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have some sprouted grains or handful raw nuts or 2TBS of natural peanut or almond butter with an apple! ;o)
I feel like I could eat a horse right now, I'm so hungry! This started within an hour of eating Steak. This hardly ever happens to me. I can usually fast until lunch if I want to so I'm quite perplexed.
Here's a link to my journal for anyone who might want to help figure this out.
have some sprouted grains or handful raw nuts or 2TBS of natural peanut or almond butter with an apple! ;o)
You're gonna hate this, but ... sometimes it just happens. Eat, if you're hungry. Sometimes (all the time?) our bodies are doing things we don't understand, or are stressed in ways we can't see. From what I've seen, a lot of people here have random "eat everything in sight" days. I usually eat in a 6-8 hour window, but sometimes I get so hungry when I wake up I just have to cook food.
Go with it.
This happens to me once every few months. For a few days (or sometimes a week) I'm just ravenous. I don't think there's anything wrong with it, just a natural cycle because I've been slowly losing weight.
I've also noticed that during that time I don't lose weight, but when it passes I catch right back up to my pace.
they work for me! let me clear, very very very very very small amount.
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Thanks everyone! Unfortunatly I'm stuck at work without food. I might have a few nuts in my stash Drawer...that'll have to do. I'm just getting over a virus. Maybe my body just need some extra nutrition.
I often eat more when I am sick. Also, if you are anywhere near PMS time, it is another thing that could make you hungry.
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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot
Mmmmm. Real food is good.
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Based upon those felt elves so many of us had in our childhood homes, this remix pattern combines the old style of the knee hugging felt elves with big eyed anime'/amigurumi type faces & non-traditional colors for an updated, modern appeal.
Each elf utilizes a small amount of yarn & stuffing and is relatively fast to create. Pattern includes 2 elf hat variations as well as a few clothing items/embellishments.
Also included in this pattern is a bonus design for a knee hugger Scottish fold ear kitty cat. All components are designed to be mixed and matched for your own customized version.
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Hi everyone...
I would like to know, how to identify manual Purchase orders in SAP. I need to get the following lists
i. Purchase orders created manually not through MRP process
ii. when a PO is created by converting a PR if additional lines are added in the converted POs
iii. If quantity changed in the POs which are converted from a PR
I actually analysed the tables EKKO, EKPO for Purchase orders and EBAN for Purchase requisition. In the EBAN table there is filed to identify purchase requisition which are created through MRP process. (If EBAN_ESTKZ= "B", it is created thorugh MRP Process).
However, there is no such fileds in EKKO, EKPO tables and Im in a need of your help. Is it possible to analyse these tables to get a list of manual POs.
I guess you can check the status field in the EKKO table to find out whether PO's are created manually or automatically via PR conversion.
i.e. the status will be B - Purchase Order from Automatic Conversion of Requisitions or 9 - Enjoy Purchase Order.
Also if you are using a background job for scheduling the PR-PO conversion with a different user-id.
You can differentiate the manual and auto-converted PO based on user-id.
Thanks n Regards,
Check EKKO-STATU field which tell you the status of PO created:
it will show status "9: Enjoy purchase order" if it is created manually.
it will show status "B: Purchase Order from Automatic Conversion of Requisitions" if PR automatically converted to PO.
You can refer the Table field EKKO-STATU to check how the Purchase order was created.
For example, check the following statuses.
B Purchase Order from Automatic Conversion of Requisitions (Auto PO conversion from PR)
C Purchase Order from Goods Receipt (Auto PO)
I Purchase Order from BAPI (PO created through a BAPI BAPI_PO_CREATE or BAPI_PO_CREATE1 (Enjoy)
X Purchase Order Created via Function Module (Created through Transportation module)
9 Enjoy Purchase Order (Manual PO)
Thank you everyone. I think this gives the solution to my issue. However, I checked with two tables of EKKO of two different companies. One company had only "9" in the filed and other company had "9" and blank in the EKKO_STATU filed.
Its is highly unlikely that the company which had "9" create purchase orders only manually. (couldnt confirm this from the Business users).
And then what does it mean if EKKO_STATU filed is blank.
EKKO-STATU will be blank if you Create a Purchase order from old transaction ME21. If you Create a Purchase order from Enjoy transaction ie ME21N the EKKO-STATU will be set to 9. Just check once.
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Directed by Peter Jackson, After successfully crossing over the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest–without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug.
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Is Lawrence Block giving his stamp-collecting hit man the last word?
If 'Hit Me' (Mulholland Books) turns out to be Lawrence Block's last work of fiction, as the 74-year-old mystery grandmaster suggested to the New York Daily News it might be, then it's a fine finale for a writer who never stopped growing, and who allowed some of his series characters the same privilege of changing.
I can't remember if I first found Block through his old fiction-writing column in Writer's Digest, or through one of his early Matthew Scudder or Bernie Rhodenbarr mysteries. But from the beginning I found his writing like pizza: good even in its ordinary manifestations, mind-blowing in its excellent ones. As a reader, I feel the same way about his late friend and occasional collaborator, Donald E. Westlake. As professional writers of popular fiction, they saw their job as keeping readers entertained enough to turn the page, and turn the pages we did. »Read Full Blog Post
Remembrance service; Taste of the Ward; bird watching
Honor our history
On May 5, 1886, several thousand laborers marched to the Bay View Rolling Mills to advocate for the eight-hour work day. When the marchers didn't stop after being ordered to do so, the state militia fired on the crowd, killing seven protesters and injuring many others. This infamous moment in Milwaukee history will be commemorated Sunday at 3 p.m. at the historical marker on S. Superior St. and E. Russell Ave. Historian John Gurda will moderate the remembrance, which features a re-enactment by the Milwaukee Public Theatre and the Milwaukee Mask and Puppet Theatre, folksinger Larry Penn and a wreath-laying ceremony with Anita Zeidler, daughter of Milwaukee's former mayor Frank Zeidler. The commemoration is free and open to the public. »Read Full Article
Windfall Theatre still in tune with 'A Little Night Music'
Many Stephen Sondheim musicals benefit from being performed in a smaller space, where voices and emotions require no amplification to be heard and seen. That's perhaps most true of "A Little Night Music" - a delectable lemon meringue that combines the delicate, light farce of Hugh Wheeler's book with the tart filling provided by Sondheim's score.
It's therefore no accident that the nearby Writers' Theatre production of "Night Music" last summer - in a house that barely seats 100 - was better in every way than the 2009 Broadway revival featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury. »Read Full Article(1)
In 'Sing Me a Story,' 2 pros put songs center stage
A great song, delivered well, is a powerful, powerful thing.
Stage veterans Kay Stiefel and Jack Forbes Wilson lit up the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre Friday evening, delivering a high-energy parade of musical gems and bringing those songs to life with the kind of theatrical polish that take years to learn/earn. »Read Full Article
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Happy Free Comic Book Day, the day that celebrates two of Milwaukee's favorite things: comic books and free stuff.
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The voice of Sara Bareilles could fill, and has filled, venues larger than the Humphrey Scottish Rite Masonic Center Auditorium, which sold out its 435-seat capacity when she stopped there Friday night.
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Bee Venom Therapy for Arthritis
Can a Bee Sting Help Arthritis?
Can a Bee Sting Help Arthritis?
If you have arthritis, you're most likely using standard treatment methods to ease joint pain and stiffness. These may include traditional medicine and lifestyle changes.
But some research suggests that a surprising alternative treatment may help treat arthritis: bee venom.
Click through the slideshow to learn more about how a bee sting might offer help for arthritis.
What Is Bee Venom Therapy?
What Is Bee Venom Therapy?
According to a study published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, bee venom has been used to treat various conditions for centuries, often delivered through acupuncture.
First, the bee venom is extracted, and then it's processed. The processed venom can then be targeted to specific locations on the body, depending on the disease.
Research Findings
Research Findings
Many researchers have studied how effective be venom can be for treating arthritis, particularly rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
One study published in the Chinese journal Acupuncture Research compared bee venom results in 100 RA patients. Fifty patients used traditional oral medicine, and 50 patients used oral medicine plus bee venom.
After three months, researchers found that both groups experienced improved joint swelling and pain. They also had fewer swollen joints.
Better with Venom?
Better with Venom?
According to the study, the group that used bee venom in addition to traditional medicine saw better results than those who used traditional medicine alone.
Researchers found that those in the group that used bee venom showed more improvement in joint swelling and pain, and morning stiffness.
Patients treated with bee venom plus oral medicine also had stronger grasp force, and their relapse rate was lower.
Animal Studies
Animal Studies
A separate study researched the effect of bee venom in lab rats. Researchers found that adjuvant arthritis was prevented in rats that were treated with whole bee venom. Adjuvant arthritis in rats is thought to model RA in humans.
Interestingly, researchers found that only whole bee venom worked. When they used only certain parts of the venom, it didn't prevent the rats' arthritis.
Researchers also found that when they waited for arthritis to appear before beginning treatment, the bee venom did not appear to alter the disease.
Controversy Continues
Controversy Continues
Despite these studies, there is still controversy about the effect of bee venom on arthritis. In one review, researchers reported that bee venom acupuncture (BVA) was found to be an effective anti-inflammatory. However, its effectiveness on arthritis was still unclear.
The researchers found 15 studies that met their criteria on bee venom. Yet, they reported that there was limited evidence demonstrating the efficacy of BVA. They also concluded that more studies and larger trials are needed to test BVA.
Talk to Your Doctor
Talk to Your Doctor
Now that you have learned about the possible benefits of adding bee venom therapy to traditional arthritis therapy, you may be tempted to start a bee venom treatment. But, it's important to talk to your doctor about any complimentary therapies. More studies are needed to research the effects of bee venom. Don't take it without a doctor's recommendation.
- Al - Samie Mohamed Ali, M. A. (2012). Studies on bee venom and its medical uses. International Journal of Advancements in Research & Technology, 1(2). Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://www.ijoart.org/docs/Studies-on-Bee-Venom-and-Its-Medical-Uses.pdf
- Lee, J., Park, H., Chae, Y., & Lim, S. (2005). An overview of bee venom acupuncture in the treatment of arthritis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2(1), 79-84. Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1062163/
- Liu, X., Zhang, J., Zheng, H., Liu, F., & Chen, Y. (2008). Clinical randomized study of bee-sting therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Zhen Ci Yan Jiu: Acupuncture Research, 33(3), 197-200. Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18807725
- Rheumatoid arthritis: Definition. (2013, July 27). Mayo Clinic. Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/rheumatoid-arthritis/DS00020
- Zurier, R., Mitnick, H., Bloomgarden, D., & Weissmann, G. (1973). Effect of bee venom on experimental arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 32, 466-470. Retrieved December 13, 2013, from http://ard.bmj.com/content/32/5/466.full.pdf
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MIFFLINTOWN -This summer, two of the area's most popular annual traditions will combine to produce what the organizers hope will be the musical event of the summer.
Big Tree Music and Art Festival, the brainchild of area arts enthusiasts Nick and Katy Hohol, will return to Arch Rock after a two-year absence. This year's festival, scheduled for Father's Day, June 15, will also be the inaugural summer outdoor Food Pantry Benefit Concert, continuing an annual tradition begun in 2008 by musicians Erica Shellenberger and Rotten Belly Michael - both of whom will appear at the day-long event.
A cross-section of the county's finest musicians and artists will provide entertainment, and the show will be topped by the homecoming of Nathaniel Hoho and his band, Walking Shapes. The festival will be held at Laurel Rock Farm in Arch Rock, near the site of the original, legendary Big Tree Festival.
Kathy Queitzsch, executive director of the Juniata County Food Pantry, is thrilled by the news.
"We are so excited to hear of the re-birth of the Big Tree Music Festival this summer, and very grateful and honored to be the beneficiary of this event. This will be the seventh year that our local musical talent have generously come together to share their gifts to benefit our residents in need. But this year we don't have to wait for the Save Thanksgiving benefit concert to enjoy their wonderful sounds."
The Save Thanksgiving concert, held each November, is expected to continue, but a conversation Pastor Bill Esborn had with some of that benefit's organizers brought to their attention the additional need the summer months bring to the Food Pantry and the county residents who rely on their services.
Queitzsch agrees. "Like everyone else, the Food Pantry's finances suffered from the long, hard winter and high heating bills as we tried to keep groceries on the shelves for more than 350 struggling families. After a particularly rough start to the year, the timing of this event is a godsend to the Juniata County Food Pantry and our neighbors in need."
In addition, the Food Pantry will again provide the Summer Backpack Lunch program to children who normally receive free or reduced lunches during the school year. This is the second year for this program. Many of these children go without meals during the summer as their families are unable to meet the increased demand for food. Children registered for the backpack program will received a free backpack (provided by a grant) which they can fill up every week at the Food Pantry with the ingredients for five lunches.
"The Big Tree Festival comes at just the right time to help us fund this program to keep our children from spending their summer vacation in hunger," Queitzsch said.
How the projected summertime Food Pantry Benefit concert became the rebirth of the Big Tree Festival was an organic process. Many of the organizers had been involved with the original Big Tree, and realized that the concert they were planning shared most of the ideals of the event. So they approached Nick and Katy Hohol and asked for their blessing in using the name, which so many Juniata residents hold in fond regard. The original Big Tree Family and Friends Festival, held in September 2009, outgrew its original modest aims, drawing hundreds of music fans to the Hohols' Arch Rock property and the towering, ancient buttonwood that gave the gathering its name.
By the following year, the crowd had doubled, drawn by a line-up of local talent. Art was included in the festivities, with paintings on display, artists at work, face painting and other kids' events. The official name was changed to Big Tree Music and Art Festival to reflect a broader view of the county's creativity.
The following year, an even larger crowd and an unexpected thunderstorm made it clear that the Big Tree needed to move to a bigger venue. No festival was held in 2012 or 2013, and it seemed like the Big Tree might never bloom again.
The couple was glad to see their original idea given another go.
"The Big Tree had outgrown our yard," Katy said.
"The spirit of Big Tree Music and Art Festival doesn't belong to Nick and I, it belongs to Juniata County," she said. "It's a spirit of music and art that's unique to Juniata County. It's a time for family, friends, fun and recognition of the wonderful, creative people Juniata County has to offer."
So the couple was happy to not only give their blessings, but to become actively involved in the planning. "After hearing of the additional help the Food Pantry needed during the summer months, we decided to partner with Laurel Rock Farm and offer our help," they said.
The original aim of the Big Tree was to pay the musicians, a goal future festivals may return to. The difference this year is that all the profits will go to the Juniata County Food Pantry - the bands are donating their talents for free.
"This is a real Big Tree," Katy said. "Nick and I had already talked about moving the festival to Laurel Rock Farm. Dave Britcher's beautiful facility is ideal for an event like this, and there's plenty of parking, which had become a real problem at our place. And rain won't stop the show - we can just move inside."
The festival is being held at the barn, a popular and spacious attraction at Laurel Rock.
To underline the connection to the original concert, the posters, programs and T-shirts feature the original classic artwork by Brian Geckle and Allison Smith. The musical line-up adheres to the Hohols' original goal of spotlighting the area's diverse pool of talent.
Artists confirmed include Jack Armstrong III and his band Aces & Eights, the traditional Hindu music of Bajans, the jazz/soul elegance of Blue Heron (featuring Delphine Kirkland), the solo guitar pyrotechnics of Austin Burns, alt-rock edginess from Con Spirito, original country from Earl Davis, the return of folk heroes the Heggs, a much-anticipated set by the Labour Party, the debut of Landing Leslie, the area's pop princess Pishima, raw rock from the Roads, the legendary Rotten Belly Blues, festival favorites the Truth Junkies, incendiary blues/rock from Erica Shellenberger and 61/49, and from NYC, Nathaniel Hoho and his band, Walking Shapes.
There will be art on display by local artists, including Brian Geckle, and vendors selling food, crafts and merchandise.
The suggested donation for the day-long festival is $10. However, as with every Food Pantry benefit, no one will be turned away. Any donation of a food item - even a can of beans - will get you in.
"This event is specifically for people who are struggling financially - we're certainly not going to deny them entrance to their own party," the organizers said. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."


