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Ice Cream Helmets & Blue Jays in Baltimore (4-10-10)
It was not a hoax: Ice Cream Helmets have finally arrived at Camden Yards:
And on April 10, 2010, so did Tim and I.
From the back of the "backpack" line, this was our first view into this modern yet classic ballpark:
Tim really matured last season to the point where I feel comfortable arriving early for batting practice. So that is just what we did. We arrived just as the gates opened. But, like the other non-season ticket holders (or people who bought "season" tickets on the secondary market), we were stuck in the CF bleachers and the RF flag plaza until the rest of the stadium opened at 5:30.
Here is a (good of Tim and bad of me) self-portrait as we watch out over the Orioles portion of BP.
We ran around a little on Eutaw Street, but mostly hung out in the CF bleachers before the rest of the stadium opened. But Tim, still at only 4 years (not even 4.5 yet), is still too small for me to feel very comfortable in an active BP homerun zone.
At this point, we're more of the watch-it-from-down-the-baseline type of guys. So the second the main part of the stadium opened, we headed toward the 3B side. I was hoping to run into newly traded former-Mariner Brandon Morrow, who I wanted to thank for his 3 years or service and wish him good luck in Toronto. But he had pitched the night before and we never even saw him on the field at this game.
One of my goals for this season is to try to get more pictures with players. I'm not a big autograph guy. But I like to get in an autograph line by a dugout and ask for a picture when we get to the front. A Brandon Morrow picture was top priority, but it didn't work out.
As we circled around home plate, I saw Cito Gaston signing autographs at the home plate end of the Jays' dugout. We headed over there. But he stopped just as we were about 20 feet away and he started walking toward the the batting cage.
I called out, "CITO!"
And when he spun and looked at us (Tim was up on my shoulders looking cute as a button, no doubt), I pointed to a baseball laying on the ground a couple feet from the Jays' manager and I asked something to the effect of, "Anyway, my boy can get that ball?" And here is how it played out…
As I called out "CITO!", we were at the beginning of the red arrow and he was approaching the "O" in "Opening" painted on the grass. The ball was on the ground where pictured. As he approached the ball and it was obvious he was getting the baseball for us, we were standing at the red "X." One problem, there was a big screen in front of us. So we walked down to the end of the screen and I leaned out and bent my glove arm around the screen in a basket for him to set the ball into. After picking up the ball, he walked about 3 feet toward us and then threw it. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to catch it leaning over with Tim on my shoulders and my arm bent around the screen, but it all worked out perfectly. And just like that, we were in business for 2010. One baseball.
Thanks, Cito!
Often times, Tim wants to go explore after we get a baseball. He likes to leave the rest for other people. But today, he was so excited he yelled, "Let's try to get another baseball!"
So we headed off toward the group of Jays pitchers down the 3B line in the outfield. I was still looking for Brandon Morrow. As we passed 3B, Edwin Encarnacion…
…was fielding grounders — not fungo grounders, BP hitter grounders. As we passed him, he sat back on his heals and butchered a hot grounder smoked off of the bat of one of his teammates. I shouted out, "Edwin, that ball is no good. We'll take it!" He threw the ball over toward the bucket and then turned and looked at us. He gave the "hold on a minute" finger, which is always a good sign to get from a MLB player.
A few minutes later, he fielded a ball, turned and fired it to me, and we had our second baseball of the season, and last of BP. It was time to explore.
Thanks, Edwin!
I have taken a lot of panoramas of Camden Yards — see here — but almost all of them (or better yet, all of them), are from various spots on the right side of the diamond – CF bleachers, 1B foul, behind home plate. Nothing in LF or the 3B line. So that is where we headed.
Tim led the way through the seats in the sections above cross aisle that rings the field level seats at Camden Yards…
…our first stop was Section 77, Row 1, Seat 1:
Next, Tim walked the back row all the way out to section 87, the last section before the bullpens. Then he came down to the first row, where I took this beauty at Section 87, Row 1, Seat 16:
Between the field, the bullpens, the ivy on the batters eye and the Warehouse, this is one of my favorite panoramas that I've taken at any ballpark.
Next, it was time for a very, very special treat. He headed out to the concourse and walked behind third base where a stadium attendant took this picture of a very happy father and son team:
Yes! Orioles ice cream helmets at Camden Yards! In case you are new here, read this and this to see why we were so excited. I do not have confirmation that our grassroots campaign had anything to do with getting ice cream helmets at Camden Yards, but my guess is that it did. A lot of really cool people helped me on the mission and I think it was hard for the Orioles to ignore the people. Power to the people!
We enjoyed the spoils of victory from our ice cream seats along the 3B line, right about where Encarnacion tossed us a baseball about 1/2 an hour before.
Here's an excited boy with his first ice cream helmet of the season and first ever at this ballpark:
Tim set his on the wall and savored it as we watched more batting practice…
…it was a great way to relax before the game.
