbes notes, puts digital and social media "at the core of its engagement efforts." To that end, Kellogg's US joined Twitter last week to further engage fans and to help promote its London 2012 Olympics sponsorship of eight Team USA athletes, as it's also talking up on its Facebook page.
Kellogg Co. worked with Interbrand, the parent of brandchannel, on what the 106-year-old company called internally "Project Signature," while creative agency Leo Burnett and digital agency VML helped execute the new brand strategy and identity system.


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F1 Fan Fest 2015: A switch from vehicles to beverages
I went downtown last Thursday for the start of the F1 Fan Fest, a companion event to the Formula 1 races that take place just east of Austin. The timing couldn't have been better. The forecasted rain held off that night while the attendees for the successive nights were not as lucky.
This is the 4th year I've gone and, by far, it was the smallest. What used to sprawl over several square blocks was confined to a single open lot near Rainey Street. I'm not sure if the downscaling was due to budget cuts or the lack of available open lots. Downtown Austin is in a building boom and space for these kind of things are decreasing rapidly. I suspect, this year's open lot will be filled with construction cranes, in the not too distant future.
With the change in venue, there was a distinct change in vendors. Gone were all the racing and vehicle oriented mega displays. No giant Mobile 1 tents and Infiniti mock drag races. Gone were the display of F1 race cars and video game like racing simulations. I mostly saw beverage vendors.
Topo Chico was there again this year as was Monster energy drinks. Coca Cola was there to promote Iced Teas next to Illy coffee.
There was only one concert stage this year. Scaled down from the previous years' multi-stage setup. Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue gave a great performance with I captured with some luck.
Even with the reduced size, I still had fun — these events are always good opportunities for street photography. This is my favorite photograph of the night. I like the glow of the light that surrounds the Topo Chico stand with the bustle of activity around the periphery. It's a photo different from my usual. Instead of stepping in closer for portraits, like I usually do, I stepped backward to show more of the context.
Here is the 2014 Austin F1 Fast Fest, a much larger event, shot last year with the Fujifilm X100S.
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Free Fan Fest Concert
Rocking trombone performance
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The F1 Fan Fest again, so much street shooting in a weekend
The day after I took these Halloween portraits on 6th Street, I went to the F1 Fan Fest. The Fan Fest is a way to bring a little of that Formula 1 racing excitement to downtown Austin. I've yet to go to the F1 races themselves but I've made it to this downtown event 3 years in a row. It's a place for street photography and a chance to capture something different in Austin.
Of course, year to year, things don't change much. After 3 years, everything seems about the same except, perhaps, it was a bit smaller this year. Part of the challenge is, as the downtown continues to grow, the open lots for special events decrease. I think at least two previous parking lots are now active construction sites, soon spawning more high-rise towers, I imagine. I wonder what'll happen to this event when all downtown lots give way to higher tax generating structures.
I listened to more concerts this year than in the past. The Fan Fest sets up multiple stages with live music throughout the day. I happened upon an interesting and eclectic band from Brooklyn called Red Baraat, and stayed there for the entire show. I even went retro and bought their CDs instead of an electronic download. Of course, what always entices me is the shooting opportunity. Give me some colorful lights at night in an urban atmosphere and I'm game.
I also stayed much later than expected and went to the Joan Jett and the Blackhearts concert, the headliner for that night. I can't say I'm a Joan Jett fan, per say, but she made her mark in the 80s so I identify with and recognize her music. I noticed a lot of folks that were near my age. I know Ms. Jett is older than me, but from my vantage point, the dark-haired, black leather clad singer looked and sounded the way she always did. Perhaps it was a collective way for all of us middle-aged folk to have high school flashbacks.
I got in late but slowly inched forward as the crowd shifted. I especially like it when I capture the beams of colorful light. I snapped a number of frames perfectly lighting the audience. I only brought one camera, the Fujifilm X100S, with a 35mm equivalent lens. My Olympus with the 50mm f1.4 equivalent or even my DLSR with a slew of lenses would have gotten me closer via a telephoto. Ultimately, though I'm satisfied with what the 35mm point of view gave me.
Missing this year was the big Infiniti car race venue. Maybe it fell victim to the lack of space or maybe the return on investment wasn't there. Gone also was a large Fiat display that I remember from years past.
The energy drinks where out in force. Both Red Bull and Monster had elaborate setups to entice the crowed. I guess if you can't drive F1 cars, you can feel the alternate buzz from their sugar and caffeinated concoctions. Of course they had attractive spokespersons and pumped up music. Monster cross promoted with the X Games skateboard demonstration.