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Cysts of the parotid glands were initially described in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 1988, as multiple cystic lesions associated with cervical lymphadenopathy and demonstrated by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.1 Parotid enlargement has been reported in approximately 1% to 10% of the population infected with HIV-1, mainly in adults.2- 5 In the pediatric HIV population, its prevalence is 1% to 10%.2 In a published series of Mexican children infected with HIV, a prevalence of 2.1% was demonstrated.3 However, information on parotid cysts in children with HIV/AIDS is scarce, as there is just 1 case report from 1991.5 Furthermore, in recent years a reduction in the incidence of this abnormality has been observed with the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with protease inhibitors. Therefore, no studies have evaluated the course of children infected with HIV who have parotid cysts. We present 4 cases observed in HIV-positive children treated at the Immunodeficiency Clinic of the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez (Mexico City, México) from 1993 to 2003.4
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Erie gaming authority awards 8 main street grants (updated 10 a.m.)
CORRY -- The Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority this morning awarded $93,954 in grants under a new program aimed at main street renewal.
The authority's board of directors awarded eight grants during a meeting at the Corry Higher Education Council.
Four of eight communities or nonprofits got the maximum under the program -- $15,000 each. Those were: Downtown North East, Inc., for a mural to welcome visitors; Girard Borough, for facade improvements on the historic Keystone Block building, 13-21 Main Street East; Union City Community House Association, for several developments, including a community pavilion and streetscape improvements; and Waterford Borough, for a community gazebo at Municipal Park.
The Corry Community Development Corp. got $6,500 to buy and maintain outdoor tables and chairs, wrought iron hanging flower baskets and flameless window candles along Center Street.
The other three grants were: Erie Downtown Partnership, $12,500 to update the downtown Erie master plan; Lawrence Park Township, $7,754 to buy benches, planters, an outdoor map and message center, trash and recycling receptacles along Main Street; and Sisters of St. Joseph Neighborhood Network, $7,200 for streetscape improvements along West 18th Street.
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Everyone knows our region is a natural gas goldmine.
But translating that into easy accessibility and an energy bargain for local residents is not as easy as most people might think.
That much became obvious at a Center for Rural Pennsylvania discussion last week on natural gas resources hosted by state Sen. E. Eugene Yaw, a Loyalsock Township Republican, and Rep. Garth Everett, a Muncy Republican.
Sen. Yaw observed that 20 years ago people thought natural gas supplies would run dry and gas lines weren't being extended.
Now there is plenty of natural gas but an inadequate network of gas lines.
That's a shame, because if the supply is available, natural gas is among the cheapest forms of energy.
And there is a demand for it. UGI Utilities Inc. Vice President of Marketing Allen Westbrook testified at the meeting that of some 7,400 of the company's new residential heating customers last year, 80 percent switched from oil to natural gas. And those customers saw an average annual savings of $1,500.
That's not chump change.
To make the supply more accessible requires more gas lines, but putting a main gas line along a highway or tapping into a gathering line costs between $250,000 and $1 million.
Yaw suggested companies may need incentives to extend lines given those costs, but we can almost hear the screaming already from zealots who don't even want the natural gas companies here.
Of course, forgotten amid all the gnashing of teeth will be the potential energy savings natural gas can bring to consumers.
We can't have it both ways, complaining about the environmental nuisance and expense that oil brings with it as an energy source while stubbornly refusing to allow the cleaner, more efficient and cheaper natural gas industry to grow to its potential.


