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Shakespeare's romantic tragedy gets the French opera treatment at noon Saturday, July 2 on Classical 90.5
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When it comes to tires for a subaru, lets say with tires that have been worn a bit and one needs replacing... Do all tires need to be replaced or can one new tire work together with the other worn tires. Does it affect the way a car handles?
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You're supposed to replace all 4. Subtle circumference differences apparently do bad things to the AWD system otherwise.
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With Subarus, as with any AWD vehicle, you need to ensure that there is no more than 1/4" difference in circumference between any two of your tires. It sounds as if the other tires are worn, which means you sohuld either replace the damaged tire with an equally worn tire, or replace all four tires. If you don't, there will probably be no noticeable damage in the short run, but if you continue to drive the car on mismatched tires, eventually it wears out differentials and even the transmission, or so my Subaru specialist mechanic explained to me.
If you drive a Subaru like a Subaru (i.e. off-road), you'll want to invest money in a good set of tires anyway. That, and regular maintenance and safety checks, are what prevent you from being stranded a long way away from the road.
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Some tire shops can "shave" a new tire down to match the circumference of the existing good tires.
I had this done (not on a Soob) years ago when there was one outsize tire out of 4 new Pirellis. That tire was almost a quarter inch larger. This was a temporary fix while they shipped out a replacement. (I had special-ordered the tires, none in stock). The handling was "fun" at 120+ mph with the larger single, didn't matter if it was on the front or the back.
FWIW, I lived in Montana "pre-55" then and had service calls over 250 miles one-way, boss was paying expenses.
Others have already told you how it should be.
I read somewhere that in extreme cases, people put 2 good tires in one side of the vehicle (left or right) and 2 tires (same tread left) on the other side. This prevents damage to the center differential put puts some additonal work on the front and rear diffs. Handling and pull could be affected.
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LOTW access is working. I am now using the easy program "ACLOG" to create the upload files, so please be patient. I intend to send all logged QSOs to LOTW.
Please email me if you wish to use EQSL to exchange "cards".
Current project: 70 CM Small station EME. Arizona is normally restricted to only 50 watts on 70 CM, so I have received approval from the FCC (and the military frequency coordinator) for a power increase to 500 watts and up to 20 dBi antenna gain. Antennas for EME are two M Squared 12 element yagis on an az/el/polarity mount. The polarity adjustment is made by manually rotating the rear-mounted antennas via bushings on the cross-boom. The counterweight on the left side of the crossboom is a plastic bucket full of rocks!
Existing 70 cm equpment: WA2ODO 70 CM preamp, and also a G4DDK LNA70 two-stage preamp.
Tropo Rig1: Yaesu FT857, and 100 Watt Klitzing Brick amp for tropo, 18 element M2 Yagi
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6M equipment: FT-817 rig, driving a Larcan TV amplifier for easy 400Watts key down into lossy RG-8 coax. 5 element beam at 33 ft.
2M equipment: FT-817 rig, driving a good 'ol "Fire Bottle" AM6155 Tube amplifier at 300W key-down. 13 Element K1FO beam at 33 ft. LNA in the shack.
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High power 70 Cm and 2.3 Ghz gear (and soon 2.8 meter dish) is in work, for future use and 2.3 Ghz QRP equipment is now complete, with loop yagi/barbeque grill now operational (QRP). First contact made with W7JM, across the Tucson valley.
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Chipping away at doubt about his involvement with X-Men: Apocalypse, filmmaker Bryan Singer today teased the first page of the script by Simon Kinberg, Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and himself.
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Although there's been no official word that Singer will direct Apocalypse following an April lawsuit that accused him of drugging and sexually assaulting a teen in 1999, Fox President of Production Emma Watts said last week that, "Right now we are totally at the outlining phase. But nothing would make me happier than if it all worked out. It's always been the intention for him to do it."
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2014 MLB Leaders (March 22nd – September 28th)
The 2014 Major League Baseball regular season is in the books. Starting in Australia and ending six months later, this year was one of the most exciting seasons in recent history. But before things begin to heat up with the postseason starting on Tuesday (I'll be posting my playoff predictions either tomorrow or early Tuesday), I wanted to do one final "latest leaders" post to finalize the season leaders in nearly every hitting and pitching category imaginable. I've done one of these on the first day of each month all season long, and therefore wanted to do one final concluding post for 2014.
The following lists are categorized into hitting and pitching, but not AL or NL:
MLB LEADERS (AL and NL) – HITTING
Most Games Played – Four players tied for most (162).
Most At-Bats – Ian Kinsler (684)
Most Hits – Jose Altuve (225)
Highest Average – Jose Altuve (.341)
Highest OBP – Andrew McCutchen (.410)
Highest SLG – Jose Abreu (.581)
Most Runs – Mike Trout (115)
Most Doubles – Jonathan Lucroy (53)
Most Triples – Dee Gordon (12)
Most Home Runs – Nelson Cruz (40)
Most RBI's – Adrian Gonzalez (116)
Most Base On Balls – Carlos Santana (113)
Most Strikeouts – Ryan Howard (190)
Most Stolen Bases – Dee Gordon (64)
Most Caught Stealing – Billy Hamilton (23)
Most Intentional Base On Balls – Victor Martinez (28)
Most Hit By Pitch – Jon Jay (20)
Most Sacrifice Flies – Miguel Cabrera and Adrian Gonzalez (11).
Most Total Bases – Mike Trout (338)
Most Extra Base Hits – Mike Trout (84)
Most Grounded Into Double Plays – Casey McGehee (31)
Most Ground Outs – Ben Revere (284)
Most Number Of Pitches Faced – Mike Trout (3,136)
Most Plate Appearances – Ian Kinsler (726)
MLB LEADERS (AL and NL) – PITCHING
Most Wins – Clayton Kershaw (21)
Most Losses – A.J. Burnett (18)
Best ERA – Clayton Kershaw (1.77)
Most Games Started – Ten players tied for most (34).
Most Games Pitched – Bryan Shaw (80)
Most Saves – Fernando Rodney (48)
Most Innings Pitched – David Price (248.1)
Most Hits Allowed – David Price (230)
Most Runs Allowed – A.J. Burnett (122)
Most Earned Runs Allowed – A.J. Burnett (109)
Most Home Runs Allowed – Marco Estrada (29)
Most Strikeouts – David Price (271)
Most Walks – A.J. Burnett (96)
Most Complete Games – Clayton Kershaw (6)
Most Shutouts – Henderson Alvarez, Rick Porcello and Adam Wainwright (3).
Best Opponent Avg. – Johnny Cueto (.194)
Most Games Finished – Francisco Rodriguez (66)
Most Double Plays Achieved – Dallas Keuchel (36)
Most Wild Pitches – Garrett Richards (22)
Most Balks – Samuel Deduno, Roenis Elias and Franklin Morales (4).
Most Stolen Bases Allowed – Scott Feldman (35)
Most Pickoffs – Drew Smyly (7)
Most Batters Faced – David Price (1,009)
Most Pitches Thrown – David Price (3,730)
Several Teams On the Outside Looking In
Inevitably each and every Major League Baseball season a handful of teams fail to live up to expectations placed on them at the start of the year. Whether a team simply doesn't play to the best of their ability, or if it's injuries that keeps them from performing well, a few teams always end up short of where they were projected to finish the year.
