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23 Stock Picks for 2013
Here are 23 stock picks for you to consider in 2013, culled from Kiplinger's investing editors and columnists James K. Glassman and Andrew Feinberg. (Analyst estimates are provided by Thomson Reuters)
James K. Glassman is executive director of the George W. Bush Institute and the author of The 4% Solution, a book on the economy. He owns none of the stocks mentioned as his picks.
Andrew Feinberg manages New York-based hedge fund CJA Partners.
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1. Coach
Courtesy Coach
52-Week Low: $48.24
Annual Revenue: $4.9 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 14.7%
From Kiplinger: Shares of the luxury handbag maker Coach (symbol: COH) fell 7% in 2012, mainly because of sluggish sales in North America. But skittish investors overlooked Coach's overseas business. In the July–September quarter, foreign sales rose 15% from the same period in 2011, driven by nearly 40% growth in China. Coach pulls in average sales of $2,500 per square foot per year from its more than 800 stores worldwide, 25% more than rival Tiffany. Coach has significantly raised its dividends every year since 2009; its stock yields 2.1%. 1. Coach
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2. Covidien
52-Week Low: $41.69
Annual Revenue: $11.9 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 10.0%
From Kiplinger: A global leader in medical devices, supplies and drugs, Covidien (symbol: COV) isn't resting easy. The company, based in Ireland, expects to launch 100 new products through 2014. And it will continue to increase its research-and-development budget at a double-digit pace. Another goal: capitalize on emerging markets, where annual sales are growing rapidly. Analysts see Covidien's plan to spin off its drug business as a positive, allowing the company to focus on its faster-growing and more-profitable devices business. The stock sells for 13 times estimated 2013 profits and yields 1.8%. 2. Covidien
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3. John B. Sanfilippo & Sons
52-Week Low: $7.16
Annual Revenue: $721 million
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 5.4%
From Kiplinger: One bag of nuts is like any other, right? Not at John B. Sanfilippo & Sons (symbol: JBSS). The Elgin, Ill., nut processor has done much to make its brands -- Fisher and Orchard Valley Harvest -- stand out. Small innovations, such as the use of resealable bags, are just a start. The firm launches new products every year -- such as vanilla-flavored almonds in 2012. Adam Strauss, co-manager of Appleseed Fund, expects a 44% bump in 2013 profits from 2012. The stock, which has a market value of just $184 million, sells for 11 times estimated 2013 earnings. 3. John B. Sanfilippo & Sons
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4. Qualcomm
52-Week Low: $51.76
Annual Revenue: $19.1 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 10.2%
From Kiplinger: When anyone buys a smart phone, chances are the coffers at Qualcomm (symbol: QCOM) go ka-ching. That's because the San Diego firm created the 3G technology used in many of those devices. Qualcomm is also a leader in 4G technologies. It makes money selling the chips that drive many high-speed wireless phones and tablets. It also collects royalties from device makers that use its technology. The stock sells for 15 times estimated profits for the current fiscal year -- not expensive for a company that analysts think can generate 14% annual earnings growth over the next few years. 4. Qualcomm
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5. TRW Automotive
Courtesty TRW
52-Week Low: $28.85
Annual Revenue: $16.4 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 9.1%
From Kiplinger: With auto sales reviving, things are looking up at TRW Automotive (symbol: TRW). The Livonia, Mich., firm is a leading supplier of safety systems to carmakers worldwide -- think seat belts, airbags, and braking and driver-assist systems. Over the past five years, TRW has cut long-term debt by 55%. It now has $1.2 billion in cash on its books -- 62% more than in 2008. And in 2012, it initiated a $1 billion share-buyback program. TRW expects revenues from China and South America to grow 10% a year through 2014, offsetting flat sales in Europe. The stock sells for 8 times estimated 2013 profits. 5. TRW Automotive
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Toll Brothers
52-Week Low: $18.95
Annual Revenue: $1.7 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 61.2%
From Kiplinger: Housing has turned the corner, and that's pushed up homebuilder stocks. Shares of Toll Brothers (symbol: TOL), which bills itself as the nation's biggest builder of luxury homes, rose 62% in 2012, and the Horsham, Pa., company has plenty of momentum going into the new year. Toll Brothers recently reported that the backlog of homes under construction had climbed 59% from the year before. The company is diversified. Single-family homes account for 53% of sales; high-rises, senior communities and multifamily homes make up the rest. Analysts see profits rising 65% in the current fiscal year. Toll Brothers
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7. VMware
52-Week Low: $74.69
Annual Revenue: $4.4 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 14.9%
From Kiplinger: Cloud computing is hot. Analysts expect the market for Internet-based data storage and networking to grow 19% a year through 2020. That's where VMware (symbol: VMW) comes in. The Palo Alto, Cal., company creates software that builds and manages cloud-computing systems so that companies can work more efficiently. The stock, at 28 times estimated 2013 earnings, isn't cheap. But VMware's sales and profits have grown 23% and 25% a year, respectively, since 2007, and analysts see similar earnings growth over the next few years. Data-storage giant EMC owns 80% of VMware. 7. VMware
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8. Wells Fargo
52-Week Low: $25.18
Annual Revenue: $77.3 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 8.4%
From Kiplinger: San Francisco–based Wells Fargo (symbol: WFC) is one of the country's biggest banks, with more than 11,000 branches in 39 states. It makes more loans to home buyers and small-business owners than any other U.S. bank. And it's one of the most profitable banks, with a net profit margin of 18.1% -- better than that of most of its peers. That means that even in a slow-moving economy, the bank should hold up well. Wells, which reported record earnings in the second quarter, raised its dividend in 2011 and 2012. The stock yields 2.7% and trades at 9 times expected 2013 earnings. 8. Wells Fargo
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9. Cenveo
52-Week Low: $1.26
Annual Revenue: $1.8 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 50%
From James K. Glassman: Cenveo (symbol: CVO) is a printing company with a $2 share price and a price-earnings ratio, based on estimated 2013 earnings, of just 4. It's the choice of Daniel Abramowitz, with Hillson Financial Management in Rockville, Md. Cenveo has a lot of debt, and the stock is speculative, he notes: "But the downside at these levels is limited, and the upside is pretty substantial." 9. Cenveo
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10. Comcast
52-Week Low: $22.37
Annual Revenue: $61.7 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 13.8%
From James K. Glassman: Comcast (symbol: CMCSA) is the nation's biggest cable operator and the owner of NBCUniversal and its TV, movie and theme-park businesses. As the number of broadband Internet subscribers increases, Comcast is emerging as one of the most adept players on the changing telecom scene. Earnings are expected to rise 14% in 2013; for that kind of growth, the stock's P/E of 17 is modest. 10. Comcast
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11. Stryker
52-Week Low: $45.61
Annual Revenue: $8.5 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 6.2%
From James K. Glassman: Stryker (symbol: SYK) is a large, skillfully managed maker of medical devices, including hip and knee implants. Currently trading at 13 times projected 2013 earnings, Stryker is one of those companies you can stash in your IRA for a few decades and profit from as the world ages. 11. Stryker
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12. New Oriental Education & Technology Group
52-Week Low: $9.41
Annual Revenue: $841 million
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 30.4%
From James K. Glassman: New Oriental Education & Technology Group (symbol: EDU), which I recommended for 2010, gained a lovely 48% over the following 12 months. For the past year, however, New Oriental -- which dominates the market for private educational services in China (55 schools and 726 learning centers) -- has taken a dive, as have many Chinese stocks. It's now close to its early-2010 price, even though revenues have doubled. 12. New Oriental Education & Technology Group
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13. Kimberly-Clark
52-Week Low: $69.44
Annual Revenue: $20.9 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 6.9%
From James K. Glassman: When it comes to ratings from the Value Line Investment Survey, my financial bible, you can't do better than a stock that's rated "1" for timeliness, "1" for safety and "A++" for financial strength. Kimberly-Clark (symbol: KMB), maker of Kleenex, Huggies and other consumer products, is one of the few stocks that rings every bell. It yields 3.4%, trades at a reasonable 15 times estimated 2013 earnings and is much less volatile than the overall market. Plus, Value Line's analysts expect earnings to rise 16% in 2013. Who says you can't have it all? 13. Kimberly-Clark