Between the late night / early morning Halloween shooting on 6th Street the night before to another late night at the Fan Fest, I was worn out. At least I got about 5 miles of walking on each night. The photography distracts me from all the walking so I guess it's a decent way to get some exercise. I considered going to an East side Dia de los Muertos parade the next day but decided to bag that. Even I have limits on the number of photography events per weekend.
It was a film free weekend too. I might be curious about film but I'm still practical. Digital is a lot easier at night and I still find it more desirable for fast-moving or fast changing action. It's kind of nice to use both and I'm not such a purist that I restrict myself to either side of the divide.
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Capturing the 2013 Austin Fan Fest with the Fuji XF1
Austin hosted its second annual Formula 1 race this past weekend. I didn't attend the race itself, but I went downtown to capture scenes from the Austin Fan Festival. Like last year, a section of downtown was blocked off for exhibits, concerts, food and anything else that would vaguely fit into the racing theme. It was a fun time, and for me, another chance to do some street photography which I probably find more interesting than shooting cars going around a track. Plus it was free. Better than spending hundreds of bucks on racing tickets. That's a good thing since I can save my money and, what else, buy more gear.
Speaking of gear, I mentioned last week that I'm testing two new cameras. I'm still playing with the pre production camera that is on loan to me, but in the mean time, I wanted to talk about the new camera that I just bought, the Fuji XF1. Heck, even its name is perfect for F1 weekend. I went to Fan Fest last year where I shot with my Olympus E-P3. I went even smaller and lighter this year with Fuji's smallest X branded point and shoot. I'll do a full review of the XF1 and tell you what makes this guy unique in a future post. For now, lets just say that I'm very happy with the images I got with this point and shoot, even at night. Take a look at the photos and tell me what you think.
I was already downtown on Friday for a party and decided to check out Fan Fest. I snapped an image of a couple of women at the Red Bull – Infiniti display. This simple snapshot actually showcases one of my favorite features of this XF1. It's something that reviewers rarely talk about. Just as a teaser, I'll say that it blows away what my other "high end" point and shoot, the Canon G15, can do.
The highlight of the evening was the free concert by Foreigner. The lead singer was still going strong from this 80's era British-American Rock Band. The photo at the very top was from the concert as well as these two images. The black and white was done in camera and tweaked in post. In fact, I shot all photographs in JPEG and I did minor tweaks with Aperture 3 afterwards.
Fan Fest did an admirable job by including everyone, especially kids. There were simulators and video games and slot car races. This is the closest I got to any kind of race track that weekend.
As expected, there were many fast cars on display.
Talks by actual F1 drivers. Here's David Coulthard at the AT&T pavilion.
Certainly, there were numerous products being promoted with attractive spokes people.
Infiniti and Ford had displays. I like the style of the current Ford Fusion with its Aston Martin-esque grill. The red model looked nice under the colorful lights.
Austin seems to be in the midst of another building boom. I'm seeing a lot of cranes again.
There were loads of food and alcohol for sale with "slightly" inflated prices. I enjoyed the Chicken on a Stick grilling performance.
This is Austin after all so we had plenty of music. Red Bull had an upbeat club mix going all night, undoubtedly to make our European visitors feel welcome.
We also had street musicians with a more local Tejano feel.
Finally, there were several stages with live concerts. These guys were not as popular as Foreigner but they were great and I could get up close to the stage.
I had a fun night of photography and Fan Fest gave me something different to shoot. The Fujifilm XF1, for the most part, did an admirable job. I'll talk more about it in upcoming posts.
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The ISIS Purple Ferrari
The ISIS tent gets the award for the prettiest car display at the Austin Fan Fest. This purple Ferrari was bathed in purple LED lights. It created a soft glow that was hard to resist. I shot the details and curves with my shallowest depth of field. I eliminated clutter to focus on the vehicle.
Why purple? ISIS, who makes smart phone based mobile wallets has a purple logo and color scheme. Of course this sports car has nothing to do with electronic wallets but it fits the performance oriented F1 marketing theme. It works for me. It gave me a chance to take some beauty shots.