The Diamondback's, Rangers, Red Sox and Rays are all examples of that from the 2014 season. People from all over the baseball world selected the majority of those teams to make solid pushes at the postseason, but all of them but the Rays are going to finish dead last in their division (the Rays will finish fourth in the American League east). Truly disappointing endings for what were supposed to be promising teams.
On the flip side, a few teams that no one saw coming always go on a major run in any given year, passing big time teams, and leaving many people scratching their heads as to how they're doing it.
But while the winning streaks of underdog teams are always exciting, a lot of those type of teams can't keep up their torrid runs for an extended period of time, subsequently falling back down to their normal levels, and missing the playoffs.
For the Marlins, Brewers and Yankees, they were those type of teams this season. No one saw them doing much of anything with the rosters they had going into the season, but they each went on runs at one point or another this season, proving a bunch of people wrong. None more so than the Brewers, who ended up being one of the biggest rise and fall team in years.
After leading the National League central division for 150 days of the season, the Brewers went into a major, major slump. A slump that caused them to plummet through the standings, currently sitting five games back of the second Wild Card spot. With under a one percent chance of making the postseason according to MLB.com, the Brewers' year is all but over, despite their great efforts.
The Indians and Mariners are a couple of teams that are still in the race for the second Wild Card but are likely going to miss out, even after great runs this year gave their fans something to get excited about. Given under an eight percent chance of the postseason, it's going to take an unprecedented string of events for either of them to make it in. But as has been proven time and time again with baseball, anything can happen.
Yankees Blow Win & Chances of Making the Playoffs
Any shot the New York Yankees had of making the playoffs this season — however small a shot it may have been — was all but officially eliminated on Sunday night at Camden Yards. A blown save by their recently "overused" closer, David Robertson, resulted in a walk off hit by former Yankee, Kelly Johnson, trimming the Orioles' magic number to win the division down to three, and the Yankees' elimination number down to a mere two.
While the Yankees are technically still in the race, with their Wild Card elimination number standing at ten games, it's going to take an unprecedented run like baseball has never seen before for the Yankees to pull off the near miracle of making the postseason.
Just 2.5 games back of the second Wild Card as recently as August 27th, things have simply gone downhill for them ever since.
Now five games back of the second Wild Card, which the Royals currently hold, the Yankees surely aren't going to have an easy finish to the season that would allow for a possible push at the Wild Card, especially with the struggling team they possess.
Playing all American League east teams for their remaining fourteen games — Rays for three, Blue Jays for four, Orioles for four, and Red Sox for three — it's still going to be fun to watch how they finish out 2014.
It certainly would have been nice for Derek Jeter to be able to play in one final playoff run, having won five career World Championships, but it's unfortunately not the way his career will end. With the Yankees losing three of four games in their recent series against the Orioles, the Bronx Bombers currently hold just over a one percent chance of making the playoffs, according to MLB.com; further securing the fact that Jeter's amazing career will come to an end September 28th at Fenway Park, and not sometime in October as was once hoped.
But while the Yankees aren't seemingly playoff bound, and although they're somewhat of an overall disaster, and overlooking the subpar numbers that Derek Jeter has been posting this season, make sure you take the time to watch a Yankees game or two before the end of the season rolls around. The Yankees will be back in 2015, likely stronger than ever, with some offseason additions that will once again make them competitive in the division. But the one thing they're guaranteed not to have is Derek Jeter.
That's one element of the Yankees that you need to enjoy right now.
There's not much more time left to do so.
Jose Altuve Records His 200th Hit of 2014
With a sharply hit ground ball that bounced its way into left field, Jose Altuve notched his name into the record books on Wednesday night, recording his 200th hit of the 2014 season. Just the second Astros player to ever reach that mark, and the first player in Major League Baseball to do so since 2009, Altuve is undeniably having a career season that many players only dream about.
Altuve leads all of the majors in hits (27 more hits than the next closest player), batting average (.336) and multi hit games. In addition, with his 52nd stolen base on Wednesday, Altuve also leads the American League in steals, and joins a rather elite group of players to have recorded 200 or more hits to go along with 50 or more stolen bases in a season, with Jose Reyes being the last to accomplish that feat back in 2008.
Although the Astros' playoff drought continues, having not made the playoffs since 2005, Altuve has been one of the many bright spots on the team, with several players having standout years. While Altuve is having the best all around season of them all, players such as Chris Carter and George Springer are also having great years for the Astros, despite holding low batting averages.
However, low batting average is a major issue with the entire Astros team, with only two other players besides Altuve batting over .250 on the season. That's something that will need to be addressed for next year, but with this being the first year since 2010 that the Astros are going to finish with a record of fewer than 100 losses, things are definitely moving in the right direction.
Jose Altuve reflected that in his comments on Wednesday, stating, "We win this game and get 200 hits and the momentum we're having right now, it's pretty special for me. The team is playing great. I couldn't ask for more. We're going outside, playing hard, we're winning, and I think that makes me feel really good."
While I don't see a playoff push anytime soon for the Astros — playing in the difficult American League west division that includes a good Mariners, Angels, Athletics, and Rangers team (once they return to full health) — they could definitely make things interesting next season. With their offense clicking fairly efficiently, and their pitching doing terrific (Astros starters are now 6-0 with a 1.95 ERA in the team's past 10 games), the Astros are certainly a team to watch.
Having won eight of their last ten games, over which Altuve has recorded 16 hits to make for a .390 average, the Astros are giving their fans something to get excited about for the first time in quite awhile. With Jose Altuve approaching the Astros' all-time hit leader for a season, Craig Biggio, who recorded 210 hits in 1998, Astros fans should be excited about where this team is headed.
Though they may not be raising a World Series trophy anytime soon, they're slowly but surely finding a way to win games against good teams. That's something to look forward to seeing more and more as the seasons go on, with Jose Altuve leading the way.
Latest MLB Leaders (March 22nd – August 31st)
With the first five months of the 2014 MLB season in the books, I thought I'd take the first day of the new month to recap the season thus far. It's been exciting, as well as disappointing — depending on how you look at it, and who you're rooting for.
But instead of talking about the events that have taken place so far this year, I decided to make a list of different categories and beside them name the player(s) that leads that particular category.
The following lists are categorized into hitting and pitching, but not AL or NL:
MLB LEADERS (AL and NL) – HITTING
Most Games Played – Freddie Freeman, Evan Longoria and Hunter Pence (137).
Most At-Bats – Ian Kinsler (572)
Most Hits – Jose Altuve (189)
Highest Average – Jose Altuve (.336)
Highest OBP – Andrew McCutchen (.402)
Highest SLG – Jose Abreu (.602)
Most Runs – Brian Dozier and Anthony Rendon (97)
Most Doubles – Jonathan Lucroy (46)
Most Triples – Dee Gordon (12)
Most Home Runs – Nelson Cruz (35)
Most RBI's – Jose Abreu (99)
Most Base On Balls – Carlos Santana (94)
Most Strikeouts – Marlon Byrd (161)
Most Stolen Bases – Dee Gordon (58)
Most Caught Stealing – Billy Hamilton (20)
Most Intentional Base On Balls – Victor Martinez and Giancarlo Stanton (23).