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14. U.S. Bancorp
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52-Week Low: $25.43
Annual Revenue: $17.2 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 7.3%
From James K. Glassman: The venerable investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, which has catered to wealthy families since 1818, has launched some excellent mutual funds in recent years. The managers of BBH Core Select look for stocks that sell for a "meaningful discount" from their judgment of a firm's intrinsic, or true, value, thus providing what financial scholar Benjamin Graham called a "margin of safety." A prime holding for the past eight years has been Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp (symbol: USB), one of the best-run banks in the world. Its stock has risen 35% in the past year, but the P/E is still reasonable at 10, and the 2.5% dividend yield gives you more income than a ten-year Treasury bond. (For more on BBH Core Select, a former member of the Kiplinger 25, see Mairs & Power Growth: A Worthy Substitute for BBH Core Select.) 14. U.S. Bancorp
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15. Dell
Courtesy Dell
52-Week Low: $8.69
Annual Revenue: $58.7 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: -2.3%
From James K. Glassman: Money manager James Roumell gained fame with his victories in the Wall Street Journal's late, lamented, dartboard-versus-stock-pickers contests. Two years ago, he launched a mutual fund, Roumell Opportunistic Value. He is a regular on this list, and he's got a real contrarian choice: Dell (symbol: DELL). These are tough times for makers of personal computers but, in a letter to his investors, Roumell notes that Dell today derives two-thirds of its earnings from software, servers and services. And the stock is cheap! It has lost half of its value in eight months and trades at just 6 times estimated earnings for the year that ends in January 2014. Writes Roumell: "We are exercising our greed gene while others are locked in fear." 15. Dell
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16. Tangoe
52-Week Low: $11.99
Annual Revenue: $140 million
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 33.3%
From James K. Glassman Terry Tillman, who analyzes software stocks for the Raymond James investment firm, chose SuccessFactors for 2012. Now he's enthusiastic about Tangoe (symbol: TNGO), which makes software that helps manage the telecom services that large and midsize companies use. Revenues in the July–September quarter were up 39% from the same period in 2011. When you consider Tangoe's fast growth, its P/E of 20, based on 2013 earnings estimates, seems attractive. But I'm mainly drawn by the firm's similarity to SuccessFactors. Two in a row? 16. Tangoe
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17. Reed Elsevier
52-Week Low: $28.66
Annual Revenue: $9.6 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 2.8%
From James K. Glassman Among funds that invest in large foreign stocks with a blend of growth and value attributes, Artisan International Value has delivered the best return over the past ten years -- an amazing 14.3% annualized, according to Morningstar. Near the top of its portfolio is Reed Elsevier (symbol: RUK), a London-based firm that offers professional information services, including scientific journals and the LexisNexis legal database. Getting my attention are a sterling balance sheet, a P/E of 13, a dividend yield of 1.8% and a business with a broad moat -- in this case, brand names that deter inroads by competitors. 17. Reed Elsevier
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18. Ford Motor Company
Courtesy Ford
52-Week Low: $8.82
Annual Revenue: $135.6 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 9.0%
From James K. Glassman Two years ago, I started a new tradition: picking a stock myself. In both years, it was iShares MSCI Brazil Index, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Brazilian stock market. It bombed twice, and I am not going to that well again. I'm picking Ford Motor (symbol: F), whose heroic CEO, Alan Mulally, turned down bailout money and guided the business through tough times to 13 straight quarters of pretax profitability, including surprisingly strong earnings of $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2012. Ford still has room to grow. Despite the firm's achievements, the stock has dropped 40% since early 2011, and the P/E is 8. The P/E is low because investors apparently don't believe that Ford can sustain those high profits. I think they're wrong and believe that Ford deserves a higher valuation. 18. Ford Motor Company
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19. Ocwen Financial
52-Week Low: $13.12
Annual Revenue: $765 million
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 212.5%
From Andrew Feinberg: Ocwen Financial (symbol: OCN) soared 142% in 2012, but it still has room to grow. Ocwen services mortgages, so it's partly a play on a resurgent housing market. In October, the company announced two deals -- one for the loan-servicing business of Residential Capital and the other for Homeward Residential, a mortgage servicer and originator. Analysts see Ocwen earning $4.50 per share in 2013, but I think profits will be much higher. 19. Ocwen Financial
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20. Fortress Investment Group
52-Week Low: $2.86
Annual Revenue: $648 million
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: 36.4%
From Andrew Feinberg: Fortress Investment Group (symbol: FIG) is a New York City firm that manages hedge funds, private-equity funds and other accounts. Its stock traded as high as $34 in 2007, before plunging toward the abyss. Fortress's funds have been performing well, and the firm is raking in billions of dollars in new money. In addition, because many formerly laggard funds have rebounded, Fortress is in a position to start collecting more in performance-incentive fees. If you subtract the cash and investments on Fortress's balance sheet from its market value, the stock trades at just 7 times estimated 2013 profits. 20. Fortress Investment Group
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21. Brookfield Residential Properties
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52-Week Low: $7.11
Annual Revenue: $990 million
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: NA
From Andrew Feinberg: A developer and homebuilder in the U.S. and Canada, Brookfield Residential Properties (symbol: BRP) is well positioned: More than 80% of its Canadian assets are in oil-sands-rich Alberta. The Calgary company has owned most of its land for years but carries the value of that property on its books at cost. If the shares traded in line with Brookfield's peers, they would triple. 21. Brookfield Residential Properties
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22. Joy Global
52-Week Low: $47.69
Annual Revenue: $5.4 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: -5.3%
From Andrew Feinberg: With growth in China and other emerging markets slowing, buying shares in Joy Global (symbol: JOY), one of the world's biggest coal-mining-equipment companies, might seem crazy. But the stock, down 42% from its January 2012 high, more than reflects the slowdown. Joy's stable maintenance and service business -- 60% of revenues -- is worth about $50 a share. If the global economy were just slightly stronger, its new-equipment business would be worth about the same. Despite growing use of natural gas in the U.S., worldwide construction of new coal plants remains strong. Joy Global shares could easily see $100 again in the coming year. 22. Joy Global
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52-Week Low: $22.19
Annual Revenue: $70.6 billion
Projected 2013 Earnings Growth: -17.7%
From Andrew Feinberg: When American International Group (symbol: AIG) announced strong third-quarter results, CEO Robert Benmosche said the insurer might not buy back any more AIG shares held by the U.S., as it had earlier said it might. The stock sank on the news, but investors missed the bigger picture. AIG trades at about 50% of its book value of $69 per share, while its peers typically trade at about book value. AIG could eventually earn $6 per share and trade at, or close to, its rising book value. 23. AIG
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Since its establishment in 1892 as a 19th century jewelry house in early New York, A. Jaffe remains one of the exclusive brands of bridal and luxury jewelry that are catered by the finest American jewelers. For 122 years, A. Jaffe is respected as a key contributor to the evolution of engagement rings in the country. The company created some of the first solitaire and multi-stone engagement rings that were sold in the United States. As remarkable as the designs are the materials themselves, which A. Jaffe continues to scrutinize and inspect with the greatest care to ensure the quality of each precious gem. The diamonds are rare, constituting only .5% of the diamond rocks mined every year. The shanks and mountings that hold these treasured stones are just as valuable. They are made from hypoallergenic nickel-free Palladium alloy, durable beyond lifetimes, perfect for precious family heirloom pieces. The A. Jaffe heritage lives on, just as the stories represented by each ring live on in unfading elegance.