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* Maui High School Grade 12
* GPA: 3.6 (AP world history, English, macroeconomics, microeconomics)
* SPORTS: Judo, wrestling, football
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* FAMILY: John and Jeannie Kitagawa of Kahului
* ACTIVITIES: DECA, surfing, bodyboarding, hiking
* FUTURE PLANS: Studying sports medicine at the University of Hawaii
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Sports Spotlight students are selected by athletic officials from Maui County high schools and these profiles are compiled by the sports department of The Maui News. The Alexander & Baldwin Foundation makes a $200 donation in honor of each student athlete to their high school's athletic fund.
* SPORTS LESSONS: "Being an athlete has taught me to be self-disciplined and responsible. Sports has also taught me the value of teamwork and how important it is when achieving my goals."


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Perrotto's Latest: Teixeira, Burnett, Wilson
By Nat Boyle [November 30 at 1:02pm CST]
John Perrotto of Baseball Prospectus has his Sunday article up. Let's go through it:
-The Angels may be willing to match the Yankees $140MM offer to CC Sabathia. They won't offer 10 years to Mark Teixeira. If they can't land Teixeira, they will consider Pat Burrell for first base.
-A.J. Burnett is looking at the Blue Jays, Red Sox, Yankees, Braves, Orioles, and Phillies.
-The Twins want a left-side infielder for Delmon Young, so they can open a spot for Denard Span in the starting lineup.
-The Tigers are pursuing Jack Wilson from the Pirates and Matt Treanor from the Marlins. They are also putting high priority on signing Joe Beimel who's getting interest from a number of teams.
-The Dodgers will not re-sign Rafael Furcal for health reasons so the Giants, Athletics, and Reds are his most likely destinations.
-The Cubs will need to offer more than Jason Marquis to the Royals for David DeJesus. If they can't get it done, they'd sign Raul Ibanez over Bobby Abreu.
-The Braves are interested in Javier Vazquez and Jermaine Dye...
-The Reds need to offer more than Homer Bailey to get Dye.
-The Mets are considering Jon Garland, Vazquez, Edwin Jackson, Andy Sonnanstine. --The Rays want more than Aaron Heilman for either of their starters.
-The Mets could soon become suitors for Manny Ramirez.
-The Brewers could soon become suitors for Francisco Rodriguez.
-The Astros are targeting Paul Bako and David Ross as backup catchers.
-The Rockies are trying to find lefthanders, eyeing Alan Embree, Will Ohman, Brian Shouse, and Glendon Rusch.
Cafardo's Latest: Lowe, Lowell, Dye, Saltalamacchia
By Nat Boyle [November 30 at 12:18pm CST]
Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe says when Derek Lowe sat down with his agent, he inquired first about the Boston Red Sox. Says Cafardo,
"This Lowe doesn't bear much resemblance to the guy who left the Sox after 2004. Back then, his out-of-control personal life seemed to consume him. The Red Sox didn't want to deal with it and let him become a free agent. Lowe feels leaving was the best thing. 'I think I'm a lot better pitcher now, teammate now, than I was four years ago,' he said. 'Sometimes you have to learn, and I think getting out of Boston was the best thing for me.'"
Lowe notes the Red Sox fit the mold of what he's looking for in his next team.
And around the bigs:
-Roy Oswalt is pushing Ben Sheets to consider the Astros.
-Split opinions on interest in Mike Lowell, but either way this shouldn't affect the Red Sox pursuit of Mark Teixeira. Cafardo lists Dodgers, Angels, Indians, and Twins as possible destinations for Lowell.
-Jermaine Dye is a good fit for Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, and the Mets. The White Sox would want more than Andy Sonnanstine or Edwin Jackson in exchange for Dye.
-Jarrod Saltalamacchia looks good in the Dominican League, hitting .435 with 4 homeruns and 2 doubles in 23 ABs.
-Willie Bloomquist could be Alex Cora's replacement at utility in Boston.