Most Hit By Pitch – Jon Jay (16)
Most Sacrifice Flies – Adrian Gonzalez (11)
Most Total Bases – Mike Trout (290)
Most Extra Base Hits – Mike Trout (72)
Most Grounded Into Double Plays – Casey McGehee (25)
Most Ground Outs – Ben Revere (231)
Most Number Of Pitches Faced – Mike Trout (2,664)
Most Plate Appearances – Nick Markakis (621)
MLB LEADERS (AL and NL) – PITCHING
Most Wins – Madison Bumgarner, Johnny Cueto and Clayton Kershaw (16).
Most Losses – A.J. Burnett, Kevin Correia and Eric Stults (15).
Best ERA – Clayton Kershaw (1.73)
Most Games Started – Seven players tied for most (29).
Most Games Pitched – Bryan Shaw (68)
Most Saves – Craig Kimbrel (41)
Most Innings Pitched – Johnny Cueto (207)
Most Hits Allowed – James Shields (198)
Most Runs Allowed – A.J. Burnett (102)
Most Earned Runs Allowed – Edwin Jackson (94)
Most Home Runs Allowed – Marco Estrada (29)
Most Strikeouts – David Price (224)
Most Walks – A.J. Burnett (78)
Most Complete Games – Clayton Kershaw (6)
Most Shutouts – Henderson Alvarez and Rick Porcello (3).
Best Opponent Avg. – Johnny Cueto and Clayton Kershaw (.195)
Most Games Finished – Francisco Rodriguez (58)
Most Double Plays Achieved – Dallas Keuchel (30)
Most Wild Pitches – Garrett Richards (22)
Most Balks – Roenis Elias (4)
Most Stolen Bases Allowed – A.J. Burnett and Scott Feldman (29).
Most Pickoffs – Drew Smyly (7)
Most Batters Faced – David Price (822)
Most Pitches Thrown – Johnny Cueto (3,122)
Heading into the Final Month of the 2014 MLB Season
It's hard to believe, but the 2014 Major League Baseball regular season is almost over. Today marks exactly one month until the final games of the season, on September 28th, and teams are making their final push towards the postseason, with every player doing their best to finish out the season strong. With all of this going on, I thought I'd post an entry on the five main storylines I plan to watch throughout the final stretch.
200 Hits for Jose Altuve
Leading all of baseball in batting average (.332) and with 14 more hits on the season than the player with the second most hits, Jose Altuve is well on his way to recording his first 200 hit season of his career. With 181 hits this year, Altuve should easily make it to what has become a somewhat rare achievement.
The last time any player recorded 200 or more hits in a season was back in 2009, when Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki, Ryan Braun and Robinson Cano all did it. For Altuve, he's set to become only the second Astros player to ever record 200 hits in a season, with Craig Biggio, doing so in 1998, being the other.
Though Altuve is too far back to break Ichiro Suzuki's all-time hit record for a season of 262 hits, it should be interesting to see how many hits he can amass in this final month.
Race for Stolen Base Lead
After Billy Hamilton set the all-time single season stolen base record for the minor leagues back in 2012, stealing 155 bases that year, many people began to proclaim Hamilton as the next Rickey Henderson. Those are some lofty expectations that Hamilton hasn't quite been able to live up to, with Hamilton sitting on 50 stolen bases (the youngest Reds player to ever reach 50 stolen bases in a season) for the season and Rickey Henderson having stolen 100 bags in his first full year.
Hamilton currently sits eight stolen bases back of the leader, Dee Gordon, so he definitely has some work to do if he wants to finish out the year on top. But despite not running away in the stolen bases category like many people initially believed he would, Hamilton has done a phenomenal job of making adjustments this year. After a horrid start to the season, Hamilton has really turned things around, and if he can continue to get on base, he has the potential to rack up a ton of stolen bases in a short period of time.
How Jose Abreu Finishes the Year
Proving to have been one of the most valuable offseason pickups, Jose Abreu is posting one of the best rookie seasons we've seen in years.
Currently sitting on 33 home runs (he has a good shot at winning the home run crown, tied with Chris Carter and Giancarlo Stanton, and one back of only Nelson Cruz), 96 RBI's and a .312 batting average, Abreu has done nothing but produce all season long, leading many to believe that he has the American League Rookie of the Year award completely locked up.
At one point in time, there was a good chance that Abreu would break the all-time home run record for a rookie, set by Mark McGwire back in 1987, when he blasted 49 home runs. But Abreu will inevitably come up just short of that mark, due in part to a brief stint on the disabled list earlier in the year.
Even so, Abeu will likely wind up with around 40 home runs for the season, and will be a major asset for the White Sox for years to come.
American League West Division
It can't much tighter than it currently is in the American League West, as the Angels lead the Athletics by a mere game in the standings. With just a few more weeks of games, this is undoubtedly the division to watch most closely throughout the rest of the season. However, the wild card spots are looking to be just as intriguing, in both leagues.
On the American League side of things, whichever team doesn't win the AL west between the Angels and A's will end up taking the first wild card spot, but the Mariners, Tigers and even the Yankees are going to be fighting hard for that second wild card spot. In the National League, the Cardinals hold a slight lead for the first wild card, but the second one is anyone's for the taking between the Giants, Braves, Pirates and Marlins, if they can keep pace through the month of September. It should be interesting to see which teams get the job done.
Derek Jeter's Final Month of His Career
After having a disastrous 2013 season, in which he was injured and posted measly stats, Derek Jeter announced at the beginning of the year that 2014 would be his last. Therefore, all eyes are on Jeter to see how he performs in the final month of his farewell season. So far, Jeter isn't doing terrible, but he's not doing all that great either, batting just .267 with 3 home runs and 36 RBI's.
But although Jeter isn't producing all that much, he will still go down as one of baseball's all-time greats, with over 3,400 career hits.
The one thing on everyone's mind, however, is whether or not the Yankees can make the playoffs to give Jeter the chance at a sixth career World Series title.
Sitting 2.5 games back of the second wild card, there's still a shot that the Yankees make it in, but it's going to take a good amount of terrific play for them to reach the postseason.
Are the Tigers On the Verge of Disaster?
Heading into the 2014 Major League Baseball season, there weren't very many people around the baseball world who didn't have the Tigers winning the American League Central division. Citing the fact that the Tigers have one of the best starting rotations in all of baseball, in addition to a really good lineup that includes, arguably, the best hitter in all of baseball, Miguel Cabrera, a lot of pre season predictions had the Tigers completely running away with the division. But with around five weeks of games remaining in the season, the Tigers finishing in first place isn't a lock, as it was once viewed.
A game and a half back of the division leading Royals, the Tigers have some work to do to retake their lead in the Central.
Back on July 31st, the Tigers made a move that seemed certain to help them pull away from the Royals. In a three team trade with the Rays and Mariners, the Tigers sent Austin Jackson to Seattle, who in return sent Nick Franklin to the Rays, with the Tigers sending Drew Smyly and a prospect to the Rays in exchange for David Price.
Though Price hadn't been overly dominant before the trade went down, a team with David Price is much better off than a team without David Price. And that has proven to be true in his few starts since the trade.
In Price's most recent outing at his long time home, Tropicana Field, Price had one of his best games of the season. Going eight innings, giving up just a single hit, Price was fantastic on Thursday afternoon. However, Alex Cobb, who was on the mound for the opposing team, was just as good. In the end, despite the amazing pitching performance by Price, he was handed the loss, as the Tigers failed to provide any run support whatsoever.