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I wondering if anyone can suggest a good pair of sneakers for a person who's feet supine (recent foot scan showed this to be an issue)? I am a new runner and my left hip, knee and ankle are not impressed. Thanks.
I would definitely go to a store like Fleet Feet where the people know what they are talking about. If you spend any money on this sport, put it into good/great shoes. I've had more injuries from wearing shoes that are not "fitted" for me. Take the time and spend the money. You'll be happy.
Is there any stores where they "know what they are talking about," closer to Southern California?
Thanks for the suggestion. I am trying a new pair now and will see how they work. I do know that they are a worthwhile investment.
Hi. Have you checked out xterragear.com -- and look under their new footwear? There are very nice shoes, reasonably priced and they have excellent options. Please tell them Barbara Peterson sent you, they will like it. (I am an XTERRA athlete, and have just tested their shoes with great new appreciation for their product line). You can also look me up as a viable reference under Ambassadors/SW REGION.
Good luck!
I am in Texas - but know these type of "chains" are out there nationally. I recently went to Lukes Locker and they will not only talk to you about what your needs are and help with fit, but they will also put you on a treadmill that allows them to see "how" you walk and assist with best shoe for your needs.
saying all this - I walked out a little lighter in the pocketbook, but hopefully these new beuties will help me stay injury free so that I can keep lookinahead
Runners High.
i know this reply is REALLY late, and chances are, you've already bought a pair of sneakers for your running pleasure, but i thought i'd offer my 2 cents.
a few years back, i was visiting my father in SoCal and he's got some amazing hills up by his house, which ultimately fed my desire to get a new pair of running shoes.
my sister, an avid runner before her injury, recommended a store that she had used before and had good experiences- Road Runner Sports. Not sure if you'd heard anything about them, but they have a knowledgeable staff there that take time to analyze your stride via motion camera/treadmill combo, talk about your pronation/lack thereof, and can recommend shoes that fit your price range. honestly, i they were great.
when they opened up a store location closer to me, here on the east coast, i was reminded at just how professional and easy-going they were to deal with.
i ended up buying some asics both times as the models i got fit my arches very well and i liked the support, but even if you don't have the first clue at what it is you want in a running shoe, definitely give them a try.
i went to the one in mission viejo, but i believe there is also one near newport beach.
again, sorry if this long-winded reply is too late, but who knows... you may already be in the market for another pair o' kicks!
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SophiasWisdom I must reiterate that you should at least google "running shoe stores" and the state in which you live. I did that and found a GREAT place here in NH that spent 1.5 hours with me and DH in order to fit us with the correct shoes/sneakers....they were great!!!!
I have Asics Gel Kayanos. I pronate, and I have RA so need the extra cushion of the gels...The tech that was fitting me kept telling me = you'll KNOW when you have the right pair!!! AND I DID!!!!! it was amazing....They are not the same size as my everyday sneakers, so be sure to be fitted.... hope this helps....
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Grief engulfs "Elektra."
Drowning in tears over the murder of her beloved father, Elektra throws herself into the ecstasy of loss and despair. While most characters in Greek tragedy are ruled solely by fate, she willfully courts destruction. She has been doomed not only by the curse of the House of Atreus but also by the force of her own indomitable will.
In Timberlake Wertenbaker's muscular new translation of the Sophocles masterpiece, it's clear that she cannot bend, so she must attack.
Carey Perloff first staged this incarnation of the Greek tragedy, in which Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis plays all of the members of the chorus, a few years back in Los Angeles. Now the director has restaged the blood-soaked tale of love, honor and revenge with ACT stalwart Rene Augesen in the title role.
While it's not as electrifying as Berkeley Rep's epic take on the fallout of the Trojan War, "An Iliad," this "Elektra" revels in a sense of clarity and purpose that's invigorating. Punctuated by the keening of an onstage cello (played by Theresa Wong), this thoughtful 90-minute production runs through Nov. 18 at ACT.
Augesen, who has played in everything from "Hedda Gabler" to "Clybourn Park" as a core company member, brings great sensitivity to Agamemnon's daughter. Elektra cannot shake the memory of watching him return home from the Trojan War only to be slaughtered by her mother Clytemnestra (Caroline Lagerfelt).
Emboldened by her thirst for justice, Elektra stands outside the gates of her family house, a haunted manse caked in grime (set design by Ralph Funicello), and keens for all the world to hear her unending cries. Clad in rags, her face a twisted mass of pain, she knows only misery. She cannot bear the thought that joy exists in a world that felled her father.
She ignores the wise counsel of the chorus (Dukakis) and refuses to be cowed by the power of the tyrant Aegisthus (Steven Anthony Jones). While her sister Chrysothemis (Allegra Rose Edwards) is prim and proper, eager to please and placate, Elektra is savage, almost feral, in her lust for payback.
Augesen may miss some of the character's jagged edges, her volcanic temperament, but she painfully captures the vulnerability at the core of Elektra, her inability to let go of the suffering that engulfs her. Her sense of outrage is as cutting as glass, her bitterness like lightning. After years of stewing in lamentation and bile, she has blackened her own soul in the bargain.
While the scenes between Elektra and her exiled brother Orestes (Nick Steen) lack power, Augesen's bitter exchanges with Lagerfelt are stunning in the depths of hatred they suggest. Lagerfelt is a delight as the murderous queen, who slew her husband to honor the memory of her daughter Iphigenia (whom Agamemnon sacrificed to the gods).
Dukakis, who has etched many memorable characters at ACT, including Hecuba, brings her always formidable intelligence and charisma to bear as the leader of the chorus. She embodies the empathy of the chorus, touched by the tragedy in her midst but still elegantly above the fray. Sometimes the actress seems saddled with awkward blocking, but she still manages to make the movements graceful.
David Lang's subtle score also finesses some of the production's false moments when the emotions seem forced. Some of the costumes also pull us out of the action (Edwards' dress seems to belong to another show entirely).
While this "Elektra" should generate more intensity as the cycle of carnage drenches the stage, the piercing cry of the cello lingers in the ears.
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MORAGA -- An inconsistent season for Saint Mary's hit a new low on Saturday.
In front of a sellout crowd at McKeon Pavilion, the Gaels were thoroughly dominated by rival Gonzaga 75-47 to end the regular season.
Instead of heading into the postseason with confidence, Saint Mary's is searching for answers after shooting just 23 percent and being generally outworked by the West Coast Conference's regular-season champion.
"We just didn't compete, didn't play hard," said senior Stephen Holt. "We jumped the fight."
Saint Mary's (21-10, 11-7 WCC) got off to an awful start and was never competitive. Gonzaga (25-6, 15-3 WCC) went on a 19-2 run in the game's first 10 minutes, and the Gaels were in a 42-22 hole at halftime.
Gaels coach Randy Bennett pointed out another statistic — at halftime Gonzaga had won every 50-50 ball.
"You may not play well and you may lose by 10 points or something, but you cannot bring that kind of effort and expect that to be acceptable," Bennett said. "We did not bring a good enough effort across the board."
The shooting woes only got worse to start the second half. The Gaels hit on just one field goal in the first nine minutes after the break while Gonzaga opened up a 33-point lead.
It was the biggest win for either team in the series since Gonzaga won 105-65 in the 2001 WCC tournament quarterfinals.
Sam Dower Jr. had 15 points and 10 rebounds to pace Gonzaga, and David Stockton and Przemek Karnowski added 10 points each.
Holt scored 10 points to lead Saint Mary's. He didn't make a field goal, but was perfect from the free throw line.