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Apple Bottom - So Says Tom DeMark 0 commentsFeb 1, 2013 1:59 PM | about stocks: AAPL
Interesting interview with Tom DeMark today on CNBC where he called bottom in Apple. Says to watch for gap up on Monday, which would complete Island Reversal.
The positive divergence for the MACD remains in place, where Apple made new lows, while the lines of the MACD did not. Needs a positive MACD cross-over to confirm, though chart does look like the stock wants to move above 600 to complete a near double top.
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The project will require six weeks to complete. There will be one-way alternating traffic for six weeks controlled by stop and yield signs. The single traffic lane will be 14 feet wide.
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The B-list rules Hollywood's fall and holiday movie season: Bond, Bella and Bilbo.
Daniel Craig is back as James Bond in "Skyfall," the super-spy's first adventure in four years, one of the longest 007 hiatuses in the franchise's 50-year history.
Kirsten Stewart returns for her swan song as Bella Swan, alongside vampire hubby Robert Pattinson and jealous werewolf pal Taylor Lautner in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 2," the franchise finale.
And Bilbo Baggins goes jewelry shopping for an evil ring in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," the first installment in Peter Jackson's three-part prelude to his Academy Award-winning adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."
Ian McKellen, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood and others reprise their "Lord of the Rings" roles, but "The Hobbit" hinges on newcomer Martin Freeman as Bilbo.
The filmmakers were so set on him that production halted for three months while Freeman returned to "Sherlock," the British TV hit in which he plays Dr. Watson.
"It was sort of unheard of for a big-budget movie, but because we wanted him so badly, the studio supported us, and we made that provision in our schedule," Jackson said. "He carries the movie. You get that casting wrong and you're in huge trouble."
Here's a look at other upcoming highlights:
Adam Sandler's in voice-only mode as Dracula in the animated monster mash "Hotel Transylvania." Joaquin Phoenix stars as a World War II vet mesmerized by a cult leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman) in "The Master."
For baseball fans, there's "Trouble with the Curve," starring Clint Eastwood as an old-timer on a scouting trip with his daughter (Amy Adams).
Time-travel geeks can watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a hit man trying to snuff his older self (Bruce Willis) in "Looper," also featuring Emily
Gordon-Levitt underwent three hours of makeup each day to look more like Willis. He repeatedly watched his co-star's movies and studied Willis' dialogue on his iPod. "But the most productive thing was just spending time with him. Having dinner, talking about music or whatever and getting to know each other," Gordon-Levitt said.
Liam Neeson returns as a violently over-protective family man in "Taken 2." Brad Pitt's a mob enforcer tracking rogue hoods in "Killing Them Softly."
Kevin James goes from lethargic science teacher to mixed martial arts sensation in the comedy "Here Comes the Boom."
Ben Affleck directs and stars in "Argo," a rescue thriller about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and a big ensemble take on multiple roles in "Cloud Atlas," an epic spanning centuries and genres.
And Tim Burton resurrects an old friend with "Frankenweenie," his animated update of a live-action short film he made in the 1980s, centered on a kid who pulls a Frankenstein to revive his cherished, perished dog.
"It's like the first pure relationship you have as a child, if you have a good pet," Burton said. "Also growing up loving, like, 'Frankenstein' movies, there's something about a boy and his dog and a 'Frankenstein' story that doesn't seem that dissimilar."
Judi Dench's M steps up in a more pivotal role as spy master to Craig's 007 in "Skyfall," in which Bond's loyalty to his boss is tested by revelations from her past.
Steven Spielberg directs Daniel-Day Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in "Lincoln."
Keira Knightley and Jude Law star in a new take on Leo Tolstoy's epic romance "Anna Karenina."
Denzel Washington's a pilot who miraculously lands his damaged jetliner in "Flight."
A couple of animated tales debut for the holidays: "Wreck-It-Ralph," with John C. Reilly providing the voice of a second-banana video game character striking out on his own; and "Rise of the Guardians," an adventure with Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and other mythical beings battling an evil spirit.
"Twilight" has been a rarity for male-oriented Hollywood, a blockbuster franchise aimed
almost exclusively at women.
Bill Condon, director of the final two "Twilight" movies, recalls studio hand-wringing over "Dreamgirls," his musical that became a hit largely because of female crowds.
"People were so concerned about who was going to go see it," Condon said. "I think it's exciting when not every movie's got to be aimed at just that one demographic."
"The Hobbit" has some action competition for the holidays in Tom Cruise's "Jack Reacher," with Katie Holmes' ex playing a former military cop investigating a sniper case. Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained" stars Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio in a pre-Civil War bounty hunter saga.
Among comedies, Billy Crystal and Bette Midler play grandparents at odds with their daughter (Marisa Tomei) in "Parental Guidance"; Seth Rogen goes on a road trip with his domineering mom (Barbra Streisand) in "The Guilt Trip"; and Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann revisit their marital woes as they reprise their "Knocked Up" characters in "This Is 40."
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway team for an big-screen adaptation of the musical "Les Miserables," based on Victor Hugo's classic. A scheduling conflict forced Hathaway out of an earlier movie musical, "The Phantom of the Opera." She now counts it a blessing, saying "Les Miserables" more than compensates.


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In Defense of Chris Carter's Latest Season of The X-Files
Season ten had its flaws, but after revisiting all six episodes, I believe it's the virtues that will resonate over time.By Matt Zoller Seitz
Season ten had its flaws, but after revisiting all six episodes, I believe it's the virtues that will resonate over time.By Matt Zoller Seitz
Great news if you want to believe!By Halle Kiefer
It's time to talk about Chris Carter's other apocalyptic series.By Greg Cwik
According to insiders on the red carpet.By Lisa Butterworth and Kelly Marino
He doesn't say whether his source was ever heard from again.By Greg Cwik
It begins in 35,000 BC, with some black oil ...By Ira Madison III
Kumail Nanjiani hosted an X-Files marathon and talked to Chris Carter about why there probably won't be a third X-Files film.By Ira Madison III
American paranoia has only increased since the last time The X-Files was on the air.By Mark Jacobson
But will it ever see the light of day?By Dee Lockett
K-I-S-S-I-N-G alert.By Sean Fitz-Gerald
"We want to satisfy the mythology of it."By Halle Kiefer
Plus, Carter debunks the rumor (set forth by David Duchovny) that Mulder and Scully married.By Kara Cutruzzula
You might recognize them.By Ira Madison III
Plus: Joel McHale!By Nate Jones
Hope is out there.By E. Alex Jung
The After isn't happening.By Josef Adalian
"Hold on a second. [Looks at phone] I just got a text message from David Duchovny."By Josef Adalian
For Amazon.By E. Alex Jung
The X-Files creator's return is entirely welcome. Also: a decent cop show based on Michael Connelly's beloved cop.By Matt Zoller Seitz
Including Chris Carter's The After, Jill Soloway's Transparent, and Mozart in the Jungle with Gael García Bernal.By Lindsey Weber


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Lost Abbey Red PoppyWednesday, September 1st, 2010
I apologize, I don't recall how this beer came into my beer cave. I know it came as part of a trade…. None-the-less, I'm surprised I still have room for more beer after the amazing showcase of Iron Brewer beer I had earlier tonight. But, it is here and it's time for this Lost Abbey Red Poppy to met its maker!


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What does the X stand for? Did they explain? - Ooops sorry re readI wonder why they steered away from 5 as the 1 series was always named after the digic processor number... eg 1d3 - digic 3 - 1d4 digic 4- I realise they crossed over the two models... but I thought the numbering system was quite effective
What's Canon waiting?Sony and Nikon have their FF models delayed due to the floods. And sure it's not 100% but it makes a lot of sense as factories aren't working at all, and won't be for the next few weeks/months. Nikon stated full production will return in early 2012, so they could announce a FF model only some time before, not 6 months earlier.There's no need to rush and announce the 5D MK III. II still sells very well, and they just announced their most professional camera ever, along with new video products. It needs everyone's attention, and the 5D MK III most likely won't get an announcement before the 1DX is out. Maybe it will, but it definitely won't be available before it. I also doubt it will be X. X stands for a merge, X stands for 10th generation and Xtreme. A 5D with more megapixels and 4fps wouldn't be that extreme