If the Tigers want to win the division and not be faced with a one-game playoff that comes with a Wild Card spot — a spot that isn't guaranteed by any means, as the Mariners currently sit just a half game back of the second Wild Card — they're, obviously, going to have to start playing better as a team than they have been recently.
The day the David Price trade occurred, the Tigers were in a great spot. Sitting in first place, four games ahead of the Royals, the acquisition of Price looked to only improve their team, which was already seemingly on the way to another division title.
But while Price has done his job for the most part, as has the always terrific Max Scherzer, the remainder of the pitching staff, along with the lineup, has been hit and miss from one night to the next, with their entire bullpen being subpar at best.
Justin Verlander hasn't been the same caliber pitcher he once was in quite some time; Joe Nathan, who they acquired to strengthen their bullpen, hasn't been that great; and although Miguel Cabrera is having a good year, he's currently on pace to finish out the season around 20 home runs and 30 RBI's shy of the unbelievable numbers of 44 home runs and 137 RBI's he posted in 2013.
Those three players are going to have to catch fire for the Tigers to take off in any major way.
With the entire Tigers team underperforming for the most part at the moment, and with the Mariners right behind them, threatening to overtake their playoff chances, the Tigers are experiencing quite a bit of struggles. Though they'll likely find some sort of groove at some point in September, the Tigers are doing extremely poor in comparison to where they should be with the talent they have. If, somehow, the Tigers miss the postseason altogether, it would be nothing short of a disastrous season on their part.
Angles Find Themselves All Alone In First Place
For the first time since May of 2011, the Angels have taken over sole possession of first place in the American League West division. Heading into Monday night tied with the Athletics, who had the night off, the Angels went into Boston looking to pick up an all important win that would give them the lead in the division. Beating the Red Sox 4-2, the Angels now stand a half game ahead of the Athletics in the division, with the best overall record in all of Major League Baseball.
Having been chasing down the Athletics for the first place spot since the weeks approaching the All-Star break, the Angels were finally able to move within striking distance throughout the past month or so, winning 16 of their 29 games since the break. With 2009 being the last time the Angels made the playoffs, they are well on their way to ending the drought, now that they appear to have found their groove.
But it's certainly taken awhile to get to this point.
After signing Albert Pujols back in 2012, who had recorded 30 or more home runs every season since his debut in 2001, the Angels were expected to do big things in the west. But some bad breaks and poor play by some of their players kept them from fulfilling their potential, finishing third in the division, even with Mike Trout taking home the American League Rookie of the Year award.
Then in 2013, after acquiring yet another star player in Josh Hamilton, the Angels were predicted by many to do dominate the division, but once again, injuries (Pujols missed a major portion of the year) and poor play caused them to tumble, finishing out the season 18 games back of first.
Not exactly what you picture as a bright future.
However, while things had gone terribly wrong in 2012 and 2013, the Angels have put things together so far in 2014. With just over a month remaining in the season, the Angels look to be firing on all cylinders. Mike Trout, who has become one of the game's youngest superstars, has been having an MVP caliber season, and is on the verge of another 30 home run year. And although Josh Hamilton has been struggling once again this year, Pujols has had a major bounce back season from 2013, approaching 30 home runs for what would be the thirteenth time in his career.
But much of the Angels' success this season has also come thanks to the overlooked players on their roster, none more so than their leadoff hitter, Kole Calhoun. Having turned into quite the productive player for the Angels, Calhoun has done nothing but get on base time and time again this season, allowing the next hitters of Trout, Pujols and Hamilton to drive him in; being a big reason for their overall success as a team.
On the pitching side of things, Garrett Richards has been fantastic, putting up great numbers, which has been extremely important, with Angels' standout pitchers C.J. Wilson and Jered Weaver both having down years. Without Calhoun and Richards playing the way they have, the Angels could be in a much different position than they currently are.
Though you never truly know what to expect from one season to the next, I'll be the first to admit that I never saw this type of season coming from the Angels. When I made my final standings predictions back in March, I actually had the Angels finishing fourth, just ahead of the Astros, with the Rangers winning the division. With the Angels in first and the Rangers in dead last, with the worst record in all of baseball, it just goes to show that a few breaks here and there can truly make or break an entire season for any given team.
Felix Hernandez Has Yet Another Quality Start
Start after start after start this season, Felix Hernandez has taken the ball for the Seattle Mariners and given them an unbelievable pitching performance, which has allowed the Mariners to once again become relevant in the American League West division.
While they're not dominating the division like some predicted they would — they currently sit third, behind the Athletics and Angels –, especially with the offseason acquisition of Robinson Cano, along with a few other key players, the Mariners are still finding a way to keep in the playoff mix, thanks in large to a big season by their ace Hernandez.
With a season win-loss record now of 13-3 to go along with a 1.95 ERA, the five time All-Star and former perfect game pitcher is having a career best season in a number of categories. But one of the most impressive numbers Hernandez has put together this season is his streak of consecutive quality starts, which now stands at 16 straight outings of 7 or more innings pitched in which he allowed 2 or fewer earned runs.
That's simply amazing.
The Mariners currently sit within one game of the second American League wild card spot, which is also quite remarkable, seeing that they were 12.5 games back of the wild card at this point last season. Robinson Cano's hitting ability has no doubt helped the Mariners reach this point, with him coming up big in the Mariner's seven-run sixth inning on Monday night, but there's no telling where they would be without Felix Hernandez.
With talks that Dodgers' lefty Clayton Kershaw could wind up taking home the National League Most Valuable Player award with the stats he's posting, many are asking whether or not Felix Hernandez could do the same for the American League.
Though he'll likely finish in the top few vote getters, the honor will likely inevitably go to Mike Trout, who has finished runner up in the previous two seasons. Even so, Hernandez, barring any major setbacks, is well out in front to take home his second career Cy Young award.
But no matter which awards Hernandez wins, for the Mariners and their fans, the thing that matters most is a playoff run, which Seattle hasn't seen since 2001.
They have the talent to do it, and with their only chance coming via a wild card spot (they're too far down to win the division), the Mariners will have to make it past a one game, lose and go home wild card playoff game to keep the run alive for long. But with Felix Hernandez on their team, the Mariners have to like their chances, should they grasp that second wild card spot.
There's, arguably, no other pitcher in the game today you would want in that situation.
Wil Myers Returns to Durham for Rehab Stint
Over a year since leaving the Durham Bulls to begin his major league career, Wil Myers is returning to Durham. After injuring his wrist back in late May up at Fenway Park in Boston, Myers is set to serve as the Bull's designated hitter tonight against the visiting Buffalo Bisons, in game one of his rehabilitation process.
Winning the 2013 American League Rookie of the Year award by a wide margin, after putting together a season of 13 homers and 53 RBI's to go along with a .293 batting average, Myers got off to the start that was to be expected out of a top five prospect. At just 23 years of age, Myers is looking to make his way back to Tampa as quickly as possible to continue that great kickoff to his career.
But first, as stated, he's going to spend a bit of time with the Bulls, which is quite fine with me. After seeing Myers play in half a dozen games in 2013 at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, I'm looking forward to seeing him again. As luck would have it, I had already planned to attend tonight's game around a month ago. It just so happened that Myers is starting his rehab today.