He wasn't the only one to struggle. The five seniors who started the final regular season home game of their careers went a combined 2-of-21 from the floor.
"The only thing we can do now is learn and flip the page," Holt said.
With virtually no chance for an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, the Gaels must win the WCC tournament as the No. 4 seed. They open against fifth-seeded Pepperdine in Saturday's quarterfinals in Las Vegas.
Should it win that game, Saint Mary's will in all likelihood need to figure out a way to solve Gonzaga, the tournament's No. 1 seed, in the conference semifinals.
"We've got to identify why we're not playing hard enough," Bennett said. "I've got to figure that out fast ... Our senior leadership needs to step up right now."
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This has been amazing just to see my school playing the way they have. Wish there was at least one other Rams fan around to yell with during the games. But at least I'm watching them solo with no judgement over my yelling and acting like a fool!
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More than 2,700 kids across the country will hit the slopes this season through SOS Outreach, a Colorado-based nonprofit dedicated to helping South Lake Tahoe at-risk youth excel in the classroom and learn critical life skills on the mountain. SOS participants face a variety of challenges, including trouble in school, living in low-income households and speaking English as a second language. Through a variety of curriculum stressing responsibility, self-confidence and service, SOS youth learn five core values: courage, discipline, integrity, wisdom and compassion. While former SOS participant Francisco "Paco" Holguin left the mountains last fall for the East Coast, he found himself drawing upon his SOS values during his first semester at the Massachusetts Institute for Technology.
The oldest of three and the first generation of his family to be born in the U.S., Paco enrolled with SOS Outreach as a way to get involved in his community. After eight years with the program, Paco graduated from high school last year and received a full ride scholarship to MIT. Paco says he relies upon SOS's five core values frequently, and emphasizes integrity as being particularly important with schoolwork.
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Paco also reflects on the courage he's also found recently, especially when searching for a summer research internship to augment his selected major of physics.
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discdude08 wrote:Sorry let me clear it up, if you are in line (line of sight) with 15's tee pad looking at its current long pin location, it is 66' shorter and 45' to the left. I already have the area cleared out and marked with a blank white sign! Next time your out check it out. It will play like this, tee off and throw your bomb down near the middle pin location the throw you "whippet" up the hill into the woods and tap in for three!
The location for the basket will be right at the edge of the hill where the tree line is now (to the left) and will have 3 lg trees as a backstop or to kick you disc back down the hill depending on how aggressive you are!
Still plays as a par 3.5 but is a lot sexier, and avoids the far ball diamond!
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I was thinking. Because of some compatibility issues with my Sata2 controller with Vista I decided to swap the motherboard of the HTPC. I had a dedicated HD2400 installed for the Hardware decoding (UVD) but with my new motherboard also comes a new Video Adapter (the HD3200 with UVD2). Now it is working pretty well (with the few formats which it was designed for), with a cpu load of around 50% on my X2 5200+ with a 14gb .MKV. Now I was wondering, Shouldn't we be able to incorporate some Hardware decoding into TsMuxeR and/or Memcoder/Avisynth/FFmpeg. This way people with lower specs can also enjoy a full quality video. It also defeats the purpose of the Deblocking option since the (compatible) video adapter offloads the CPU. And another advantage is that, my parents are watching TV and I would like to stream (HD) videos to my PS3 at the same. So it also improves multitasking performance (which is something we can all benefit from).
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The Library lobby was a medium sized, square room with a wide staircase that rose, from the side-center of the main floor to a second floor/landing with a railing that ran around the perimeter of the space. The stage was set up to face the stairs, about chest high and under the edge of the opposite overhanging landing.
After some campus announcements, which were met with good natured, impatient amusement from the eager people, they introduced the band. We made as much noise as we could, and I remember the guitarist grinning as he came on and the keyboardist settling in in his seat also smiling, the bass player looking possibly annoyed. A small sub-group of the crowd screamed as a bearded troll dude in basketball glasses and a donut muumuu climbed up and waved, to settle behind the drum kit.
The music started and then it's just memories of dancing, hard and free, upstairs alone, downstairs with others, up front at the stage, up above the band on the balcony , looking down at the tops of their heads while they jumped on trampolines! Hiding, wrapped in the curtains in the dark corners of the room, stealing a reprieve during intense moments.
I remember Mike and the way he looked as he stepped up to the front to take a solo, he looked us in the eye, pressed his mouth into a thin line, and went off in a fashion I had never before witnessed, and have never since. The crowd was absolutely dumbstruck, peoples mouths were hanging open, their bodies rolling in automatic response to the depth and power of THE BASS. A small satisfied smile curling him up at the corners, he stepped back. Other memory fragments are of all of the players taking turns shining, as a whole shifting musical styles like chameleons, and performing musical acrobatics that left us reeling.
They really treated us as though we were special that night, and even though I'm sure it was more about the new west coast fans who had followed them up from the Catalyst onward, I felt like they made a connection with Evergreen and Olympia.
I love this band. I always will.
In this song by song review, I have tried (and failed) to objectively review the song, followed by any memories that floated up. This, of course has gotten muddled up here and there so bugger all anyway. Here goes.
Set One:
TMWSIY - Flowing, beautiful way to start things off. Building smoothly as Page and then Fish come in to fill into a nice rich flow. Entrancing.
We were standing listening to them noodle around in a nice tuning sort of way and it just kept jelling until they had this nice cadence going, I was sort of expecting something SCA-ish when they dropped into>
Avenu Mulkenu - Whoa! Fish hits the crazy cowbell rhythm, and they are off into some intense Israeli funk, with Mike stepping up to punch us repeatedly, and then tickle, then tumble back to the depths, the gusto of the return to the verse is resounding. Slam to a stop and then >
This is the Mike Moment I referred to in the first half of my review. I was sold. This was a year when Phil was the name in the mouths of all the deadheads. Terms like, "lead bass" and "sick bass" were sprouting like mushrooms from the Greener patter. And Mike just destroyed. I had an instant new favorite bass player.
TMWSIY - Ok, back to this? Are they starting over? I was confused. But lovely, it winds delicately into a blues tinkle before >
Tweezer - The building starts dropping around us and This Groove is the groove that will haunt me for the following months until the release of Nectar. So smooth and loose, growling and rolling it around. Mike slamming and twisting it up into pointy shapes. They drop to the jam and let it soak, with mike hitting low tones, and then sproinging around some more. They roll into a typical tweezer grinding jam structure with Mike, Oh shit, Mike still just so out there. They start to fall toward chaos with Fish holding them together. Page starting to bang around noisily and they begin to climb. Trey is sonic backwash and screeching tones. Classic slow-down ending with a nice return to the theme to thump a few more bars until they drop off.
I remember being a little scared during this jam. Mike and Fishman had impressed me most at this point in the show.
Esther - Story time! Amazing rendition of this tune, other than loosing sync as mentioned by others. Such a treat. Page's tone is so perfectly old-time carnival. On this listen I am drawn to the crispness of Fishmans cymbal work during the composed sections. Puffy soft. As much as the warble is a cool effect, I remember the pureness of the tone Trey had and hope for an upgrade someday.
We were enthralled as Trey made cartoons in our heads. The gravity in the room got palpably weaker during Esther's flight over the town and I felt the floating. And I know I'm not the only one.
Oh Kee Pa - Delightful! Jazz dexterity!
The sheer variety was making us giddy.>
AC/DC Bag - Oh my god, the rock! They are at full steam now. Punching percussive version, with a dirty, dirty dance groove. Trey's solo is interesting in that it sounds to me like he starts to go off, backs off, and just plucks for a while as though he is thinking things through and then begins to weave it into an enormous machine-gun peak.