I wanted to get a special picture to commemorate this special occassion…
…so I brought one helmet from each team at whose home stadium Tim and I have had the pleasure of enjoying an ice cream helmet. I tried to do an ice cream helmet panorama, but it didn't come out right. So I cut the bottom row of helmets out of the two side pictures and put them along the bottom of what was supposed to be the middle picture in the panorama. Still, I like how it came out
Its a good collection that I look forward to adding onto this season.
All sugared up, it was time for Tim to get some pre-game exercise. Off to the play area…
The wood play fort the Orioles have had for (at least) the past several seasons was gone. So was the pitching station. But the bouncy house was still there and it was joined by a air blowing batting Tee that Tim loved. We went back several times throughout the game for more bouncing and more hitting.
After our first round at the play area, we headed out to RCF and bought tickets for four more Orioles games — including two Mariners games, a Red Sox game, and a White Sox game.
Then it was up several excalators into the upper deck for more exploring and panorama picture taking. Here is the view from the cross-aisle behind section 378:
And several sections over — the true "corner" where seat angles turn from infield to outfield seats, here is the view from the cross-aisle behind section 374:
We headed up the corner aisle and found ourselves on top of the world as the game finally started. Tim (and Woody from Toy Story) cheered on the players and Tim proclaimed…
…"I can see the whole baseball game from up here!"
The upper deck seats at Camden Yards really go provide a great view — from anywhere in the park.
We continued to explore by walking around the top row of the stadium from the LF corner to a little passed first base. And I took some action shots along the way.
Is it just me or does it look like Vernon Wells…
By the way, we were around section 350 when we took those shots of Wells. And a little closer to home plate when I captured this ugly swing by Lyle Overbay:
Speaking of section 350, here is the view from its back row:
Tim, whose nose and cheeks were a little red from (along with me) waging a battle with seasonal allergies all last week, gave our stadium tour a thumbs up…
…and with that, we decided to get hot dogs and march out to the RF foul seats to sit in the sun.
On the way, former Mariner Adam Jones hit this pitch to LCF for the second out in the bottom of the first:
…and while we enjoyed our hot dogs, Miguel Tejada (I think that's Tejada, correct me if you think I'm wrong) grounded out to the start the bottom of the second inning.
Here was the view from our hot dog seats in Section 310:
While up there, Tim showed off the baseballs we got during BP…
1) Cito Gaston and 2) Edwin Encarnacion. Thanks again, guys.
We sat up here until the fourth and it was 0-0 at that point. We then went to bounce and hit a little more. While we were gone, the Blue Jays scored the first run of the game (and the winning run) on a bases loaded Hit by Pitch. Interestingly, the O's intentionally walked Travis Snider to load the bases so they could then serve up a bean-ball to Jose Molina.
After bouncing and hitting, we headed to the flag courtyard where we witnessed the ugliest scene we've ever witnessed (close up at least) at a ball game, and definitely the ugliest ever at Camden Yards:
Two groups of drunks got into a huge brawl. There were knuckle-sandwiches handed out left and right, people thrown to the ground, and at least one lady who jumped in to try to break it up got pushed out of the way so more knuckle-sandwiches could be administered.
This fight was by far the lowlight, but all in all, this was the absolute worst crowd I have ever seen at Camden Yards. I attribute it to the game being the first weekend night game of the season. The hooligans in town who probably aren't real O's fans came out because of the novelty of baseball being back, and they were loud, rude, obnoxious and drunk. Again, not just these guy. These guys just took it the extra step, which hopefully landed them in the back of a paddywagon…I don't know because I snapped a couple pictures and then got Tim the heck outta there.
Forced out of our beloved standing room area, we landed in the seats down the 1B line. Excellent seats where we stayed maybe two innings.
Somehow, maybe during the fight or maybe during a bathroom break, the Jays scored again and we missed it again. And, interesting, again it involved an intentional walk to Travis Snider to load the bases for Jose Molina. This time Molina hit an RBI single.
In the seventh, I took this shot of Adam Lind…
In the bottom of the 8th or top of the 9th, we landed here, in some of the best foul ball seats around…
Nothing came our way, but the picture taking was excellent. Here, Jose Bautista pops out to catcher:
And on this pitch, I said to Tim, "Do you think he will hit a home run?" ("he" being Adam Lind). He didn't. But he did drive the pitch into the gap for an RBI double:
…that's one of the best action shots I've ever got between the hit ball captured in the air, Wieters jumping up to try to snag the ball and throw out the would be base-stealer, the runner advancing, etc., etc.
Before the bottom of the 9th, we got our classic Camden Yards behind home plate photo — taken by a nice usher whose wife just bought my same camera and loves it:
All there was left to do was attempt to get a nice rubbed up baseball from the umpire after the final out, a trick we learned last season from the "The Baseball Collector" himself, Zack Hample. We got 3 umpire balls in 2009 and it is a great way to end a great day at the ballpark.
The home plate umpire was 31-year umpiring veteran, Joe West.