Although I got Myers' autograph three times while he was with the Bulls last year, after winning the rookie of the year award, and with a bright big league future still ahead, I'm going to be trying again. While the visiting Bisons have a decent team, including manager Rich Hebner, outfielder Kevin Pillar, and pitcher Sean Nolin, no one on the entire team comes close to the talent level that Myers possesses.
Though there have been rumors that Wil Myers could be sticking around in the minors for around two weeks, this is the best chance I'm going to have to once again snag his autograph in the foreseeable future. The Bulls head out of town after this weekend, and when they return the following weekend, despite the fact that Myers could still be a part of the team, the visiting Charlotte Knights are a too good of a team to pass up. Therefore, I'm going to be trying for their players and not Myers. It's basically tonight or not at all.
Even if I don't get another Wil Myers autograph, seeing the most recent rookie of the year after the fact is still something of significance that I'm looking forward to. Assuming it doesn't rain out the game, tonight is going to be a fun night.


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Relying primarily on GBIF-mediated data, researchers use the native distribution of four snakes recently introduced to the Balearic Islands in order to estimate current and future habitat suitability and understand the invasion risk they present.
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The 2014 update to the eBird Observational Dataset rises to nearly 212 million records, increasing the total number available through GBIF.org to more than 637 million.
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GBIF Spain has launched a new national biodiversity data portal that provides free access to more than 10 million biodiversity records from 69 Spanish institutions and projects as well as nearly another million records of biodiversity in Spain published by institutions abroad.
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The 2nd International Ocean Research Conference (IORC) is an opportunity for the scientific community to come together to plan the coming decade of international collaboration in marine science and technology, with a view to improving ocean governance.
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Marxan (Ian Ball and Hugh Possingham, 2000) is a software program used to support the design of marine and terrestrial reserves worldwide. Using Marxan, planners can identify an efficient system of conservation sites that include a suite of biodiversity targets at a minimal cost.
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In Ecology many patterns at the population or community level emerge from processes, variability and interactions at the individual scale. Therefore it is increasingly acknowledged that the basic entities in many ecological models should be individuals.
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Event1st workshop France-Portugal-Spain GBIF Mentoring project 2014
The focus of this workshop was on Data quality, E-learning and Persistent Identifiers
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Data useDesigning marine protected areas off Mexico
Researchers look at methods to determine the ideal spacing between protected areas in the Gulf of California, ensuring connectivity based on the distances covered by larvae of fish species identified through GBIF.
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Ecuadorian Ceviche
Craving for a home cooked meal? This is what we make around here when we are feeling 'home' sick.
Recipe file for you to print at the end of the post. Do you like lemons and shrimp? You will also fall in love this shrimp cocktail style ceviche.
To make the Patacones (fried plantains) you purchase the big green bananas pictured above.
1. Slice both ends off with a knife and run a slit through the thick peel down the length of the banana
2. Peel and chop into 1" chunks
3. Fry in hot oil about an inch deep. We like to fry in Coconut Oil, much healthier for you!
4. Once golden brown remove from the pan onto a plate with paper towel. Place patacones on cutting board and squish down with a mug until flat
5. Fry in same oil a second time until slightly more golden
6. Remove from pan and sprinkle desired amount of salt on top
Ceviche Recipe on cute vintage cards made by LOVE VS. DESIGN.
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Dear Roy Everett,
I would like to tell you how we picked your name. Let's start with your middle name. Everett is in honor of your great-grandpa Everett Oswald Bare who was a man who pointed his family to God. The boy in the photo above is your grandpa Papa Bare, Everett's son.
I admired Poopa (Everett) deeply and desire for you Roy Everett to also follow in his footsteps. May you also be a steady, hard working, quick to smile, serving husband, loving father, fun creative grandpa, gentleman who is full of peace, honor, trustworthiness and above all was a solid Christ follower.
Everett O. Bare was born in Dallas, Texas on June 7, 1927. We didn't know when we named you this that you would be born in a city so close to his birth city and on the same week in June as him as well! Poopa was lots of fun as a grandpa. I have many memories of us together fishing and being out in nature. Everett B. went to be with Jesus on August 31, 2001 he was living in Longview, Washington.
A poem he wrote I have memorized since childhood still hangs in my dad's office to this day. May his legacy live on. I miss my grandpa and pray someday you will meet each other in heaven.
Your first name Roy is inspired by a name of God: El Roi
El Roi = The God who Sees. Other translations for El Roi: "a God of seeing" (Ge 16:13ESV), "the God Who sees me" (Ge 16:13NIV); "You Are the God Who Watches Over Me" (Ge 16:13GWT) "Comfort"; "You are the God of Vision" (NAB)
The Hebrew word for "See" (ra'ah) is the word from which "roi" (El Roi) is derived. I want you to know Roy that the first verses that I memorized on my own initiative are the following:
Search me, God, and know my heart;
Roy, look at what David is praying. He desires for El Roi who sees ALL to see within his heart. David wants to walk in the way of righteousness so he invites El Roi to search his innermost thoughts. I pray that you too would ask El Roi who never sleeps, who sees your needs and guards your going out and coming in now and forever to search you and lead you in the way everlasting. El Roi sees past, present, and future. He is watching and He is not for one moment failing to act.
Let me show you how wonderful this is my son, we see the term El Roi for the first time in Genesis. The setting is Hagar (Sarai's Maid) flees to the desert because of being mistreated. She flees into the desert where there should be nothing and runs into God.
So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her,
We as your parents also desire for you to know that God is involved in your deepest, most personal difficulties and looking over your very basic interests and needs. In the next verse Hagar names the well she was sitting at when God spoke to her.
Therefore the well was called Beer-Lahai-Roi;
Biblegateway.com says that Beer-lahai-roi means the well of the Living One who sees me.
We pray these characteristics over you Roy Everett. God has temporarily loaned us you as a precious gift and this is our prayer:
More details about your name inspiration can be found at these two links: El Roi - The God who sees after me and Yahweh Roi My Shepherd.
I wrote most of this post on your original due date of May 16, 2014; they changed your due date to May 25th; although El Roi decided it was best you came out on June 2, 2014 and we are so thankful!!
With lots of love your mom,
It's happening right now. As I type. And it's to fight human trafficking.
Norma Bastidas who has been abused and kidnapped herself will double the world record for longest triathlon by swimming, biking and running more than 3,500 miles starting her journey in Mexico and finishing in D.C., USA. Read about who Norma is by clicking this link. In 2009 Norma ran 7 of the world's most crazy environments on all 7 continents in 7 months.
This time her crazy dream is to complete the world's longest triathlon to bring awareness to the fight against human trafficking.
Norma couldn't even swim last year and she has already completed the 122 mile open water swim starting in Cancun. She is now relentlessly biking from Cancun up into the US, inspiring and empowering survivors every inch of the way. Did I mention she is 46 years old?
My husband's 2nd cousin, Mary Wade, works for iEmpathize, and that is how I got into following Norma's journey to make history. iEmpathize (a non-profit organization) has a mission to do battle with modern day slavery and child exploitation.
A team from iEmpathize are following Norma with their film crew to create a documentary that will come out in late 2014 or early 2015, titled Be Relentless. This film will feature Norma's record breaking triathlon as well as the stories of human trafficking victims.
Money raised from this film will help victims with programs, curriculum in education, and scholarship funds for survivors of human trafficking.
Mary has informed me that there are still many miles ahead that need to be sponsored! The money raised in this campaign will impact at risk and exploited kids in Mexico and the US.