The dancing became a frenzy at this point. The fun meter went through the roof but when Trey built into his ending solo, the crowd slowed and watched as he caught fire.
Fluffhead - Fantastic. All members put this incredible piece to a thorough work out. Seconding the appreciation of the fuzz bass Mike has going during "check it out". Can't really do this one justice with words. Fishman's closing "off your head!" fills me with glee.
This one made us laugh in the beginning. Fluff's Travels was immense and I remember during this time people meandered around, hugged and found new vantage points, there being nowhere you could go that was not in fair sight of the stage.
Tweezer Reprise - Spooky return! Love this here! The sounds Mike generates are unbelievable.
If the show had ended here, I would have been a happy man.
During set break, we stood out front, shellshocked, with maybe 25 people, passing amazed smiles and other goodwill around. It didn't even occur to me to stroll around the building to see if maybe the other hundred people were hanging out with anyone interesting in the loading zone. D'oh!
Set two:
Ya Mar - It was confusing all right. Calypso! This has a great early sound to it, Fish the man with the kick drum! They sound like they had some loosening up fun during the intermission with the locals. Lotsa fun energy. Leo, when called in such an extravagant manner sounds just a little shy, and takes it in a fairly restrained fashion. New car. Cigar. Trey weaves growing green lattice basketry out of coconut fronds. Piña Coladas circulate.
Too much magic, no clear memories other than wanting to limbo.
Melt - Things are getting dangerous again, I like hearing this so slow, it really gives you time to hear the complexity of the composed section. They stick the harmony bridge, and drop to a nice jazzy tick-tock jam. Mike thudding. This sounds better the louder I play it. Cacophonic, spiraling, space-pulling-apart jam. Trey in full control of his wailing dissonance. Great return to the finish.
This one blew me away, No dancee, all watchee.
Jim - This is a great version of this song, but the energy stays pretty even. Love Fish's Boom-tish beat.
This was super fun, and it was all starting to blend together at this point.
Trivia time!
For a long time the setlist for this show was unconfirmed and thought to be missing songs in addition to not having a circulating source. If I recall correctly, this was the missing song!
Magilla - Jazz interlude! Someone in the audience is very happy about this song.
Musical chameleons indeed. In the true jazz style, they all take solos, hot ones.
Llama - Fishman really does miss it hard, but they recover nicely. Mike makes this one a real juggernaut. After a shaky start finishes his solo with a flaming run.
YEM - You hear Trey try to start into Gin, and Fish stops him with a "whack". They get it together and launch. Every one is very focused sounding. Mikes solo bridge is so lofty and burbling. Superfunk vocal section into cool keyboard space with Mike flatulent while they pull out the tramps. Trey's intro to his solo is so fluently bizarre and unflashy but just prescice. Mike mutating like a beast from the Outer Funk Belt of Planet Booty. My visage runs like hot wax. Vocal jam has lilly-octopussy. And then you go and get a flat tire.
This was IT for me. I thought I was in already, but this changed my DNA. I'm pretty sure that's partly me you can hear screaming during the first lull after Trey's first break. Then the vocals, oh the vocals
When the tramps were pulled out, I ran around to the top, as I mentioned, and watched them do the jump segment. My mind reeled as they hit the beat, returned to playing and began to do 1/4 turns back and forth in gear-like synchrony. I stayed for the rest of the jam, watching fingers twist and writhe until the vocal jam when I decided it was time to find Kia (She's my sugar).
Bathtub Gin - Some mellow space-age pop to groove along with. I love this song. Short early version, gets (nice and) sloppy at the end.
Kia and I were giggling and trying to dance and hug at the same time to this one. To discover she was loving the music almost as much as I was was a joyful surprise, as she is a mild dead-head at best with zero tolerance for FZ (a hero of mine). We were so all in.
Icculus - Bringing us into the fold. Tart it up with a camp sensibility.
Freakin comedians.
Antelope - Slinky jazz intro, love Pages sound! Somebody sings "Doop-doo" in there. Huge rolls from the drums and Mike digs in deep. Trey makes lovely melodic trills over the top. Too much to describe here, I've been listening to this since it popped up a couple years ago, and it is still beyond me. The rhythm breakdown is so beautifully unhurried.
I thought it was over. I was spun. Just jelly. Mostly sober, but soooo high.
HYHY > Terrapin > HYHU - As awesome as this one gets. Trey rocks the drums up, the band gets up behind Henrietta and he gets gurggly.
This was so crazy. That's all I remember.
Possum - Heartfelt rendition, sounds like they are having so much fun! Trey's performance during this one, especially the quiet part of the jam, before they crank it up, is my favorite kind of playing from him. Awesome Possum!
They left the stage without a word and quickly returned.
JJLC - Ah Page, so young. This is a nice version of this song, I love Page's extra ham after coming in early. His solo is mellow and smoky, and Trey does sweet things with his.
I was initially a little let down by a standard sounding blues number as an encore, but by the end, with such great solo's I didn't want it to end. Then they leap into >
Alumni Blues - Page attack! This just kills. Letter to Jimmy snaps bogglingly tight.
This was so intense. That year the Evergreen graduating class had chosen "Do you want fries with that?" as their motto, due to poor job outlook in the last recession. Thus the ironic chorus "I'm alright 'cause I got a degree" rang a bittersweet chord to close it out.
"Thanks a lot, see you in the fall."
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VIENNA, W.Va. -Want to meet Hall of Fame broadcaster Marty Brennaman?
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You can do both on today when the Cincinnati Reds Caravan visits the Grand Central Mall from 5 to 7 p.m.
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Cincinnati Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips, left, talks with former Reds great Frank Robinson following a news conference on Wednesday, Jan. 23, in Cincinnati, where it was announced the Reds will host the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2015. Phillips and the Reds Caravan are scheduled to be at the Grand Central Mall in Vienna, W.Va. today.
The Vienna facility is the second stop on the Reds' Northern Tour, one of three preseason caravans designed to drum up excitement for the 2013 season.
In addition to Brennaman and Phillips, others who who will make an appearance include broadcaster and former pitcher Chris Welsch, minor league catcher Tucker Barnhart, general manager Bob Miller, and the team mascot, Gapper.
If you are busy on today and don't mind a short drive, the caravan kicks off from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday at The Market on State in Athens.
At every stop during the caravan, a raffle will be conducted for two tickets to the Reds traditional home opener, set for 4:10 p.m. on Monday, April 1, against the Los Angels Angels.
Perhaps no person is more associated with the Cincinnati Reds than Marty Brennaman, who joined Joe Nuxhall to form the Reds' radio team in 1974. During the second game Brennaman broadcast, the Reds won and when the victory was sealed, he uttered the words "And this one belongs to the Reds.''
Today, that is trademark. Even if Cincinnati is ahead by seven runs, fans stay tuned until the last out just to hear Brennaman utter those sweet words.
Brennaman has been a part of many great Reds moments, including calling Cincinnati's World Series victories in 1975, 1976 and 1990; Tom Browning's perfect game in 1988; Pete Rose's 4,192nd hit in 1985; and Hank Aaron's 714th home run against the Reds that tied the legendary Babe Ruth in 1974.
Marty isn't the only Brennaman employed by the Reds. Son Thom joined the team's broadcast crew in 2007 and, in addition to working alongside his father, does Reds games on Fox Sports Ohio.
Welsh is in his 20th season as a Reds TV analyst. He teamed with George Grande for 17 years as the Reds TV broadcast crew. He was a Major League pitcher for five seasons.
Phillips made his Major League debut in September 2002 as a late-season callup for the Cleveland Indians. In April 2006, he was traded to Reds for a player to be named later, which eventually turned out to pitcher Jeff Stevens. Talk about a good trade.
Phillips is a two-time National League all-star who has won three Gold Glove awards. He has a career batting average of .273 with 148 home runs, 601 runs batted in and 154 stolen bases.