Camden Yards is the most relaxed ballpark in the world. The ushers typically don't care about anything. But the guy in the bright orange jacket two or three pictures up wouldn't let us go down and take one of the many, many empty seats all around the umpire tunnel. If he's let us go down, it was almost a guaranteed umpire ball. But it was a no go, so we decided to head out to RF to watch the bottom of the 9th from there before making our way to our car. But on the way out there, we decided to hit the rest room. And then we decided to fill-up Tim's water bottle. We were in the outer concourse behind 1B, but none of the water fountains were working. So we kept walking to the next fountain.
Once we finally found a working fountain, we filled up Tim's water bottle and headed back into the stadium to walk to RF on the inner cross aisle. But, little did we know, we were right back behind home plate again…but on the other side of the umpires tunnel. The usher over there was letting tons of people stand in the aisle, so we stood with them.
Down to the O's final out, Nolan Reimold hit a towering pop-fly to short stop. That's exactly the kind of final out you want, something (other than a strike out) that requires the umpire to stay at home plate. We were off with the crack of the bat.
We had to weave in and out of a few fans making their way up the stairs. But we reached the tunnel at the same time as Joe West. He gave baseballs to two little kids on the other side of the tunnel. I asked him if he had one to spare for Tim. He nodded and started to reach toward me. I extended my glove. Then he thought better of himself, denied my glove, reached high and gave it directly to Tim. An excellent move by Mr. West. That's what 31-years experience will do for a guy.
Thank you, Joe West!
And thank you to the nice family whose daughter captured our post game celebration, complete with "Woody" from Toy Story:
On a final sad note, my normal "gamer" green cargo shorts are going to have to be retired. As you can see in that last picture, they tore wide open exposing the inside of my right front pocket to the world. This leave me in quite a bind as I have to decide upon a replacement pair by next weekend. These shorts have been my main game shorts (and bowling shorts) since 2007. They will be missed.
2010 Fan Stats:
1 Game
2 Teams (Orioles and Blue Jays)
1 Ice Cream Helmet (Orioles)
3 Baseballs (2 Blue Jays, 1 Umpire)
1 Stadium (Camden Yards)
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You've got to love fights at the baseball game. Stunts like that ruin it for the rest of us. We have our fair share here in Milwaukee, too. That was also a smooth move on "Country" Joe West's part. Nice entry, love the detail!
Nice job man! Gotta love ice cream helmets! Nice job on the ball trifecta too. You already passed our 2010 stats in just one game! It's too bad that Tim had to be exposed to that. Thankfully, we haven't run into anything like that down here. I know it happens, but we haven't been eye-witnesses. Are you going to have a heart-wrenching fireplace ceremony like on Mr.Mom when you get rid of the shorts? Good luck this season!
good game, other than a pretty good matchup you got 3 balls and the long awaited O's helmet. Nicely done!
Yo Todd —
Got to see your boy Griffey again this weekend! Just put up an entry with a few photos. He didn't get a homer, but he went 1-3 with a walk. Greatness. He is SO fun to watch.
Great entry. Great photos. (Great fight? Yeesh.)
I know that usher who didn't let you down to the ump tunnel. His name is Lamont. He always used to give me a hard time until one day in 2006 when he happened to see CBS following me around the ballpark with a camera.
Anyway, what's the deal with the backpack line? And have the season ticket policies changed?
Thanks, man.
Thanks. Amazingly, Tim didn't even notice the fight. He was standing behind a flag pole and was generally oblivious. We were probably 50 feet away so it wasn't in his face…and I got him out of there pretty quick. It was pretty disappointing to see at Camden Yards. The ballpark deserves much better, an dusually gets it.
It was a definite win-win situation. A great night all around.
Thanks. I'll avoid Lamont's side in the future. We've gotten 3 ump balls so far at Camden Yards and they have all been on the 1B side of the tunnel, so no need to test Lamont. As for the backpack line, I'm not sure why, but they only had people checking bags at one of the gates. The other gates were wide open with little to no traffic. Same season ticket holder policy, as far as I know.
Congrats on the #9 slot on the latest leaders list! I'm not even in the top 50. How do you make that list anyway? Do you have to have subscribers, because I don't think I have any.
Congratulations for Orioles Ice Cream Helmet
and the No. 9 rating of this blog on the latest MLBlogs leaders list as a proud subscriber!
Is the tree I see behind your backyard in the video a cherry tree in bloom? The cherry blossom season is almost coming to an end in the middle and southern part of Japan, while the rest is longing for the first bloom of this lovely Spring messenger.
Thanks, man. I am not sure how one gets onto the list. I was shocked last July when I made the list for the first time. But its fun to see our blog stick around in the top 50. So thanks for checking it out (that goes for anyone else reading this too) and best of luck for getting on the list. If I had anything to do with it, you'd be in there. I check in regularly at your page.
Great entry Todd. Hope you had lots of fun. Really looking forward to visits to Camden Yards in Mid May and June and July! Maybe I'll see you and Tim at a game this season!
Great entry Todd. Hope you had lots of fun. Really looking forward to visits to Camden Yards in Mid May and June and July! Maybe I'll see you and Tim at a game this season!