Check out the latest video put on by iEmpathize capturing moments in Norma's journey.
Be Relentless - Day 20 from iEmpathize on Vimeo.
Join us by sponsoring a mile or more of Norma's journey and inspiring others to do the same. Click the link below to find out more on what a mile costs! If you can't give the whole mile amount- even $25 can make a difference! Share this opportunity and what is going on with your church, bible study group, friends and family!
Excited about this world record breaking accomplishment to fight injustice. Christ has called us to radical steps, will you join the fight? What organizations are you involved with who would want to hear more about what iEmpathize is accomplishing?
He has told you, O man, what is good;
and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
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Valentine Spa Party
We had so much fun putting on our Valentines Spa Party this last Saturday.
Event schedule: Eat delicious treats, girl time, pedicures, manicures, and facials with the leading dermatologist product Rodan+Fields!
Let me introduce you to our lovely host and creator of Lighthouse Cakes. Courtney Dill is extremely talented and makes custom cakes with an artistic flair. She is available to make a cake for any event in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. These chocolate and red velvet cake pops are delicious and I could have eaten that whole tray. If you want to contact her for your event e-mail her at email@example.com.
Thanks to all the ladies (and one brave gentleman/grandpa baby holder) who came to celebrate with us!
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Thanks again to Courtney and her amazing hosting skills!
We had lots of fun and can't wait until we can party again!
DIY Napkin Printing
For my sons 2nd birthday I wanted custom made napkins without the custom made cost. I figured out how to print on my own napkins the logo and font of my choice.
This can be used for business, birthdays, graduations, weddings, pregnancy reveal, and any other special custom made occasion.
I did have a lot of trial and error but I figured out a system that worked well.
Three steps to napkin printing
1. First design what you want on the napkin in a program of your choice on the computer. I use a Mac, so Pages works for me, but a simple Word Document also does the trick.
I research free fonts to download that go with my theme. I look for images or styles that I would like to choose. For Zane's Bike party I found this cute bike image in a font that I could use. For the pregnancy reveal I found a font with an image of a baby bottle and heart to use.
A good place to go to search free cute fonts is Pinterest.
Once you have the design you must place the image in the center of the paper.
2. Create a napkin sandwich. You must do this or the printer will not print your napkin and your napkin gets stuck in the printer. To trick the printer I taped two pieces of regular paper together with the top paper having a giant hole in the middle of it. This tricks the printer into not catching on the napkin material.
3. I placed the blank napkin inside the hole to be printed on. I had to do a few test prints before I figured out the exact orientation I wanted for the napkin. I labeled the paper so that each time I went to print a napkin I could just place it in the right spot. With this method you are only able to print on one napkin at a time, but you get the design you want!
Enjoy printing your own napkins! Has anyone tried printing on material through a regular printer? Does anyone know about a printer that would print on the napkin directly with out the paper sandwich? Do share if you have some information!
Pregnancy Reveal to Hubby
This time around when I found out we were expecting, I decided to keep it a secrete for a date night! I knew I couldn't go long without letting my husband in on our little secrete so I didn't allow myself to know for sure (take the home test) until I arranged for a babysitter that evening for our first child. When I saw it was positive I went into full plan mode and was super excited about our date night! We had been trying for some time and this was going to be really exciting news!! I kept it really simple but we will have such a sweet memory to share for that date night.
3 DIY steps to prepare for the reveal:
FIRST: When husband wasn't home I created a word document with a cute free font I found online that had a baby bottle built in to the template. Free font download of Baby Lexi font.
SECOND: Choose your napkin of choice. Create or buy a congratulations card and place the due date inside.
THIRD: Print image you created on the napkin! Details on how to print on a napkin: DIY Napkin Printing. Slip the two napkins one saying "You're my mommy" "You're my daddy" into your purse and he will never know!
Go on a fun date!
We started out walking around botanical gardens. Then we made our way to the restaurant. My husband conveniently needed to go to the restroom so I placed his napkin under his silverware at our table. If he didn't leave for a moment my plan was to 'go to the restroom' and ask the waiter to bring the napkins to us and place them on the table when we receive our drinks, refills, or plates.
At first we just starting eating like normal, then my husband saw he had a napkin and went to use it. He was confused at first, then looked at me with a hopeful expression. I couldn't contain my excitement and gave him a congratulations card with the expected due date inside. He was overjoyed and we got to spend the rest of the evening talking and dreaming.
If you have known us for a while you have heard about our journey (read about it HERE) through loss and the unknown. You know of how big a deal this is. Not only is this big news but it points to a big God. A God who doesn't always do what we want, but who always does what is right.
The fact that we have another little heart beating that bears the Holland name is a miracle from God. I had blood work done to see if I have developed any anti-bodies that could potentially 'kill a foreign object' (ie: baby) and they came back negative! We are overjoyed at this miracle!
Thank you for your prayers. We have another appointment in a week and I still struggle with insecurities about if the baby is ok. Pray that I remind myself of Truth, and battle those lies with God's Word! Even if baby is not ok, this is not our home. Christ is enough to sustain us. Christ is enough period.
Husband designed and drew the chalkboard sign! YAY! He is so talented!!
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My little girl is now 4.5 weeks and JUST starting to fill out her newborn clothes. She was born 6 lbs and left the hospital 5 lb 8 oz. For other moms with small babies, how long did they fit into newborn clothes? It seems like mine will never fit into the 0-3 clothes, let alone the 3-6!
Small babies and newborn clothes
Good question. My baby was teeny too and is now (at 5 weeks) fitting newborn clothes.
my son is 3 weeks old and still in preemie clothes. he was 6lbs 4 ozs at birth i find out the 9th if hes gained weight.
my other 4 were never in newborn or 0-3 let alone preemie.
Listen, my son was born 8lb, 6oz and is now somewhere in the ballpark of 8lb 13 oz (as of last Friday), and he STILL fits newborn clothes and some 0-3 stuff is too big! I absolutely hate how companies make babies clothing. They seem to think that their legs are twice as wide as they really are. And that babies weighing 8 pounds and 12 pounds can fit in the same size of clothing. I was tempted to buy preemie clothes or even more newborn stuff just so he wasn't swimming.
Dana, wife to JJ, mom to Dominic and Juliana
My LO was small too and still is. Newborn clothes are still very big on him. There was one pack of NB onesies that I got at the shower and for some reason those fit him perfectly. The rest are still very big and lose on him. Even the socks and mittens fall right off. I got him some Premie sizes knowing he'd be small so he's wearing those now.
Proud mother of boys...newest chunkie: Lucent born 2/13/09 5lbs14oz 19in @ 38wks exactly.
Even right after she was born, my little girl's arms and legs were too long for preemie clothes, so she's just been swimming in NB clothes for a month!
I don't remember, lol. I want to say AJ fit in nb for about a month and then only fit in 0-3 for a month after that, lol. He was in 3-6 at 2 mos and 6-9 at 4 mos and 18-24 mos at 12 mos. He was my FAT baby!
Evan fit in 0-3 mos till 4-5 mos.
Ilana fit in 0-3 for a good 6 mos, she was only 13.5# then. She was only 8# at 6 wks, so she did nb for a good 2 mos I'm guessing at least.