Plus, if you watch him play day-in and day-out, you'll be hard-pressed to find a more intense competitor who gives it his all on every play.
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Leonard Ellerbe, an adviser to THE RING's No. 2-rated pound-for-pound fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr., and former BALCO founder Victor Conte have responded critically to the presence of Angel Hernandez as the new strength and conditioning coach for RING lightweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez.
Widely suspected to have a past history of being involved in performance-enhancing activities, Hernandez has been hired by Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KOs) to assist with the fighter's preparation for his third bout with Manny Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs) on Nov. 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Identified as Angel Hernandez during Episode 2 of HBO's 24/7 series, Hernandez, 36, is really Angel Heredia, according to Conte. According to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation in May of 2008, Heredia testified in a San Francisco Court that he supplied former track stars Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery with illegal substances,
In the report, Heredia admitted to giving the blood-booster EPO, growth hormone and insulin to Jones in 2000 at the request of her then-coach Trevor Graham, who was on trial. Heredia also sold banned substances to Montgomery.
Having competed for Jamaica at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Graham sparked the investigation into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative (BALCO) in 2003.
"This Heredia story is certainly no surprise to me. He was the government's star witness in BALCO doping cases against track stars, including Marion Jones. Angel was at the top of the food chain in the drug distribution case against Jones' coach, Trevor Graham," Conte wrote to RingTV.com in an e-mail.
"The feds rolled him over on everybody involved in the case, including several world champions and Olympic medalists. Bottom line. We both know people from the dark side of the sport, and I'm certainly suspicious of current activities."
Conte, himself, served a prison stint for his work with illegal performance-enhancing drugs in numerous professional sports, and built a four-year career out of helping athletes to circumvent Olympic-style drug testing policies until BALCO was raided in 2003.
Since exiting prison, however, he claims to have gone legit. Since 1988, Conte has run SNAC, an acronym for Scientific Nutrition for Advanced Conditioning, which is an organization that supplies legal sports nutrition products and supplements.
In addition, Conte has become aligned with fighters such as WBO/WBC bantamweight titleholder Nonito Donaire and IBF welterweight beltholder Andre Berto.
"I also understand that many may feel the same way about me. However, there is a simple and basic difference. I chose to accept full responsibility for my very serious mistakes. I also chose not to cooperate in the prosecution of any others involved and I served my time in prison," said Conte.
"[Heredia] made a different choice. He decided to become a puppet for famed BALCO investigator Jeff Novitzky and provide extensive evidence and testimony against a long list of his athlete clients. But, who knows? Maybe this Heredia Marquez story will end up being helpful in bringing more attention to boxing's serious need for effective drug testing."
Prior to his past two victories over Shane Mosley and Victor Ortiz in May of last year and in September, Mayweather required that his opponents undergo Olympic-style random drug testing of urine and blood that was conducted by United States Anti-Doping Agency.
The Mayweather-Mosley clash was the first time the Olympic-style testing had been administered in boxing.
"All that I will say is that this is just another example of why Floyd Mayweahter has taken the stand that he has taken on the notion of random blood and urine testing. I mean, this is exactly why," said Ellerbe.
"Any opponent that Floyd faces in the ring must, like Floyd himself, be subjected to random drug testing of their blood and urine."
Meanwhile, Pacquiao's has an ongoing lawsuit against Mayweather accusing him of defamation, asserting that the fighter has continued to insinuate publicly that Pacquiao's success over eight weight classes is the result of having used performance-enhancing drugs.
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Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department's membership program calls for residents who want coverage by the fire department to pay .08-cent per square foot of their buildings, with a higher charge to be imposed upon the residents if they don't sign up for membership.
Examples of the fee for membership, given on the AVFD website, states that a resident with a building/house of 1,500 square feet would pay $120 per year while one with 4,000 square feet would pay $320 each year. There is a $100 minimum membership charged for any residential structure under 1,250 square feet.
Examples of non-member fees per incident the AVFD responds to are listed below:
• Structure fire — $1,900 for the first hour of a fire engine; $950 each additional hour, per engine.
• Brush fire — $950 per engine, per hour.
• Vehicle accident with extrication — $1,900.
• Vehicle accident with no extrication — $150.
• Vehicle fire — $950.
• Utility emergency — $950 per engine, per hour.
• Hazardous materials — $950 per engine, per hour, plus all associated cleanup costs.
• Smoke alarm, no fire — $450.
• Carbon monoxide — $450.
• Emergency medical call — $150.
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A 'Help, the grandkids are coming!' event at Johnson Farm
A "Help, the grandkids are coming!" event will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. May 16 at Historic Johnson Farm, 3346 Haywood Road, Hendersonville.
Residents are invited to the farm to listen to an experienced grandmother, former teacher and regional tour guide discuss all the things to do with grandkids in the area. Bring a notebook and pen to take notes on ideas not included in the free guidebook. Participants will leave with the guidebook full of ideas and websites to search.
Cost is $5. Reservations are required. Call 828-891-6585 or visit www. historicjohnsonfarm.org for more information.
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OAKLAND -- A's center fielder Coco Crisp claimed he didn't know what the word "atonement" meant.
"Can you give me the definition?" he said after the A's 2-0 victory over Detroit on Tuesday night in Game 3 of their American League Division Series. "It feels like I'm in a spelling bee right now. Can you use it in a sentence?"
OK, here's a sentence: Crisp achieved major atonement for his Sunday basket-catch error that led to two Tigers runs and contributed mightily to Oakland's Game 2 loss Sunday in Detroit, the one that put them in a do-or-die hole coming back home.
But Crisp redeemed himself with a spectacular catch at the outset of Game 3's second inning, robbing Prince Fielder of a likely home run on the only ball to the outfield starter Brett Anderson would allow over the first six innings.
Adding to his atonement quotient, Crisp also got the A's rolling before their raucous home crowd, singling to open the bottom of the first and eventually coming around to score on Yoenis Cespedes' RBI single. As it turned out, it was the only run Oakland would need.
Detroit leads the best-of-five series 2-1. Game 4 is Wednesday night.
Crisp was just thankful for another chance, both in the field and at the plate, to show what he could really do -- particularly in the field.
"To be able to make a play like that definitely resets you mentally," he said. "Obviously, it doesn't erase what happened in the previous game, but it definitely builds your confidence back up, and I'm grateful I was able to come up with that."
Crisp acknowledged that the Sunday error had been haunting him.
"It's been tough," he said. "I'm glad we had the off day Monday so I could come in and catch some fly balls. You try your best to hold on to your confidence when you've played this game for a long time. Still, it's a tough situation when something like that happens in the playoffs, and it can weigh on you. It definitely weighed on me."
Crisp made just two errors in 113 games during the regular season, and neither involved a dropped ball. Long regarded as one of the best center fielders in the league, particularly on catches at the fence, he wasn't completely sure he had a chance on Fielder's long drive to the fence.
"You never know off the bat," he said. "As I'm running towards it, I'm getting closer and it kind of faded away at the last minute. But I was able to feel the warning track, and I was able to gauge it and time my jump properly. Playing in the home ballpark, you know the distance of how far you're away from the wall, so that made it nice."
Crisp caught the ball with his glove above the wall, then crashed into the padded fence and left a dent. Anderson, watching from the mound, couldn't believe it.
"I was hoping for a double off the wall or something," he said. "You look up at how well he hit it, and you put your head down. But then Coco makes that tremendous catch, and now you'll see it as many times as 'SportsCenter' decides to play it."
Even if the A's aren't able to come back in series, Crisp said just getting the monkey off his back from Sunday's gaffe was key for his psyche.