Wonderful pictures and entry. I hate to see fights at the stadium, I saw a terrible one where the guy felt several steps down and he was knocked out that they had to call a paramedics. Not good.
Thanks. That's a good question. Its definitely in blossom. I think its a cherry tree. Its definitely a nice looking backdrop for Tim's backyard batting practice.
Thanks. You'll have a great time at Camden Yards. We'll be there at least 4 more times this season. Your best bet at finding us there is when the Mariners are visiting.
Thanks to you too! Fights have no place at a baseball game. Some people just don't know how to comport themselves in public…particularly when $7-10 beers are involved.
Your son is adorable!! I'm so glad I found this blog, I'll definitely be coming back! I'm pretty good at getting autographs during Spring Training (if I may say so myself), but I'm working on the regular season. See living in Florida, I'd LIKE to go to Marlins games, but I can't miss the Red Sox games, so it's tough! Fantastic pictures, and a great read!
How nice to have such a nice cherry tree blooming very year just behind your backyard! Hope to see you and Tim enjoy batting practice in the cherry blossom season next year. (If a Japanese family were living in a house with a floworing tree, especially with a cherry tree, they would take photographs of all family members with that tree in full bloom every spring as a record of family history)
Thanks for stopping by, and thank for your comment regarding Tim. I think he's pretty adorable too, but I'm biased on the subject. I visited your blog when it was featured on the main mlblogs page. Pretty impressive collection of pictures with Red Sox. Good luck getting to some games this season. If you have a DVR, record the Red Sox and watch it after you get back from the Marlins game.
Maybe we'll have to start that tradition. We take tons and tons of pictures, but very few family pictures because one of us is usually behind the camera. We need more family pictures.


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There must be a better way. As I perused my calendar of events this past week, I became a little overwhelmed. I know the weather is improving and that everyone wants to get out and do something, rather than sitting by the fire waiting for the (seemingly) endless winter to draw to a close, but does it all have to happen at once?
There were nine events listed for this past weekend alone and I wanted to attend them all, which clearly is not possible. I have put more than 800 miles on the truck in the last three weeks, working my way through five counties. Hundreds of emails have flooded my inbox with invites, press releases and requests for my presence at one thing or another. Believe me, I'm not complaining and I'm always grateful that the community at large is still interested in my humble opinion, but seriously, folks, can't we spread it out a little?
I managed to get to Hawley, PA to get a preview of Wayne County native Tara Gadomski's new project, "The Quest," which is a long-form improvised theater show for families, sponsored in part by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Wayne County Community Foundation. "The Quest" will be performed (for free) at after-school programs throughout the region and at The Ritz Playhouse on April 30 and May 1. Every show is followed by a short workshop for kids' families to participate.
Gadomski's mission is admirable. "When young people take part in improv, it can help build teamwork, listening skills and even self-esteem. We wanted to not only perform, but also to help kids develop through these workshops." Call 646/327-0579 or mail to email@example.com [2].
I ran to the Hanson Gallery (thehansongallery.com) in Honesdale, PA to check out the new exhibit, "Made in Brooklyn," which features "13 diverse multimedia artists, each displaying an essential common trait: the pursuit of excellence in their craft." I love this gallery and don't get out there as much as I'd like, but the show runs through May 30, so there's time for you all to go at a leisurely pace.
For those who feel slighted at my lack of attendance, I apologize. It's not personal and I want to do it all. As the season kicks in, my only wish is that the arts community had a way to get together and figure out a way to stagger the calendar of events, so that we could experience them all, rather than having to make choices. I know that seems impossible, but I'd love to give it a shot. Call me.
Between going to school, working on my new play and taking care of the house, I'm just as busy as the rest of you, so I do understand, really I do—but the upcoming calendar of events (see page 29, or visit our new calendar at www.riverreporteronline.com/where-when [3]) is simply out of control. Too much fun, not enough hours in the day. Lectures, concerts, exhibits, parades and shows to see are on the horizon—so please, don't approach me in the grocery store to complain that there is nothing to do in the Catskills.
My new plan is to get out to the spots I have yet to see, and cover undiscovered territory. I have yet to check out many museums, or go river rafting. I want to hunt for fossils and try hang gliding. I'd like to go camping and take a course or two myself. My "bucket list" grows daily but time keeps on slippin, slippin, if you catch my drift.
I'm running as fast as I can, so bear with me as I attempt to report it all and make my suggestions, but know that there is plenty to do. I just wish it wasn't all on the same weekend.


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OJ Mayo took me by surprise he would be a interesting pickup i highly doubt we can afford him though, same for jason terry i think they'll be looking for more money. I believe J.Terry already expressed his desire to be paid more (hint wanted long term deal with mavericks or he said he's gone.)
ray allen is probably the most realistic option for the Knicks, his options are heat, Knicks and Bulls.. with rose being out majority of the season i cant really see him going to the bulls
Ray allen in a heat uniform i really cant picture that one unless he desperately wants another ring, he's a big upgrade over miller off the bench but is that what ray allen really wants to do? playing limited amount of time behind Dwayne wade?.