Jennifer, CPST, LPN to BSN student, birth Doula, and VBAC x3 HBAC x1 mama to: AJ (5/03), Evan (12/04), iLana (11/06), Olivia (2/09), and Unity (8/2012)!
My baby is also just starting to wear newborn clothes at 4 1/2 weeks. I thought I was set on clothes (got bags and baskets of clothes at my baby shower), then he arrived and we had to go buy premie clothes.
Stepkids: 6, 9, 10 yrs old
I second that, NB sizes do suck!! We have a TON of clothes for DD and she can't fit any of them. She was born (full term) at 6 lbs, 3.5 oz and is still drowing in her NB clothes. I had to borrow some premie clothes from my friend's sister. And I feel terrible putting her anything that says "premie" because she's not a premie! Grrr! I had her 2 days before my due date! She's just a little on the small side, due to the genetics she got from me and her daddy. So sue me if I didn't give birth to a freakishly huge 10 pound baby! But I've found that certain brands are better than others. Gerber is great! She can actually fit those right out of the package. Carter she can wear after we wash it once or twice. But Circo...forget about it. Those clothes are HUGE!!!! I've also ran into problems with socks too, the NB sizes don't fit on her foot. Baby Gap socks fit the best!
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My little girl was 6 lbs 11 oz at birth. She is now almost 7 weeks old and still wearing newborn! I have no idea when the 0-3 month size will fit! Its all so huge!
My son was 7lbs 1oz and had 2 outfits that fit. I bought some that said up to 7 lbs and now that he's 4 weeks he finally fits in them. He was in his newborn stuff for 4 weeks and now we are inbetween where 0-3 is a little big. He also has long arms so his long sleeves won't fit long!
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This week, turn the concrete and familiar into something new and mysterious.
Sneak the Spider
August 10th 2016 Wednesday
"C'mon Holly we should turn back."
"Not yet, we are nearly there. I'm sure it is not far." Holly kept moving forward.
"You know we should not be here….. I don't want get lost." Robin said as he made a grab for Holly's hand. She pulled away from him, and hurried around the bend. Robin stopped, he was scared, he had never come this deep into the wood. He was trembling, it was now he thought about going back. His mother would punish him if she finds out he has come into the wood. Both he and Holly have been told many times never to enter the wood and go past the large oak.
"I told you it was here, Robin! where are you?" Holly shouted looking about and not seeing Robin.
Robin heard her voice and ran towards her, around the bend he saw her in the middle of the track looking into the wood. He reached her and looked the way she was staring and became as entranced as Holly.
"Wow! that is big." he whispered to Holly.
"But isn't it beautiful? All those colours."
They both took a step forward towards the edge of the wood.
When from above the largest spider ever floated down from the branches of the tree. It halted eye level in front of the children, its mouth moving but nothing could be heard. The spider was as big as Holly and Robin, all black and hairy with legs everywhere.
"Hello little people, do you like playing games? I have many games we can play." the spider said in a voice that sounded like air leaking from a balloon. Holly and Robin squeezed each others hand, "I haven't had company for sooooo… long." the spider wheezed.
"I don't trust you spider, you trying to trick us because we are children." said Holly nervously.
"I don't trick children, I am lonely, and have many games."
"Okay then tell us your name, I suppose you do have a name?" Robin blurted out unexpectedly. The spider hurried up into the tree on his rope size web. Both children looked at each other slightly puzzled, then moved another step closer the giant spider web that was weaved between to large pine trees with the straightest trunks they had seen. The colours of the web glistened in the sun, the rays shooting through the trees creating a magical look. Holly reached out to touch the web, "no, Holly don't touch it you will stick to it. It has a glue on it to capture flies." Robin said holding Holly from touching it. "My mum said that is how they catch their food."
The spider glided into view from behind the right tree on which its web was built. Standing in front of the children he looked at them both in turn, "my name is Sneak, I am often called this. What is yours?"
"I am Holly."
"I am Robin, I am Holly's best friend."
"I do not have any friends, would you like to be my friend. Come into my parlour and play a game with me?" Sneak's breath blowing Holly's long hair to one side. Holly could smell bad breath, breath smelling like a waste bin.
The web started to spin from the centre, spiralling outwards, slowly getting larger. The edges were glowing blue and green with the centre a deep glossy black. Just for a moment Holly and Robin were hypnotised to the vision, the spinning colours capturing them and holding them.
It was the pinching of Holly's hand made by Robin that pulled them back to the moment.
"You are trying to trick us spider." shouted Holly.
"No, no little ones, just want to play games."
"That is what you are doing playing games with us."
"You are a sneaky old spider." Robin said giving the spider as much an evil look as an eleven year old can give.
"I cannot see through your web, you have no parlour do you?" Holly asked.
"It is to stop you sticking to my web, and once you step through you will be able to see my parlour. A nice little room with a log fire and home made carpets over the dry earth. There is a nice wooden table with chairs."
"Okay, Sneak, say we believe you, then you go through first." suggested Holly.
Before the spider could reply Robin shouted to him, "why can't we just go round the back, behind the trees."
"It is magic, this world you are in is magic. You passed the giant oak tree didn't you. Have you not been told not to go past the giant oak tree. Well now you know why."
"I think we shall just turn and go back home." Holly said annoyed with the spider.
"Aah! but you can't. You are now here for me to play with. If you go through my web you will be safe and we can play games." the spiders breath was beginning to hiss loudly.
Robin tapped Holly on the shoulder and started to whisper into her ear.
"Must not be rude little people, no whispering." The children ignored him, Holly smiled and nodded and whispered something in reply, they both finished with a nod.
Robin moved slowly away eyes peering to the ground looking for something.
"Okay Sneak, we have talked and will play games with you, but you have to go through your web first to show us the way. We are scared little children who are lost, and believe you to be our friend as we do you." Holly said quietly. Robin returned from his search and again whispered into Holly's ear.
"If you little people are ready then follow me, but be careful not touch the edges." Sneak moved slowly to his web, the spinning colours getting brighter, and the hole had become large enough for the children to climb through. They moved towards the web and waited for the spider to proceed through the hole. Both children noticed that Sneak was also being very careful not to touch the edge. Slowly he moved, lifting each leg carefully making sure he was safe before moving on. He kept moving delicately and when almost half way through Holly looked at Robin. "Now, throw them." Holly said to Robin
Robin then threw several sticks and a couple of large stones at the web. He gave some to Holly who also threw them at the web. With each stone or stick hitting the web, the vibrations made the web react. The spinning stopped, the colours turned dark, and the hole started to close. Closing quickly and trapping the spider.
"It worked." shouted Robin.
The children heard a loud hissing of anger as the spider realised he had been tricked. The trickster had been tricked.
"Run, Robin quick lets get away." shouted Holly as she grabbed his hand and ran off back along the path whence they had come.
"Holly, Holly wake up, you'll be late for school."
"Oh mum he was horrible and nasty, all I wanted was to be his friend."
"You passed the giant oak didn't you?" Holly nodded, "well I will tell you a story when I was your age one day, now come on get up breakfast is on the table.
Gerry A/C January 28th 2016©
Possible Fate? Dream!
Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Have managed to complete the allotted word count on my current story. Leach and Wilson. A crime fiction story. New ground for me because I usually write fantasy, weird creatures and magical lands with witches, wizards, fairies, elves and other creatures common to these stories. Below is an excerpt from my current story, I am at this moment very close to finishing it. Maybe about another 1000 words give or take a few hundred. I will let everyone know when this big event, big for me, actually happens.