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OTTAWA - The Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) is pleased to announce that Vincent X. Genest is the recipient of the 2016 Doctoral Prize. Dr. Genest will receive his award and present a lecture at the CMS Winter Meeting to be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, December 2-5, 2016.
The CMS annually awards the Doctoral Prize to a doctoral student from a Canadian university who has demonstrated exceptional performance in mathematical research. The Doctoral Prize recipients are selected primarily based on the impact of their results and the creativity of their dissertations; other activities and accomplishments in the area of mathematics are also taken into consideration.
Each student earned an award for Canada after competing against over 600 students at the world's most challenging high school mathematics competition.
OTTAWA — Six of the country's best mathematics students will represent Canada as part of Math Team Canada. Qi Qi (Phillips Exeter Academy), Kai Sun (AB Lucas Secondary School), Kevin Sun (Phillips Exeter Academy), Jinhao Xu (University Hill Secondary School), Ruizhou Yang (University Hill Secondary School), and William Zhao (Richmond Hill High School) will represent Canada at the 57th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in Hong Kong from July 4-16.
OTTAWA – McGill University Associate Professor Louigi Addario-Berry is the recipient of the 2016 Coxeter-James Prize for his outstanding contributions to mathematical research. Louigi Addario-Berry works on the interface of probability and combinatorics, and "has emerged as one of the leaders of his generation in the area of discrete probability," one referee said.
Happy Rounded Pi Day 3.1416 ! And Happy 137th birthday to Einstein!
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OTTAWA – University of British Columbia Associate Professor Malabika Pramanik is the recipient of the 2016 Krieger-Nelson Prize for her outstanding research contributions. Pramanik uses analytical tools to answer questions about pattern identification in sparse sets; that is, in finding regular structures within sets that are otherwise very disordered and thin.
The winning design will appear on CMS T-shirts for more than 1,000 students across Canada.
The 48th Canadian Mathematical Olympiad (CMO) will be held on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. In North America, South America, and Central America and in time zones covering these areas, the competition will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Elsewhere in the world, the 3 hour writing period will be arranged in consultation with the CMS. All exams will be proctored by officials who are not family-related to any of the participants being supervised.
The CMO is open only to students who have received a direct invitation from the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS). The CMS will provide registration information to schools with eligible students in early March. Teachers must complete and submit the registration form with each student by March 18, 2016. Once registration is completed, the CMS will mail the competition kit directly to the exam proctoring official.


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In another win for pro-lifers, Virginia's busiest abortion clinic is closing.
Stricter state and city abortion regulations put into place this year forced the Northern Virginia Women's Healthcare of Fairfax County to shut its doors.
Open since 2006, the clinic performed more abortions than any other clinic in the state.
NOVA is one of many clinics affected by new abortion guidelines sweeping across the country.
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ADIDAP Flickr Round [2008-12-14]
Download your copy of ADIDAP 2009 Calendar today
One year ago I've shared with you my wish to create a calendar out of the best pictures of flickr group. And today this 12 months in the making project comes to an end and I am happy to give you the first ADIDAP calendar ever for the year 2009 and I hope you will enjoy it.
12 months, 12 winning pictures and 11 flickr photographer listed here in no particular order:
- maya e.
- Jim's Photography
- akhater (me)
- lacadaz
- Victor Bezrukov with 2 pictures in the calendar !
- davebcohen
- hora9
- su3h3nry
Off Topic: Five Things Meme
It seems there is a cool thing on the net called "Five Things Meme" and I've been tagged to it by my friend and fellow photographer Shawn
So here is my list trying to stay away from photography (as much as possible that is)
In your bedroom project winner
It is (big) time to finish the "In your bedroom" photography project.
I can't say the project had a lot of entries but I would like to thank the 7 peoples who did take the time to participate and I am sorry for my poor performance in keeping it in a timely fashion.
Congratulations to Jesse Baynard for winning this project with 50% of all votes.
I would like to take the opportunity to remind you that there is a 1 year free pro smugmug account to be won right now at adidap (for a total value of $150) do not miss it!
ADIDAP Flickr Round: November 2009
jgeraert wins the picture of the month for October and will be featured in the ADIDAP's 2009 calendar
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CNBC lobbed Timothy Geithner a softball this morning to allow the Treasury Secretary an opportunity to explain away his role in the LIBOR manipulation scandal.
CNBC softball: ' Let me just ask you this recent libor –I'm reluctant to call it a scandal but an libor flap. The Wall Street Journal editorial and lots of other people are saying Tim Geithner knew about this, wrote a memo in 2008. If it was such a great problem or such a great scandal why Mr. Geithner did regulators do so little? Why didn't you make a bigger stink?'
Geithner's response?: 'We did the right and necessary thing and we did it early.'
If by 'we did the right thing' you mean handed down explicit instructions on what rates should be submitted by the banks, then yes Timmy, we are positive you did do 'the right thing' for the TBTF banks and the Fed.
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Results, reports and highlights from Germany's path to qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
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Last updated: 12/03/10 at 13:08
Tags: Klose Germany Duetschland Ballack Podolski
Germany takes on Ghana in a crucial Group D match-up. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/team/fixtures/_/id/481/germany?cc=5901&ver=us
Germany takes on Serbia in their second group D match.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/team/fixtures/_/id/481/germany?cc=5901&ver=us
Germany faces Australia to kick off their Group D play.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/team/fixtures/_/id/481/germany?cc=5901&ver=us
Germany stayed perfect in group play with a 1-1 tie on a late goal by Podolski.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236565&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
Germany clinched a spot in the 2010 World Cup by defeating Russia. An early strike from Klose put them up one and they held on with only ten men for the victory.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236545&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
Germany secured a comfortable win over Azerbaijan, putting them within range of a World Cup berth.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236525&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
Germay stretched their lead in the group over Russia with a 2-0 win away.
Goals by Schweinsteiger and Klose.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=266233&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
A second half own goal by Wales put Germany up 2-0 and they held on for full points.
Goal by Michael Ballackhttp://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=234180&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
Germany recorded another easy victory against the group minnow.
Goals by Ballack, Podolski, Jansen and Schweinsteiger http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236451&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
Germany scored twice in the first half and held on for the win against their biggest group rivals Russia.
Goals by Podolski and Ballackhttp://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236411&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
Wales nearly pulled off the impossible draw, but Germany scored late to take full points and stay on top of the group.
Goal by Piotr Trochowski.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=234178&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
A Klose hat trick highlighted a high scoring affair and saved a point on the road for Germany.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236392&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901
Germany rolled to an easy win, Podolski striking twice against Liechtenstein.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=236371&league=FIFA.WORLDQ.UEFA&cc=5901


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MVB's Owens Named Defensive Player of the Week
ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Ball State men's volleyball middle attacker Kevin Owens was named MIVA Defensive Player of the Week after his performance in sweeps over Quincy and Lindenwood. This is the second time this season Owens has received the award.
Owens led the blocking unit for Ball State this past weekend with 1.50 blocks per set. In addition, the junior middle blocker was credited with a 2.17 kills per set average off a .500 hitting percentage. Owens also recorded a service ace in the victory over Lindenwood.
Ball State is 18-5 so far this season and 7-5 in MIVA action. The Cardinals are riding a 10-match winning streak which is the longest winning streak since the 2008 season when BSU won 11 in a row.
The Cardinals will wrap up the regular season this weekend with matches against Lewis and Loyola-Chicago at Worthen Arena.