I would think the Knicks are the front runners for Ray allen, We can guarantee him a starting Job at the SG position and + ray and spike lee are cool with each other, i cant say were closer to getting a championship than the heat or bulls because were realistically not until we prove we can dominate games no matter who we play, but adding Ray allen i think would put us over top, thats all this team really needs is a consistent knock down threat at the SG position that spreads the floor for us and who better than ray allen? this gives Melo more room to operate and gives more room for lin to operate. Novak + Ray allen?? No reason in hell we shouldn't have the best 3 point percentage in the NBA.


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MONTPELIER — Vermont lawmakers usually gather to open their yearly session in the first week of January, but that won't happen this year.
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KILLINGTON — By Sunday night, search and rescue crews in town had been called to assist 13 skiers who went out of bounds at the resort over the weekend.
Starting Friday afternoon, when five skiers from New York and Massachusetts skied into the woods off the Glades trail and ending Sunday evening when two skiers were being guided out of the woods at 5 p.m., State police and local crews devoted long hours and dozens of staff to search and rescue operations.
"This has taken up an extensive amount of resources," state police Sgt. Thomas Mozzer said. In addition to the efforts of the state police, members of the Killington ski patrol, Killington Volunteer Fire Department, Vermont Fish and Game wardens and a local volunteer search and rescue team were called out for at least six different search missions. The good news is that all of the skiers and snowboarders found their way out within hours of calling for help and no injuries were reported. Like every other ski area, Killington marks the boundaries of its trail with ropes and signs that warn skiers against skiing out of bounds. But when skiers decide not to heed those warnings they are almost always rescued with no repercussions to themselves. That's because a law requiring skiers to pay for their rescue expenses is rarely used. Passed in 1996, the law allows state and municipal agencies, resorts and rescue organizations to recoup their expenses from a skier who "uses the facilities of a ski area to access terrain outside the open and designated ski trails." State police billed skiers earlier in the decade but have abandoned the practice in the interest of safety, according to a state police official who said police don't want to discourage lost skiers from calling for help.
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I disagree with your view that you cannot endorse the $15.3 million bond proposal. The city's proposal is so simple that, for the life of me, I can't understand how you cannot endorse it, hence I am led to the conclusion either the city's message has been muddled or you simply don't understand the proposal.
From the outset, the city's proposal has been beset by interference from the BDA (which was simply looking for a source of cash, notwithstanding that this community already owns their water), questions about "lack of meaningful public input," concerns about spending on projects like our parks and concerns about lack of a "thorough vetting of the proposition and repayment plan." I don't doubt that some of these issues are valid, but we have to deal with the realities of the today's drought. We cannot use this opportunity to bash City Council and in the process "cut our nose to spite our face." This is why we have elections and why we should be thoughtful in choosing who we elect.
The city's proposal simply asks the voters to approve a $15.3 bond credit line. The amount is based on a "worst case scenario" of potential costs. That is all! Let's say we get lots of rain – so much so, that we avoid all these water issues. At that point, none of the $15.3M would have to be spent. It is what the city should be doing in anticipation of needing to find a financial solution to the water issue. There will be plenty of opportunities for further discussion regarding optimal long-term solutions and placating those that want to create task forces and committees to study solutions. All of that comes later. Right now, the city simply wants to ensure that when the best solutions are developed, there is ample money to fund those solutions.
Let me address a couple of more points: The issue of raising ad valorem taxes by 49%. These bonds, when issued, will be general obligation bonds. This means the city must provide collateral for those bonds in the form of ad valorem taxes. It does not mean that the city will necessarily raise taxes by 49% to fund the repayment of the bonds. The city can look to a number of funding sources. In fact, the city has already started that process by raising the rates on commercial users. In Austin, the state Senate has already passed a bill (SB 1041) which will permit the city to use up to half of the local hotel occupancy tax to pay for water infrastructure improvements. This bill is currently before the House Ways and Means Committee and, if passed, will pay for as much as half of the debt service on a $15M bond – this is a huge savings!
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I have OALD and OS. My 6 week old son has had green mucus stool and a few blood tinged diapers too. I called my pediatrician and they didn't see it to be too much of a problem. I have read that OALD and OS can affect the color of the stool because of too much foremilk. How do I fix this problem? I nurse on one breast during a feeding then, switch to the other breast at the next feeding.
Also, because of my OS, I want to donate my breast milk to my sister who is due in September with her 2nd child. She has a VERY LOW supply of milk because of previous breast surgery. How do I collect the extra milk? I know I shouldn't pump if I have an oversupply. Any suggestions?


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The Silverblade Prophecy – Episode 15 – June 23, 2009 Show Notes:
The grand one-and-a-half-hour finale.
Acts of Desperation by Tim Dodge
Nina Kimberly the Merciless by Christiana Ellis
Written, produced, and narrated by Scott M. Sandridge.