"To be able to have another game, and not have to go into the offseason after something like that, is definitely a blessing for me," he said. "If that would been the last game and that would have happened, it would have been very tough. It's still tough. But I was fortunate to get another opportunity, and I was able to do better this time.
"Once I caught it, I was very excited. It was a tough play, a big play, and when I was able to come up with it, it was a very satisfying feeling."
As for igniting the offense in the first inning, Crisp said he was very conscious of making a statement right away for his team.
"When your back is against the wall, it's always nice to get ahead," he said. "That's the case in any game, but definitely in this situation."


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People who live near Washington County's oil and gas drilling operations might be alarmed with what they might find on site.
As of Sept. 21, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is requiring oil and gas producers to inform local first responders and emergency management agencies what hazardous chemicals are being stored and used in the drilling operations.
Hazardous chemicals such as barium sulfate, ethylene glycol, hydrochloric acid and formaldehyde are chemicals typically used when wells are drilled and go into production.
"(The requirement) follows all the local chemical plants, Lauer said. "They have to send that to the local first responders so they know what they are dealing with. That's a good thing."
Jeff Lauer, director of the Washington County Emergency Management Agency, said the Local Emergency Planning Commission was established to help the public respond to and become informed about possible hazards.
Aurelius and Adams townships each have three wells that have permits. Salem Township has one. Waterford Township has one well that has been drilled.
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These substances are some of the hazardous material typically listed by oil and gas producers.
Barium sulfate: Barium sulfate increases the density of the fluid.
Ethylene glycol: Prevents plugging off the formation.
Hydrochloric acid: Cleans cement and drilling mud from the bore hole.
Petroleum distillates: Minimizes friction.
Formaldehyde: A carcinogen, the natural gas and petroleum industries use formaldehyde-based resins in drilling operations, to increase oil and gas well yield and to improve service life.
While Lawrence Township has no wells that have been drilled or permitted, resident Bob Clark, 69, who retired after 33 years at Dupont's Washington Works plant near Parkersburg, said it's a good idea to report the drill sites' hazardous materials.
"If they respond to an accident, then they know what they are up against," Clark said. "I worked with formaldehyde for years at Dupont, and I'm still kicking."
Clark also said if the hazardous material is handled correctly, it wouldn't cause a problem.
Lauer said the area chemical plants are required by law to file chemical inventories they have on site with local fire departments each March.
He said the reporting requirement for oil and gas producers report would be similar to the Material Safety Data Sheets most companies have on file in the workplace, listing what chemicals are on the work site, their properties and emergency information.
Salem Township Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Chris Biehl, 56, of Whipple, said everything about the hazards of the work area is a concern, including the gas, the pressure and the flammability. He said the firefighters attend training session several times per year to keep up on anything new.
"It's always been the same thing, except you get a lot more pressure, so there needs to be a little more training with the new drilling (techniques) with the fracking and all," said Biehl, who has been in fire service for 34 years.
Noble County Emergency Management Agency Director Chasity Schmelzenbach said she hasn't seen an increase in the amount of chemicals since the ruling took effect.
A strategy that has helped in Noble County is conducting quarterly safety roundtable, in which the drilling companies, first responders and the EMA can share information about anything new in the industry. The sessions, Schmelzenbach said, allow the county to ward off problems before they occur.
"We have had a increase in EMS calls, but nothing significant," Schmelzenbach said. "You get that with any increase in population. Clearly, we have more people running around (with all the oil company employees).
"Communcation is key," Schmelzenbach said.
Deborah Misel, of 1190 Dixon Ridge Road, Lowell, in Adams Township, has a drilling operation just below her home. She agreed informing emergency personnel about the hazardous chemicals used in the drilling is good for the people.
"You can't treat a person for injuries received if you don't know what they've been exposed to," she said. "I didn't take chemistry, but there's some major stuff they use in their operation."


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When I started this project at the time Nahuel joined me, GhostBSD was about having the best Gnome desktop experience, today having a bunch of desktop that do not work correctly with BSD. Gnome 3 had not seen ports yet, because it is basically made for GNU/Linux. I had make a critical decision lately with the rest of the team to abandon all the other desktops in favor of MATE, which is the most suitable solution for GhostBSD a workstation. The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2 desktop Environment with huge improvement.
The project was started with Gnome 2 and today MATE maintaining our trademark. The biggest BSD Desktop out there that most peoples are aware is Mac OS X, but they are not aware that the base system is BSD. Apple has made a Desktop that is well designed and well integrated to the system. Mac OS has been looking the same way for many years and that trademark is well known. The Mac OS X Desktop had seen a lot of improvement, but did not change drastically like Gnome 3 did. MATE as been one of the most interesting projects started after Gnome switch to a new desktop design. Mate is a stable and solid desktop under FreeBSD and helps GhostBSD to keep is trademark.
I have said in two interview that I want to start a GTK desktop and I still want to do one, but for the moment MATE is fine. When I will start that DE I will base it from MATE and it is the main reason I want to focus on MATE only for GhostBSD, I will be able to slowly develop that DE by using mate as a base like Linux Mint did Cinnamon from Gnome 3.


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I read Butch Mazzuca's column on Nov. 13. Our very own local Rush Limbaugh wannabe offered us the title "Done gloating yet?''
In return, we must ask him: "Are you ever done whining?"
From this statement, "Mitt Romney was the single most qualified candidate for president in our lifetime," Mr. Mazzuca enters Romney's mythical world.
Romney suffered a clear smackdown at the polls for the void he presented to the electorate.
Mazzuca, who has incessantly offered dozens of column inches in 2012 and a false, morbid revisionism of Obama's first term, continues asserting that Obama's campaign was purely negative, which doesn't help his cause.
Nevertheless, calling Romney the most "qualified candidate for president" presents a superlative better reserved for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, the last Republican president displaying positive values.
Mazzuca negates any concerns about Mitt's personal and professional life choices from the dog on the car and bullying hair-cut incident to his modus operandi at Bain Capital.
Mazzuca wrote: "(Obama) took negative advertising to new levels." This negates mentioning that Romney's "shadow campaign" run by Karl Rove's super PAC, and others, outspent Obama's "shadow campaign" by a factor of nearly 4 or 5 to 1.
The world laughed at Rove's expenditure of $300 million, while Americans voted for many candidates that Rove opposed.
Maybe Mr. Mazzuca would rather concentrate his hyperbolic efforts on finding competent Republicans who know better than to discuss "rape." Those types should submit themselves to Mark Twain's edict: "Better to keep your mouth shut and appear to be stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."
Romney failed to win because Republicans failed to lead. Republicans fail to lead when they prey on people's fears about jobs, health care costs, social issues and national safety. Republicans fail to lead when distortions of truth and omissions of fact prey on people's doubts.
No president has endured such scurrilous personal insults as has Mr. Obama from people very much like Mr. Mazzuca.
Obama won because he doesn't gloat about those who "have." He worries about those who "have not." And that is a sign of a growing society: It nurtures its poor and downtrodden; it educates its young; and retools for its future.
Eight years of Obama's leadership may actually get us back to the civil society we shared before Mr Bush and Fox News gave us their "Nightmarish Naughts" decade.
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Now here's some real history of Colorado skiing - seen through the eyes of a story-telling 27-year-old who calls Breckenridge home.
Carrie Elliott's family has roots in the state's ski industry going back to 1937 with the start of the famed Wolf Creek Ski Area down southwest of here on the rustic U.S. 160 pass of the same name, linking Alamosa and Monte Vista to Pagosa Springs and further down to Durango.
Carrie's great uncle, Charles Elliott, "Uncle Charles," turned 99 in November and was inducted to the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in 2011.
Yep, he's still skiing up at Wolf Creek, albeit once a week these days, Carrie confirms.