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Emmy Nomination Preview 2011 - Outstanding Comedy Series
'Glee' and 'Modern Family' will probably face off again
By Daniel Fienberg Tuesday, Jul 5, 2011 12:03 AM
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Josh (guest)Parks & Rec
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
South Park
But what do I know? I use the internet.
BTW, I haven't mentioned this yet Dan but thanks for taking the time to make these lists up for each category. All have been very entertaining to read.July 5, 2011 at 12:28AM ESTReply to Comment
ChrissyYeesh. That is a depressing list of front runners.
Its Always Sunny
30 Rock
Eh...I guess I'd throw P&R a bone here given the critical love. It's not a favorite of mine, but it's probably "better" than some other shows that make me laugh a whole lot more.
(Obviously that's a wishlist, not a prediction. I don't watch most of the shows at the top of this pack.)July 5, 2011 at 12:36AM ESTReply to Comment
Hans (guest)What catagory is Archer submitted in?July 5, 2011 at 12:42AM ESTReply to Comment
forgI'm so sure you just had a separate Cougar Town gallery instead of being in the "notable" categories just because you could comment on the title haha.
And come on, I know it was not a good season overall but you don't even have HIMYM on the other notable list? That's sad :(July 5, 2011 at 12:46AM ESTReply to Comment
danForg - I *could* have put "HIMYM" on the "notable" lisht, I suppose. I mean, I put "Entourage" there. But really, if "HIMYM" gets nominated for this dreadful year (after getting snubbed in its very deserving first through third season), I would be really, really annoyed. Better to just ignore it and hope that voters will do the same?
-DanielJuly 5, 2011 at 8:41AM EST
Mike (guest)You're probably right that Parks and Rec will not get nominated due to the poor decision making of emmy voters, but at the same time, this is kind of a special case in terms of a snub, isn't it? I mean, this season of Parks and Recreation is truly one of the absolute best seasons of comedy in television history. Arrested Development Season 1 and Seinfeld Season 4, the only two seasons of comedy I'd definitely put ahead of Parks Season 3, both managed to win the Emmy their respective years... I'm looking at this (as well as Offerman for supporting) like Aaron Paul last year, where a broken clock does manage to be right twice a day. Hopefully that holds true for Parks here.
To be fair though, the Emmys have done worse... just ask David Simon, Michael K. Williams, Jason Alexander(yes, he got nominated a million times, but not one win), and Katey Sagal.July 5, 2011 at 12:55AM ESTReply to Comment
Tom (guest)If they went on merit, then they would not nominate 30 Rock, the Office or Nurse Jackie this year; and instead have Louie, P&R, Modern Family, BBT, and 1 animated show (Id choose Archer, but South Park had an awesome season, Family Guy was as good as it's ever been.)
But I think Tina Fey did another Sarah Palin impression so 30 Rock has to stink up the list yet again.July 5, 2011 at 1:56AM ESTReply to Comment
Um...excuse me?neither archer nor south park submitted in comedy series (they submitted in animated series). only family guy.
and 30 rock is awesome. just because u dont like it doesnt mean other dont people love it. bleh!July 5, 2011 at 3:41AM EST
DuvisitedOh, okay. I was wondering why both Dan and Alan had left Archer off their lists.July 5, 2011 at 5:29PM EST
reno (guest)If I had the ability to nominate my favorite funnies, it would be:
Parks and Rec
30 Rock
Honorable mentions for Idiot Abroad, Running Wilde, Bored to Death and Workaholics. If Death Comes to Town was a full series, I'd vote for it over Portlandia or 30 Rock. This section of the actual emmys will make me sad when I read about it.July 5, 2011 at 4:12AM ESTReply to Comment
Jake AndersonMy dream nominees would be:
Parks & Recreation (winner)
United States of Tara
Cougar Town
30 Rock
Community certainly is the most creative of the bunch, Parks & Recreation is the fullest formed series with a great ix of character-work and amusing storylines. United States of Tara, while not in any way a comedy, still deserves its dues for being such a fantastic and ambitious show. It's terrible that it got cancelled. There was times in the first season of Louie where I just had to pause because I thought I was having a heart attack from laughing, but it wasn't as consistent as the other shows I picked, and at times it might've been a bit too depressing. 30 Rock had easily one of its best seasons yet, and I'm happy that it is a lock to be nominated again this year for comedy series.
These shows will get nominated:
The Office
Modern Family
Hot in Cleveland
The Big C
30 Rock
I wouldn't put it past the academy to put the woefully unfunny Nurse Jackie in that category as well, even if it's undeserved for its lazy, uneven third season. Parks & Recreation is certainly a dark horse as well, due to the love for Amy Poehler and the buzz surrounding it. The Office is deserved, if only for the farewell Carell arch of the season. Sadly I think Modern Family played it a bit too safe this year, with little character development and a bit too obvious laughs. Felt very much dumbed down this year. Glee doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as many of these others shows after the inconsistent and down-right terrible season it had, but it will get nominated nevertheless. The terrible Hot in Cleveland will sadly also get nominated due to its Golden Globe nomination earlier this year, and its throwback nature to comedies of the 80s and 90s. Betty White certainly helps it. The Big C is undeserved due to how inconsistent it was – terrific pilot, some good episodes along the way, others truly horrible, but a fantastic finale. I find all the characters grating and there wasn't too many laughs in the best episodes of the series. As said earlier, 30 Rock is the only deserving nominee from those who will certainly get in the race. That's a bit depressing to think of, given how terrific Community, Parks & Recreation and Cougar Town have all been this season.July 5, 2011 at 8:07AM ESTReply to Comment
par3182 (guest)my wish list -
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Modern Family
Parks and Recreation (winner)
Raising Hope
30 RockJuly 5, 2011 at 9:14AM ESTReply to Comment
Johh W (guest)Parks & Recreation and Community remind me of Newsradio and Scrubs when it first aired. Two funny under appreciated shows with great casts.July 5, 2011 at 12:02PM ESTReply to Comment
LJAGlee? The Big C? Jesus, I know you're right, but it really depresses me. I hate those goddamned awful shows.July 5, 2011 at 1:16PM ESTReply to Comment
Matt (guest)One thing that always confuses me about the Emmys comedy track record with regard to something like Community and Parks and Rec (and NewsRadio during it's time) is that the Emmys do often reward quality. Cheers and Seinfeld both got tons of Emmy love (and in both cases, before they got major ratings love, especially Cheers getting nominated for its dismally rated first season), The Larry Sanders Show got a bunch of nominations, even as late as the early 00s, Arrested Development got nominated all 3 years and won for the first one, not to mention another low rated show on the same network in the same time slot with similar critical love, 30 Rock, won the award 3 straight times. What is different about Community, Parks and Rec and NewsRadio?July 5, 2011 at 1:45PM ESTReply to Comment
Saulo (guest)The problem remains the same: the show's network. The Office and 30 Rock airs on NBC. Parks and Recreation and Community ALSO airs on NBC. They should have an Outstanding NBC Comedy Series category!July 5, 2011 at 4:58PM ESTReply to Comment
AndrewWere I nominating, I'd go with:
Parks & Rec
Modern Family
30 Rock
It'w Always Sunny in Philadelphia
With Parks & Rec winning. But then, I'm not an Emmy voter.July 5, 2011 at 5:36PM ESTReply to Comment
rayme (guest)Thanks for the love on Warren the Ape. Wow, what a funny show.July 5, 2011 at 9:29PM ESTReply to Comment
Hector (guest)It's so upsetting that there's a very real chance not a single one of the six funniest shows on TV will be among the six outstanding comedy series nominees. What the hell is wrong with the Emmys ability to judge quality comedies?July 6, 2011 at 6:17AM ESTReply to Comment
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If the county is broke and reeling from the hundreds of million dollars in theft, corruption and money wasted because of bribery and sweatheart deals, why didn't it seek restitution from Grady "Roland" Pugh Sr.?
I mean the guy did the county wrong. And while he was doing it he set up a $20 million off-shore bank account. Before he got caught, anyway.
Well, it's not too late, apparently. The county may get some of that back, despite the fact a judge didn't order restitution at Pugh's sentencing last week at least in part because the county didn't ask for it. County lawyers say the feds will seek repayment from Pugh, but they have not yet tallied up what Pugh will owe.
"It will be a lot," county lawyer Theo Lawson said.
Pugh's lawyer, Fournier "Boots" Gale, said he and Pugh expect they'll work something out.
That's good. For a minute it looked as if one of the guys most able to pay for some of his wrongs was going to get away cheap while county lawyers slept at the bench.
The jury's still out on that one, so they get a chance at redemption. Pugh does not. He was sentenced to serve three years and nine months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine.
Hey, it's not exactly hard time, but it has to be tough on a 68-year-old millionaire. Good.
If you want to read more about why county residents ought to be incensed about the crimes of Pugh and others, as always check out my column.