Voices by:
Alexa Chipman
R. L. Copple
Brittany Rains
Shandale Rains
April Sadowski
Scott M. Sandridge
Special guest appearances by Candice Jenkins as Callista, Philippa Ballantine as Lya, and Jason Rennie as the Advisor to the God of Skulls
Music by:
John Prassas of Aesma Daeva*
*Used with permission.
Sound Effects by:
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Scott M. Sandridge
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mmiller wrote:I'm kind of having flashbacks to when I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and the genius filling in for my doc kept saying they couldn't believe the results were right because I wasn't getting fat and was I sure I didn't want to try an antidepressant before treating my way too high TSH levels. I came in to get checked out because I fell asleep standing up in places like the grocery store more than once and my hair was falling out in gobs. Couldn't believe she'd suggest ignoring my labs & treating a problem I didn't have just because I didn't have the number one sign they check for. Not everyone fits neatly into the box.
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Firefox 29 – Not the most customizable Firefox ever
So I upgraded to Firefox 29 and was pretty excited after reading their claim that it was the most customizable Firefox ever. Upon opening the browser, I was greeted with a very new look and here are my first thoughts:
- The bar with the buttons, address bar, etc. got a hell of a lot thicker. So despite saving space in the tabs, they went backwards and ended up eating my precious vertical space.
- Where the fuck is the refresh button?
- 10 seconds later. Oh, there it is in the most hard to click spot ever (size + being a but off means you click the address bar dropdown instead).
- How do I get my navigation controls back to how I want? Home, Forward, Back, and Refresh buttons.
- 3 minutes later. Ok… maybe I'm blind but I really don't see that Refresh button in the customization options.
- 2 minutes later + some Google searching. Ok, I'm not blind. Firefox took it out.
WTF Firefox?
How can you call this the most customizable Firefox ever when you REMOVED the ability to add a refresh button (among other options for navigation)? I can see all the work that went into this new version but right now I'm trying to find a way to downgrade because of this usability fuck up.
I should have seen this coming after the whole "let's remove features because no one uses them (except for all of Africa)" discussion. Firefox is starting to get the GNOME Shell bug where the designers are beginning to ignore users in an effort to push their own vision of simplicity over functionality. Do you know what I say to these designers? You suck at your job.
Rather than try to find a way to better organize and group features, you remove anything you cannot deal with. You implement things in a way that works for a single workflow instead of keeping things flexible to accommodate all users. That makes you all hacks. Unable to think outside the box, you decide to shove everyone into your box.
Have you designers ever thought about how this would effect users with poor eyesight? Or those with disabilities who may not have 100% accuracy when moving their mouse? Or how about people who don't use a standard DE and place their menu bar vertically on the left/right (hint: moving all of the browser controls to the left/right is a huge usability boon for these people)?
No you didn't think of these people.
And if you did, then that's worse because you consciously ignored them.
With Firefox going down the same route as Chrome, who do we non-90% users turn to? Chrome is just as bad. Opera is effectively dead. IE was never good. Safari isn't exactly good on non-OS X systems. All of the various Linux browsers? Nope, not powerful enough. This trend of companies trying to push everyone into their own box is very disturbing. It's hard to make sense of and leaves me wondering what I can even do.
Right now, I guess the only thing I can do is stand on my box and shout.


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February 2010
by Lt. Gen. Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr., USAF (Ret)
The fiscal year 2011 defense budget is about to be released by the Obama administration. The budget, as well as the Quadrennial Defense Review and the Nuclear Posture Review, are much-anticipated documents because they will provide the first real insight into the administration's long-term military and national security strategies.
Some high level details on the budget have come to light. As way of background, it should be noted that the 2010 budget is $636.3 billion — including $101 billion for ongoing military operations. The administration in February requested $130 billion for war costs in fiscal year 2010. Then in December, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the surge of 30,000 troops in Afghanistan would cost $35 billion more. So it looks as if the 2010 bill for defense will eventually amount to something on the order of $700 billion when all is said and done.
According to news reports, the 2011 budget will increase by $15 billion, or $556.4 billion for the 2011 baseline. The jump reflects Gates' view that defense needs to grow by 2 percent a year through 2015 to sustain the 2010 program. Officials told Inside Defense that war costs for 2011 are estimated to be $163.1 billion. That amounts to $719.5 billion for 2011 — a $20 billion increase. The 2012-2015 budgets also could see annual increases of $11 billion.
Sixty billion more for 2011-2015 doesn't look too bad. But it is safe to assume that the squeeze is coming, sooner rather than later.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen recently described as "unsustainable" the current rate of defense spending. "Money is not going to keep rolling in … It's just not going to happen," Mullen said in a speech this month at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I. The key reason why defense spending at current levels cannot continue much longer is the dire state of the U.S. economy, Mullen said. "We're in a time of real economic challenge," said Mullen. The military's budget will be affected by these realities, he added. "It's unrealistic to expect this [recent growth trend] will continue," he said.
Mullen said the 2011 budget and the QDR will seek to "balance" the capabilities of the Defense Department by shifting more funds to weapons systems that are relevant to "irregular" warfare and counterinsurgency. "But we are not walking away from conventional" capabilities, he said.