Uncle Charles first skied the deep powder in 1934, three years before he helped start the ski area.
According to Pueblo Chieftain reporter Matt Hildner's story, Charles and Wolf Creek skiing go like this:
"Elliott was a part of the volunteer association that began drawing skiers to the area during the Great Depression and became a jack-of-all-trades on the mountain, serving as fundraiser, the primary maintenance man for a succession of rope tows and the founder of the ski patrol. And he did it for free."
Uncle Charles' philosophy seems to have carried on the new generation of skiers and boarders, like Carrie.
"Growing up, I never gave a second thought to skiing at Wolf Creek, it was just something we did," says Carrie, who grew up in nearby Center. "We knew the spot to look for during the drive that would predict if it was going to be a clear day or not, the secret snow stashes and most serene spots. We knew the history of Wolf Creek and watched it grow."
"I remember my first day - my dad teaching me to ski on the bunny hill and the last time I was there was an epic powder day last year with my parents, where we ran into some friends from the San Luis Valley and some from Summit," explains Carrie.
"I don't think until I moved to Breck did I appreciate how special Wolf Creek is," she adds.
"Now I realize that not everywhere is like Wolf Creek and how fortunate I am to have grown up skiing and snowboarding there and unique it is to have such a connection with the mountain," Carrie notes.
Carrie is clearly appreciative of her family's skiing history, but is also very happy to be in Breckenridge.
"I feel lucky to have grown up skiing at Wolf Creek and to now be living in Breckenridge," she says. "It was a part of me and I feel like something would be missing if it wasn't still a part of my life."
Carrie, who moved here in 2007 after graduating from Colorado State University in Fort Collins with a business degree, and her boyfriend, Bob Montville, who manages the Quandary Grille, live up on Peak 7.
"A friend convinced me to move to Breck to work with her one summer," states Carrie. "I fell in love with everything and moved back after my last semester of school."
"I now work at Peak-A-Boo Toys, owned by Jeff and Emily Boyd, and Twist, owned by Matthew Fackler and TJ Messerschmitt," Carrie says.
"Everyone who lives here loves being here and wants to get out and enjoy the outdoors. There is always someone who will go hiking, biking, snowboarding, sledding and everything in between," she believes. "I haven't quite figured out what I want to do 'when I grow up,' but I think having people around me that share my passions will help me figure that out and help me along the way."
While Carrie and Hey, Spike! have chatted on the phone, but not met face-to-face, their connections go back to the early '70s in "The Valley."
When attending Adams State College, Spike met Carrie's dad, Thad, via journalist Walter Mares, a mutual friend.
Thad's family, in addition to being instrumental in the ski biz, is also a clan of longtime, well-established potato and barley farmers near Monte Vista.
And Thad worked as an Aspen Highlands Ski Area tune tech with Jimbo Deines of Precision Ski and Golf, way back in the in the mid-'70s, when Friscoite Linda Simon lived over there as did Denverite Phil "PB" Barker.
Small world - and it gets smaller: As a CSU coed, one of Carrie's business school profs was Burt Deines, Jimbo's brother.
Still skiing, dad Thad and mom Deanne visit daughter Carrie up here and make a few runs, taking a wintertime break from farming.
"I mainly raise russet potato varieties that are all for the fresh market," Thad says of his continued farming, "and barley for Colorado Native, Blue Moon and Coors beer."
In addition to being a farm partner, Deanne works with the SLV Small Business Development agency.
As for other Elliott family members, Carrie has two sisters - Emily, 30, lives with husband Kyler in Reno, Nev., and Laura, 26, lives in Mexico City.
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How about Benteke at Villa.. he'd be worth a punt.. He's very strong and has a good finish and he's young.. He and Sturridge & Suarez would be a deadly combo upfront..Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
but he's a headtheball Armchair. I dont think BR likes them too much.
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Now now Ron.. the cynicism there.. We actually have a high number of headed goals amongst teams in the top half..
But, in addition to Benteke's aerial presence, he's FAST for a man his size. He is probably faster than Suarez in a straight dash, which isn't the case for a certain other big striker the cynics love..
In his first season in the EPL, at age 21, he's got 19 goals, all of supreme quality, could (won't happen) go on a purple patch and come close to the Golden Boot, which the other striker will never do, and let's face it anyways, Chelsea / City and big spenders will be all over him..
If we were to try for him, January would have been the time, now that time has come and gone and he's a fantastic striker with years of growing/maturing to come..


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15 home invasions, 30 incidents of stolen scrap metal, one stolen vehicle and numerous items of stolen jewelry were all part of a months-long investigation that ended with the arrests of nine individuals.
"The driving force behind these crimes was heroin use," Ingham County Sheriff, Gene Wriggelsworth, said.
On Wednesday, police announced the arrests of the nine individuals who had broken into homes and stolen from more than 25 people in the Webberville area. According to police, the robbers would take items like jewelry and then quickly head to a pawn shop for cash.
"They would enter these homes through an unlocked door or unlocked window," Sheriff Wriggelsworth said.
Police are now urging everyone to watch their property more closely.
"Even though you live in a rural community, keep your property secure and keep the doors locked," Sheriff Wriggelsworth added.
"One thing is to know what you have and keep track of your property," Deputy James Cousino, said. "One of the suspects did say that if there was a dog they would avoid the house and if there was an alarm system they would avoid the house."
That's good news for people like Webberville resident Jack Chambers, who lives down the street from a home that was robbed last summer.
"I have some dogs here," Chambers said. "I make sure all my stuff is locked up and don't leave anything sitting out."
Police say knowing exactly what's in your home is important because robbers might not always take larger items like televisions. In some cases, the victims were unaware they had been robbed until Deputies showed them photos of their property.
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Two insurance companies want drivers of mobility scooters to carry the same insurance as car and truck owners.
It all centers around a Michigan case involving a paralyzed man who was hit on his scooter while cross the street. Lawyers for State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance and Farm Bureau Insurance say because the man didn't have auto insurance on the scooter, they shouldn't have to pay any damages.
The case could impact many of the estimated 300,000 elderly and disabled people nationally who depend on motorized scooters and powered wheelchairs to get around.
State Farm declined to comment on the case.
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Of course, 2013 will be fine, because the 1950s sure were. That's the premise for the coming year, especially in regard to the agreement in Washington, D.C., to raise U.S. tax rates on the well-off.
In the 1950s, after all, tax rates were far higher than what the House and Senate have agreed on, a top rate in the high 30 percent range. Back then, they were even higher than what President Obama might have proposed, if left to his own counsel. Republicans in that era went along with the idea that high rates took something away from the rich and thereby stabilized society.
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Midfielder Tobin Heath is undoubtedly one of the U.S. Womens National Team's most creative and evasive dribblers. A master of nutmegs and jaw-dropping maneuvers, Heath is becoming the exact type of player that helps teams win titles. Her stint with French team Paris-Saint Germain has also honed her creative skills.
Part of Nike's USA Centennial line, this new official USA jersey celebrates 100 years of American soccer.
This jersey has a unique USA badge created especially for the Centennial embroidered on the front and screened inside the collar. This Centennial badge features thirteen stars and thirteen stripes, representing the original 13 US colonies. Wide navy cuffs and V-collar further add to the retro feel.
Dri-FIT moisture control for enhanced performance. Polyester.
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For what probably amounts to a couple of decades all said and done, Zakk Wylde was a hero of heavy metal, the everyman kid lucky enough to find his way onto the world's largest metal stages. His was a modern story reminding us all to not forget our musical dreams; that the big break could be just around the corner.
Now, the genre judges Zakk much differently. Following some self-important antics, two uninspired, pedestrian Black Label albums and a split from longtime paycheck Ozzy Osbourne, we now see Wylde back at the drawing board with "Order of the Black."