Andrea was running through the house, each open door was inviting, but she continued to run. The corridor was getting darker and narrower, she was finding it difficult to see her way. She stretched out her arms with her hands grasping air. Feeling her way, touching the walls, the smooth cold tile. Why is there tiles she thought, this corridor leading nowhere, the doors ceased to be visible not because it was dark but because there were no more doors. The walls were continuously guiding her way, she was being squeezed there was just enough room for her, she was now walking. The further she walked the harder it was getting. She felt something tugging at her, she leaned forward, struggling to put one foot in front of the other, until she could move no more. Her body was doing the motions but she was not getting anywhere. The darkness that had enclosed her started to evaporate.
The sound of men behind her shouting for her to stop. The sound of gunfire, and bullets ricocheting off the walls. The screaming and shouting was getting louder, she could not see anyone, it was her who was screaming. The darkness was now almost gone, when a man appeared before her. The face she knew, she recognised him but just for a moment she could not put a name to him. Then it came to her 'Spencer' and she tried to speak his name but no words came from her mouth. His face showed fright, he was in pain, she could see tears in his eyes. Behind him another man appeared, he was laughing, Andrea could see evil his eyes. She shouted at Spencer but again no sound was heard. Still laughing the man produced a gun from his jacket and pointed it at Spencer. Andrea screamed, then shouted again, she felt her throat tightening, she was still hearing nothing. The man fired the gun, the bullet exited the gun barrel, slowly it travelled through the air. Andrea tried to grabbed Spencer, tried to push him but her hands went straight through him. The bullet was getting closer, Andrea closed her eyes, still seeing everything. She put her hands over her eyes, still she could see. The bullet was now so close she just screamed and screamed as the bullet entered Spencer's head. The blood spray slowly misted out from his head, until the bullet exited his forehead and took half his face with it. Andrea then could not see Spencer, he was no longer recognisable. Was it Spencer she was looking at, she wasn't sure anymore. She looked away, unable to look anymore, her eyes looked at the floor and she saw Spencer's face, the piece of his face that had been shot off. His body slowly collapsed, when suddenly sound hit her ears. The sound of laughing echoing from the man who killed Spencer, the laughing face of Gary Walters, the wealthy murderer, appeared in front of Andrea.
The vibration of the phone in Andrea's pocket was getting stronger the longer it continued. She suddenly jumped awake, she had been sweating, her forehead was soaked and her shirt was sticking to her. When she stood to retrieve her phone she almost collapsed back into the chair. Her injured leg had decided to tell her she should go to the doctor. She squealed as the pain shot up her calf into her thigh. It took a few seconds to gather her thoughts, she checked the caller ID as she put the phone to her ear, "Hello Alan, how's it going?" She was surprised when the female voice on the other end spoke, "Hi, I'm a friend of Alan, and am at his flat with him. He asked me to phone you and a Lois, he has been shot and is currently sleeping." Andrea interrupted her, "shot! how but…."
Rachel just said, "Look I am here and will tell you everything when you come to his flat. I assume you know where it is." she didn't give any chance for a conversation she ended the call.
"Is this still a dream?" she muttered. She looked at the time on her phone she had been asleep for nearly four hours. She found the number for Lois and pressed the button. It was engaged. She automatically thought the girl who rang her was now ringing Lois. Andrea had to make herself a some coffee before she went anywhere, her body was still sticking to her clothes and her emotions were still a little mixed up. A coffee or two was ideal medicine to calm her and bring her into reality.
Gerry A/C 2016©
Phrases, What a load of Rubbish.
Wednesday June 1st 2016
During the recent times, I watch films or programs on television. No matter who makes them, British, American or Canadian, I am not biased. I unfortunately have become critical about the scripts, or the scenes. My main beef is with our own local [British] soaps, but all are at my mercy. No holds barred. I smile as I say so. The big time director/writer. It is the silly inappropriate, unfitting phrases/comments in the dialogue that seem to be put in because they could not think of anything else or it is trendy.
It's complicated. [I didn't realise there is actually a film with this title]
complicated :
Having many connected parts: composed of many interrelated parts or features. Or the other person it is being said to is not very clever, very dim, thick, not as intelligent as the person saying these words. Yeh okay!
You wouldn't understand.
Amazing! – over used and always exaggerated.
amazing : causing amazement: so extraordinary or wonderful as to be barely believable or to cause extreme surprise.
You don't wanna know. – I wouldn't have asked if I didn't want to know????
You know what I mean!- No, I am so much denser than you, I have no idea….
Awesome. – Up there with Amazing, as one of the most over used and out of context words.
No question about it.– most times I have heard this made no sense at all. There was never a a question in the first place, and not likely to be.
Trust me, – or similar ie: Trust me I'm a …..??? do you trust me, I trust you do you trust me, you have to trust me. my answer WHY? there is another saying – never trust anyone who says trust me.
Gerry A/C 2016.
Friday 29th April 2016
Here in the UK it is May bank holiday weekend. Just hoping this music will make everyones weekend just a little bit better including mine. Have a great one.
This last video with David Massengill he played at the folk club I often visit and met him, not only is he a talented man he is very kind and generous one as well.
See you again soon. Gerry.
WPC -Abstract +Campnanowrimo.
Friday 22nd April 2016.
And Finally, yes done once again, the story is not completed so am carrying on with project.
Gerry Ainger/C 2016©
Restawyle – Rest Relax and Enjoy.
Is it April 1st? [Fools Day]
Friday 1st April 2016.
The Scribbler is striking again, is he not?
Yes it is that time of year again. Try to write an allotted amount of words in 30 days. April the first, yes it is Fools day all over the world. So! I hear you say is this a fools joke, 'Gerry is having another go' Is he really participating in this challenge? If I tell you I am will you believe me or will you say 'Na he's only joshing with us' But am I?
And on Thursday 21st January 2016.
WPC – Half Light
Share a photo inspired by a poem, verse, song lyric or story.
Unlike me of recent times I am posting three in five days. What-ever next!
Gerry Ainger/C 2016
Happy Easter to All.
Good Friday 25th March 2016.
Lymington-Keyhaven walk.
Monday 21st March 2016
http://restlessjo.me/ This post was suggested by the master of walking posts Jo of restlesjo fame.
Off we go. today is sunny with a chill in the air, remember we are by the sea. Occassionally the warmth could be felt on our backs
The yacht haven, millions of pounds here, not just boats but cars as well
The Lymington Lido.
Now called Lymington
Sea Water Baths.
Marsh banks and bay.
Conservation Area.
WPC – Life Imitates Art, maybe!
Saturda13th February 2016y
Life Imitates Art
Gerry A/C 2016©


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The Story of an Hour
by Kate Chopin
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Imagine living with someone for most of your life. You share not only your space and things with that person, but also all the little chores that make up daily life: cooking, cleaning, laundry, bills. Nothing in your life is entirely your own.
Now, imagine that one day you're free. You no longer need to care about another person. You just need to take care of yourself. In the mornings you eat cake instead of eggs. In the afternoons you go on a day trip or see your closest friends. At night you watch whatever you want to watch on TV and then sleep whenever you want. This freedom is what Chopin gets us to feel: that joy of experiencing your own desires without any restraints or concern for another.


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