He stressed that one portion of the budget that will not be shortchanged is the "people" programs (personnel, health care, benefits, family support). Sixty to 70 percent of the Pentagon's budget is committed to those programs. This is an issue of concern, obviously, because people and weapons accounts all come out of the same pot, so something has to give.
One can draw some conclusions by looking back to the program decisions that came along with the 2010 budget. We saw big program terminations, and the implication that there will be fewer new starts of big programs. As both Gates and Mullen have stated repeatedly, the fiscal emphasis has shifted to near-term challenges.
Now that major program adjustments have been made, one might expect the QDR and 2011 budget to have fewer big program cuts. Some clues might come from watching moves by industry, including consolidations by some of the largest contractors.
Consider also pressures on the defense budget from burgeoning health-care costs and the continuing bill for combat operations (logistics primarily) and the capital equipment recapitalization bill that accompanies intense combat operations.
Beyond all this, the QDR and budget are likely to emphasize intelligence collection and analysis capabilities, connectivity, integration and making more effective use of existing technologies.
The predicted modest budget increases will likely be consumed by ongoing and increasing demands.
The concern expressed by Mullen — and largely overlooked in most analyses as the source of the "coming squeeze" — is the financial condition of the United States going forward. Several studies have predicted growing pressure on the Treasury from Social Security and Medicare. Both trust funds are expected to be exhausted around 2017, when general revenues will then make up the program deficits directly. The unfunded liability of Medicare, Social Security and the drug prescription benefit Part D all run in the neighborhood of $50 trillion dollars. Add all this to the federal budget deficit of $1.4 trillion this year and greater than $1 trillion going forward and one can see a train wreck coming. Defense is likely to be at the epicenter of this explosion.
A recent article in Newsweek by Harvard professor Niall Ferguson was clear about the problem the nation faces. "As interest payments eat into the budget, something has to give — and that something is nearly always defense expenditure. According to the Congressional Budget Office, a significant decline in the relative share of national security in the federal budget is already baked into the cake. On the Pentagon's current plan, defense spending is set to fall from above 4 percent now to 3.2 percent of GDP in 2015 and to 2.6 percent of GDP by 2028."
Later the author states: "This is how empires decline. It begins with a debt explosion. It ends with an inexorable reduction in the resources available for the Army, Navy, and Air Force."
We just don't know it yet; we can't quite feel it, but the squeeze is already on. Stay tuned.
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No one injured in garage fire
Published On: Dec 03 2012 04:33:13 PM CST Updated On: Dec 03 2012 04:32:32 PM CST
No one was injured when a garage caught fire at a home on the 400 block of Bluejay Street in the Village of Rockland Monday afternoon.
The Bangor Fire Department says they were able to contain the fire to the garage, but the vehicle that was in the garage is a total loss.
The rest of the house suffered minor smoke damage. Firefighters were able to rescue the homeowners' cat from the basement.
Firefighters say the home is owned by a married couple. The husband was home and was able to get out safe. His wife was at work. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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I bought this for my E-PL6 recently and it works quite well. What it offers is an ability to upload pictures to a Bluetooth device that allows file transfers. My Android phone works well with the PP-1. There are some caveats to this device, one of which should be fixable via a firmware update. 1) You can only transfer files individually. It would be convenient to transfer them in bulk, or even automatically, like my Android phone does with my Google+ account. But at present (2014) it does not allow this. 2) The included documentation does not tell you how to set up the device. Those instructions should be in your original camera documentation. My E-PL6 documentation has these details. 3) The menus for the PP-1 are a little non-intuitive. The "Please Wait" menu item is to *receive* images from a paired device. You send from the camera to your paired device on individual picture pages, once you press "OK" the item should appear. Strangely, the PP-1 has its own memory so you can send from the camera to your paired device, OR you could send from the camera to the PP-1 (still stored locally, but not on your SD card).Read More


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1060: Crowdsourcing
Title text: We don't sell products; we sell the marketplace. And by 'sell the marketplace' we mean 'play shooters, sometimes for upwards of 20 hours straight.'
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Crowdsourcing is the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people, and especially from an online community, rather than from traditional employees or suppliers. Cueball "crowdsources" the process of getting a company and a prospective employee together. Cueball describes it as helping people with ideas find funding, via Kickstarter, but rather than setting up a system to facilitate the process he plans to use social networks (such as Facebook and Twitter). If Cueball's company is crowdsourcing this matchmaking then he's allowing the people to find a company on their own merit, his company is not involved in the process at all. Cueball seems to be describing this process with buzz-words to impress a group of people who could themselves be businesspeople.
In the title text Cueball states that instead of doing any work they play video games, "shooters" refer to first person shooters, for hours on end.
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- [Cueball is standing in front of a flowchart on a wall, indicating with a pointer. A man and two women are looking on with interest. One woman holds a briefcase.]
- Cueball: We crowdsource the design process, allowing those with the best designs to connect—
- Cueball: via already-in-place social networking infrastructure—
- Cueball: with interested manufacturers, distributors, and marketers.