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AbstractTRS Technologies proposes large stroke and high precision piezoelectric single crystal and electroactive polymer actuator concepts?HYBrid Actuation System (HYBAS) for cryogenic passive optics devices such as Fabry-Perot interferometer and Fourier Transform Spectrometer for NASA remote sensing applications. Both single crystal piezoelectrics (PMN-PT and PZT-PT crystals) and electro-active polymer (EAP) are well known novel materials with large strain under electric activation. TRS has lead the development of single crystal actuators for applications with broad temperature range (<20K-300K). The National Institute of Aerospace has been extensively involved in electroactive polymer materials and device development and they recently invented the hybrid actuation system (HYBAS) which exhibits significant strain improvement by combining single crystal piezoelectrics and EAP. HYBAS actuator design considering special properties of single crystal with different crystal cut will be carried out using both analytical and FEM modeling. A HYBAS actuator with stroke of 1~2 mm will be prototyped and tested with and without pre-loading. The characterization data of HYBAS will be compared with the performance of the existing TRS actuators for consideration in Phase II etalon designs. In Phase II cryogenic etalons using HYBAS and/or other TRS cryogenic actuators will be designed, prototyped and characterized.
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Coyote School News
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Publication Date: August 1, 2003
A blending of rich Mexican and American cultural traditions
"My name is Ramón Ernesto Ramírez, but everybody calls me Monchi. I live on a ranch that my great-grandfather built a long time ago when this land was still part of Mexico. That was before the United States bought it in 1854 and moved the line."
Every day, Monchi and his five brothers and sisters take a long, bumpy bus ride to Coyote School, where there are twelve students who each write for Coyote School News. Through their articles and drawings we learn all about their exciting 1938 school year-from the Christmas piñata, the new baseball team, and the Perfect Attendance Competition to La Fiesta de los Vaqueros, the biggest annual ranch celebration.
This eventful story, illustrated in full color, is based on an actual collection of newspapers written by students of Arizona ranch-country schools between 1932 and 1943.
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Well here I am again, doing a televison and movie blog for you gamers.
So back in early 2009 I was watching season 7 of 24 with Jack Bauer, cause what else is there besides "Jack"? Anyway,fast foward to now, March 2011 and this time I just finished watching Season 8 on DVD and boy, what a roller coaster ride! Still the same thing though – Jack Bauer saves the day and all the people in New York (Widow you have been saved by Jack – yeah baby!) Well all great things finally come to an end, don't they? Even for Jack! I didn't like the ending, but I know that somewhere down the road, someone will fix it and we will see Jack once again. Hopefully, the rumors are true about a 24 movie and hopefully that will solve the ending of season 8.
Well, in the meantime, I've also gotten hooked on the T.V. show "Fringe". This is a great show and I love all the characters in the series. It's like the X-Files, but way better – its 10x better than the X-Files. So, if you haven't seen it, then rent it or go buy the series – I just finished watching season 2 and season 3 is being played on television right now (FOX) – so hopefully they will release season 3 on dvd maybe at the end of this year.
You have Joshua Jackson (I've always liked him – he was excellent in the movie "Skulls) – James Noble is great in this – I like his character better in this than Lord of the Rings – and Leonard Nimoy's character is great also – from Spock to William Bell – he definitely has "gone where no man has gone before" straight to the top of another series that's getting some great ratings. Also Anne Torv is really good in this show – the gamers on here will know her as the voice of Nariko in the game Heavenly Sword – yeah there's a video game tie-in to this blog.
Then I just finished watching last night the movie called "The Changeling" from 1980 with George C. Scott – horror movie – I didn't know George C. Scott had ever played in a horror movie – so I was surprised when I saw his name as the main actor in this movie – pretty creepy movie – we are talking old-fashioned ghost story – great movie – I'll be giving it five stars on netflix.
Tonight I watched The Taking of Pelham 123 with John Travolta and Denzel Washington. This will also be getting a five star rating – so what is it with John Travolta playing a bad guy – he really gets into these bad boy roles – do you all remember the movie "Swordfish"? This also was an excellent movie with John Travolta. Denzel Washington takes his role to the limit in this movie too and he looks great with a gun in his hand!
So, you want me to blog about video games – well….that's not going to happen this time around as I haven't been buying any video games – I've been playing games on facebook – Mafia Wars, Vampire Wars, Farmville, Cityville, Treasure Isle, Yoville, and Frontierville – kind of addicted to those games right now – if you can even imagine it (which you probably couldn't), I literally have not picked up my ps2 controller in almost 3 months – yeah , you read that right – 3 months! I bought the laptop in early December and that's where I've been – Facebook. So, now that I'm done writing you all a letter, I'll let you go to bed and get some sleep! Goodnight Gamers!


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