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Carey Graeber: Rediscovering Dorothy for All of Us
September 22, 2009 by Elizabeth Willse
Filed under Books, Profiles
(In honor of the September 29 70th anniversary screening of The Wizard of Oz in Central Park, with a free concert beforehand featuring Jennifer Hudson. — Ed.)
Learning that Carey Graeber was a college student before she saw The Wizard of Oz in its entirety isn't all that strange. "We had a black and white TV when I was growing up. So when it came on TV, I didn't get what the big reveal was, the big deal that everything turns into color."
The documentary filmmaker is working on a bit of transformative wizardry of her own. Graeber, along with writer Mona Kanin, is finishing work on Rediscovering Dorothy, a documentary exploring the origins of one of the most enduring films and cultural reference points. Tracing L. Frank Baum's history, she uncovered his outspoken mother-in-law Matilda Joslyn Gage, a dynamic feminist before the word was ever used.
Matilda Joslyn Gage was at the forefront of the women's movement, working alongside Susan B. Anthony for women's right to vote. And yet, her activism and her connection to L. Frank Baum's creation have often gone unacknowledged.
The documentary began in 2001, as part of a local PBS project called Public Square. Graeber's interest in Baum and Gage started with a colleague sending her an essay by Sally Roesch Wagner, the executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.
Growing up in Aberdeen, South Dakota, Graeber didn't know that she shared a hometown with L. Frank Baum . A businessman, Baum had moved his family from Fayetteville, New York, to Aberdeen when it was just barely a settlement, opening a specialty dry goods store in the hopes of a bustling town that never quite materialized. Baum went bankrupt a number of times, but never got discouraged. One of his business ventures was the local newspaper, for which he also wrote editorials and some satire.
"There probably would not be a Dorothy if not for [Baum's wife] Maud and Matilda Joslyn Gage, two very strong women in L.Frank Baum's life," says Michael Patrick Hearn, author of The Annotated Wizard of Oz. Gage, Baum's mother-in-law, was his "intellectual mentor, providing Baum with the social-reform vision that became the blueprint for his utopian world of Oz," according to Wagner.
Gage was instrumental in getting Baum to write down and publish the Oz stories he'd been telling to entertain children. "You're a fool if you don't publish them," she told her son-in-law. The first of fourteen Oz books, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was published in 1900. Baum applied his entrepreneurial spirit to marketing the books, producing an Oz musical in 1903, and even participating in early Oz films.
An outspoken advocate for both women's and Native American rights, the inspiration for Dorothy was fiercely independent. Gage was adopted into the Wolf Clan of the Haudenasonee Iroquois Indians in 1893, after she had written numerous articles detailing, with the utmost respect, the equality of genders she observed in the Native American social structure. She was a contemporary of Susan B. Anthony, working towards equal rights for women, including the right to vote.
"You have to understand," says Graeber, "In 1876, married women weren't allowed to do anything, or own anything. Women who wanted to organize a centennial celebration for the nation couldn't rent the hall, if they were married. They had to get a single woman to rent the hall." She adds that the early women's movement was funded by men, because women had so few essential rights.
Gage was one of the first women to advocate for women's financial rights. Graeber credits her as the driving force behind several of the suffrage movement's key strategies. "She was the architect of several acts of civil disobedience," Graeber said, adding that Gage secured for women the right to vote in school board elections in New York State.
Gage's book Women, Church and State (1893) argues for a more complete separation of church and state, and saw churches too often obstructing women's rights. Her position put her at odds with her contemporaries' alliance between women's suffrage efforts and the temperance movement — a strategic coalition that was commonly seen as a winning strategy.
As she explored further, Graeber discovered that at a crucial moment: Gage lacked funds to get to Seneca Falls — and thereby was left out of a critical vote to merge the interests of temperance and suffrage. Thus came a rift that put Gage on one side, and Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton on the other. Gage felt that Anthony had betrayed her, and even compromised what the women's movement stood for.
Graeber points out that now, Gage's anticlericalism feels "prescient about problems society now faces," such as allegations of church corruption, and the entanglement of church and state. But that rift is also why the name of Matilda Joslyn Gage is so unfamiliar today.
Over the course of researching and filming the documentary, Graeber's view of that rift has evolved. She remembers, she says, being more militant about giving the wronged Gage a voice. She has come to see that "politics is hard. One of the reasons women didn't get to vote until 1920 was that the big liquor lobby fought it, fearing temperance. We got to vote, and temperance was passed."
Usually, schools don't emphasize these commercial, pragmatic aspects of history in schools, Graeber added.
"Women's history is complicated, and we don't have the venue to learn about it. It's hard to be realistic about the inside of women's history, and we're so fragile about it, that learning the truth surprises us. There are people who won't be interested in hearing this, that we shouldn't be airing our dirty laundry, that we should keep Anthony on her pedestal. I say we have a responsibility to truth. We're not making up what happens. Its facts. If women want parity in the world, we have to recognize that we're fallible people too."
L. Frank Baum became friends with Matilda Joslyn Gage when he married her daughter, Maud. Baum was the secretary for the South Dakota suffrage organization; he and Gage had a mutually respectful, intellectually stimulating friendship, rare between a man and a woman for that time.
Paraphrasing a vignette from the second Oz book, Graeber tells of a boy named Tip, who was really a girl under a spell. The Scarecrow tells Tip how great it is to be a girl, "which was a rare thought in 1902," Graeber notes.
What about finding Gage's influence on the famous movie, which marks its 70th anniversary this year? Graeber acknowledges that the script, which went through several revisions and numerous writers, and devices like ending as a dream adapted to what 1939's audiences would believe. Several Oz scholars have picked up on the difference between Baum's original Dorothy and the more passive role she seems to take in the famous movie.
Graeber is not the only one to realize that there are references to Oz everywhere, once you're paying attention. Wicked witches, rusty tin joints, yellow bricks, lollipop toting munchkins, and of course, phrases and songs from the movie. Since she started the project, friends, family and colleagues have sent her all kinds of Oz memorabilia: Toto-festooned notepads, Scarecrow paper dolls, and a hilarious parody of the 2008 election (left).
The next step for Graeber's own film project is to secure funding for archival rights, and to complete some of the final shooting and editing. Her experience with her Web site, Rediscoveringdorothy.com, has made her appreciate the Internet's potential at the grassroots — both for support of her project, and for awareness of women's history.
Graeber hopes the finished film will encourage people to delve deeper into women's history, and to question the cultural icons they take for granted. "that American history is full of strong women that we don't even know about, and that a movie that's a huge cultural reference point has, at its heart, two very strong women who influenced Baum to write."


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I just send long balls from player to player until I find an open space to get a nice pass into a player in the penalty area.
So I just got Pro Evolution Soccer and have only played it for about an hour. My first impression is that its gone in the exact opposite direction that recent sports games have gone in. A pulled back view rather than an action view for example.
Anyway, Im still a bit confused about the dribbling. Can someone explain to me the correct way to use this. If the opponent is coming from my left should I press A to the right of my player to dribble right and deke around the opponent? I'm just using it somewhat randomly when the opponent is near, which seems to help, but I'm having a hell of a time developing a dribbling strategy.
If you have this game and want to mention anything about the gameplay go ahead.
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I just send long balls from player to player until I find an open space to get a nice pass into a player in the penalty area.
I've been playing PES for 7 years now, and for every new version that comes out, I just go into free training and mess around, explore for at least half an hour. Get a hold of the controls, see what can be done, etc. Then I play a few simple matches with difficulty set low, try things out. It seems to work.
As for your dribbling question, you can either drag the player along with the cursor (you can make him run or sprint) or you can use the nunchuk joystick to just make him dribble at a normal speed. If you drag with cursor, you can also press left or right on the joystick to make him sidestep left or right, and pressing forwards will make him dribble with long steps, while pressing down will make him stop for a second. Just explore the controls a bit in training.
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DENNIS BACA IS 89 YEARS OLD. HE'S A DAD AND A GRANDFATHER. AND AS OF TODAY - A PROUD, VERY PROUD, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. WHY? BECAUSE FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY CAME BEFORE FINISHING SCHOOL. BUT NOT ANYMORE. dennis j baca with this diploma from albuquerque high school on june 8 2014, congratulations!then clapping DENNIS BACA WAITED 73 YEARS TO HEAR THOSE WORDS. AT 89, HE IS FINALLY A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. Dennis Baca/WWII VETERAN: I couldn't finish high school on account of the war" SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY, THAT HE PROUDLY WEARS ON HIS HEAD....HIS SHIRT... EVEN HIS CANE. Dennis Baca/WWII VETERAN: I didn't graduate because I had to serve my country IN 1941, HE WAS A 17-YEAR OLD SENIOR AT ALBUQUERQUE HIGH SCHOOL. JUST MONTHS BEFORE GRADUATION, HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY, AND SERVED ON THE FRONT LINES IN JAPAN UNTIL 1945. THAT MEANT HIS EDUCATION HAD TO WAIT. BUT TODAY - Dennis Baca/WWII VETERAN: It was good really good" GOOD... BECAUSE HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL, WITH HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN THERE TO SEE IT. desiree Sanchez/Dennis' Granddaughter says: i'm very happy for my grandpa because he's been talking about it his whole life. A LIFE BACA SAYS IS NOW COMPLETE...WITH DIPLOMA IN HAND. nat of applause for baca BACA WAS CONGRATULATED A LOT TODAY....FOR ALL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS ...ON THE BATTLEFIELD, AND IN THE CLASSROOM. THEN WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE....HE WALKED OUT, A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. BACA AND HIS GRANDDAUGHTER DESIREE JOKED, THAT HE'LL START APPLYING FOR JOBS AND GOING ON
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The current incarnation of the Grizzlies has provided plenty of opportunities for fans to see amazing dunks. The "Grindhouse" thrives off steals to get buckets in transition. On that front, Rudy Gay and Tony Allen happily fly to the basket to punch it in.
The Grizzlies have had a number of entertaining dunkers, from Shareef Abdur-Rahim to Gay. Follow along to see which have been the most entertaining arena rockers in franchise history.


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Mill Casino offers fantastic dining, accommodations and gaming
By Adam Sawyer
Two years ago, my girlfriend, Paula, and I pulled into the Mill Casino in Coos Bay, Oregon on a Tuesday afternoon. We were in the midst of a three-week whirlwind Oregon vacation. Alternating between campgrounds and the occasional stay at a roofed lodging facility, we were feeling a bit rundown, and most certainly dirty. The Mill Casino was one of the places we had targeted as a home that would no doubt provide a hot shower and anything else would be gravy.
Beautiful Bay Setting
The Mill Hotel and Casino is set right on the Coos Bay waterfront. Thanks to the fact that we were arriving on a weekday, the price was too good to pass up. I'll be honest. I wasn't expecting to sample their wares much beyond the bed and the shower. We hadn't come to gamble, so I figured we would just take advantage of the chance to get clean, relax and walk along the water.
Checking in was easy and I was quite impressed with the look of the place. It's classy without being overly opulent, with fitting tributes to the region's First Nation heritage and culture woven throughout. The combination of modern design elements and fixtures with Native art, crafts and historical photos produced an elegantly cozy feeling.
Comfortable and luxurious
When we opened the door to our room, our jaws dropped. Our room was gorgeous! The feeling from the lobby carried over into our private quarters, with the added benefit of an amazingly comfortable bed and a widescreen, high-definition television. Hot showers and a little relaxation were our first priority.
Once we were all shined up, it was time for dinner. While we had initially planned on checking out what the town of Coos Bay had to offer, Mill Casino had made such a good impression on us, between check-in and the walk to our room, we were curious about the dining options. So, we went to give the Plank House a look. Paula liked the menu and I needed little cajoling as I was starved.
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It turned out to be a fantastic choice. I was delighted by the caliber of food offered by the Plank House, with locally sourced, seasonal offerings and classic Northwest-style cuisine. The Dungeness crab was perfectly prepared: fresh, slightly sweet, and lightly seasoned. Plank House took a legendary local ingredient and skillfully curated it to the plate.
Being full in addition to clean, we now had some pep in our steps and felt like checking out the casino floor. Paula had never played blackjack and the night was young.
An evening of blackjack
Being more familiar with gaming, I explained my code to Paula. We signed up for the excellent player rewards program, pulled out $40 specifically for gambling and set a time limit. Now I won't tell you this is the way it's necessarily going to go for you, but in an hour we doubled our money! Then, we left the gaming area and headed to Warehouse 101 for a nightcap. The onsite bar is the perfect place for dancing and drinks. I went to bed beaming.
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The next day we woke refreshed having enjoyed the soundest sleep of the trip and got a satisfying breakfast once more at the Plank House. Then we proceeded to do laundry. That's right, laundry. We hadn't even considered this before checking in, but one of the amenities offered by the Mill is a laundry center in the RV park. We were elated. When we left the Mill, not only would we be clean but our clothes would be, too. We never dreamed life could be so sweet.
Shortly thereafter, we extended the stay one more night. Thanks to the previous evening's boon, we decided that our budget could handle another night. Plus we could spend some time checking out the town.
The next morning we packed up, checked out, and continued up the coast. All of our needs had been tended to, and even some that we didn't know needed tending.
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BAD debts are a bank's worst nightmare. Yet they come with the territory. Just like a factory knows that some of its output will come out defective, a bank knows that some of its loans will go bad.
The art of management is not eliminating error but anticipating it, managing it and pricing for it.
So a critical task of the management of a bank is getting the error rates right. And last week Absa showed it had got things rather wrong on one portion of its home loan book. That led to a 9% smack to its share price and much angry criticism of the bank under CEO Maria Ramos.
Should she be blamed?
The "yes" camp has it that she should have spotted the under-provisioning earlier and that she blundered in cutting provisions in last year's results. The rather less populated "no" camp has it that Ramos has shown her willingness to take bad news on the chin when it crops up in her bank and should be applauded for transparency.
The facts are somewhere in between. Ramos has decided to dish out the dirt and swallow the medicine. And yes, she could have been more attentive to the problem earlier, but it is wrong to pin the failure on her shoulders.
It helps to look at the problem in a little more detail.
Banks determine their provisioning levels by consulting a model which tries to forecast what the default rate is going to be. Of course, such models sometimes serve little more than to provide a false sense of certainty.
A provisioning model looks at current repayment rates as well as leading indicators such as gross domestic product growth and employment.
Absa's model has been spitting out the wrong number for its so-called "legal" home loan book. This is the portion for which the bank has entered into legal proceedings to recover its money.
Absa has had a provisioning coverage ratio of 17%. That compares to 28% on Nedbank's equivalent book and 20% for both Standard Bank and FirstRand.
This relative underprovisioning, it turns out, was completely unjustified. Ramos should have asked more probing questions.
How big a mistake has been made? Absa's announcement was only that profits would be up to 10% lower than the same period last year, so it takes guesswork to figure out how big a hole is in the book. The legal book totals R14,4bn, which means it has provisions of R2,5bn for write-offs.
The profit guidance implies that it will earn up to R460m less than last year. But the additional provisions it is raising for its legal book will be far more, as profitability elsewhere has improved.
Were it to match Nedbank's provisioning cover rate, it would need an extra R1,5bn in provisions (ignoring growth in the legal book during the last six months). That would probably be too much.
The banks' legal books largely relate to the mortgage binge they went on in 2006 to 2008, when loans of up to 110% of the value of homes were made.
Nedbank was particularly enthusiastic and as a result had the biggest hangover. Absa was less of a glutton. So at a guess an extra R1bn in costs for extra provisions is coming when it announces results later this month.
This is an expensive stuff-up, and the share price fall on the announcement wiped out R9bn from the value of the bank. That is a vote of no confidence in management (and partly a realisation by the market that bank share prices are too high) rather than a pricing adjustment for the unexpected loss.
There is natural investor apprehension after the spate of departures from the top team at Absa, including last year's departure of retail head Gavin Opperman and deputy CEO Louis van Zeuner, who leaves at the end of this year.
But decisions that affect the book's performance now were made in the pre-Ramos era, when loans were dished out.
The model's underprovisioning apparently only came to light in the last couple of months as write-offs spiked.
Ramos should have spotted the problem earlier, but when it emerged, she chose to take it on the chin.
It's not the first time - shortly after joining the bank she decided to write off R1bn stemming from the single stock futures mess. She then tightened the provisioning on the bank's retail books to recognise loans as nonperforming earlier than before, bringing the bank into line with the rest of the industry. In both cases she took a more conservative stance than many in Absa's senior management believed was justified.
The only certainty is that the market reaction to the announcement last week shows a lack of trust in Ramos. By announcing the bad news quickly, she earns trust to some extent, but a belief that she should have spotted it earlier will count against her. She can ill-afford any more surprises.
With a new senior team at the bank, it is time for Absa to start delivering consistently.


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