- Nobody caught on that our business plan didn't involve us in any way— it was just a description of other people making and selling products.
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Even better is when you can repackage an existing open-source program and sell it for a tidy profit. It happens. Davidy22[talk] 13:42, 8 January 2013 (UTC)
I personally like to think Cueball's audience are potential investors and that Cueball is trying to convince them to fund his "company" 188.8.131.52 23:10, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
- Given that he is referring to it as a "business plan" and the people he's showing look fairly corporate (as much as one can tell from stick figures) and he's phrasing it like a pitch, I'd say this is exactly what he's trying to do. -Pennpenn 22.214.171.124 02:13, 12 January 2016 (UTC)


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Directed by Del Tenney
John Scott as Hank Green
Alice Lyon as Elaine Gavin
Allan Laurel as Dr. Gavin
Eulabelle Moore as Eulabelle
Marilyn Clarke as Tina
They are the ones with the talent.
nice work, sir. I enjoy your writing style, and appreciate reading articles written by people who's hearts are in it. This is a favorite movie of mine. I wonder if most of the movies I love are in public domain.ReplyDelete
My favorite bit: one of the girls at the slumber party, right before the mutant slaughter, goes "It smells like fish in here." Insert super-unclassy, tactless comment about female hygiene HERE.ReplyDelete
Terrific post! I'm intrigued...always loved 60s beach party movies, so this one seems like a neat change. Not exactly in the same ballpark, perhaps, but perhaps an adjoining one. :)ReplyDelete
KW @ J. Astro: Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the comments.
Juliette: Thanks! Hope school is going well. Thanks for reading! - Mykal
once upon a time i desired to start a movie-review blog that showed the world how much there is to love about films that even the most open-minded "cult" fans did not seem to appreciate to the fullest extant, but i think you got it covered Mykal- good work.
-but what do you think about Teenagers From Outer Space, hmm?...
Prof.: Thanks for the nice compliment. You've expressed perfectly my intent. Teenagers from Outer Space? Funny you should ask. I have been trying to gather my strength for that movie, which I think is one of the most heartbreaking films I know of, so that I might give it it's full due. -- MykalReplyDelete
So - put up a new post just as I'm leaving to go on holiday will you? Curse your eyes! I'll be back...ReplyDelete
Great review. I always enjoy reading them. I saw this movie years ago. I was always a fan of beach movies so this was a nice change from what I usually watched.ReplyDelete
Matthew: Have a great holiday! (or as we call it stateside: vacation);)
Keith: Thanks for dropping around the radiation shack!
Once again its the superior writing in your reviews that gives life to these decidely B movies. I was sustitute teaching today and got to waste a good half hour just going back in time in your archive. Thanks again Brother MykalReplyDelete
Cal: Glad I could be of service when the duldrums hit during the schoolday. Thanks for the kind words! I always enjoy my time at the Cool Cave as well! -- MykalReplyDelete
There are still pockets of films I have never seen or even heard of even with my growing knowledge of the genre, but this one definitely eluded me all these years! With a scene involving a room full of children being ripped apart set to ample squealing, how can I resist? Another great review Mykal!ReplyDelete
Carl: That scene is definitely a keeper! In my post I didn't touch on the dissonant, imaginative soundtrack, which does a lot of work in providing an excellent mood of claustrophobia and terror. As for the monsters themselves, they are another example of imagination having to work extra hard in a miniscule budget. I love something Tenney said in the commentary track. "I knew the monsters were very important, so we went all out. The costumes cost about $200.00 apiece." - and he was dead serious. -- MykalReplyDelete
Hey, you've got a great blog here, even if I'm not a huge sci fi fan. I did watch The War of the Worlds the other night on TCM. Does that count?
Thanks for stopping by Willow Manor.
It does indeed. Come back soon. - MykalReplyDelete
Another incredibly informative post, Mykal. Despite never having actually seen the film, it'll always have special place in my heart because my dad had (proabably still has) the Warren photo-comic, which I regularly perused as a child.
Also, I hope you've got one of these...
Ms. Tyrant: That photocomic has nearly as many fans as the movie, I think. That comic is such a great piece of Atomic Age culture. It's odd sometimes the things we remember and hold dear.
Thanks so much for the lead on the replica atomic, flesh eating monster! I am getting one ASAP. -- Mykal
So thorough and well written! Lovin' the radiation... keep it comin'!
Can't wait to hear what you have to say about The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. The first thing we did on your site was search for it! teehee!
Your pals in film obsession,
Angie & Chantale
Angie and Chantale: Thanks very much for stopping by and the kind words; and thanks for becoming a beloved reader (or readers in this case). I think you ladies have a wonderful blog. I'll get back to you about Skeleton of Cadavra. -- MykalReplyDelete
Hi Mykal
Thanks for the comments on The Flesh and the Fiends, I hope you enjoy the movie, Cushing is particularly great in it (a most under-rated actor in my opinion).
I love your site, it's fantastic stuff.
James: Thanks for the drop by! Thanks also for the kind comments and Back at ya, regarding your wonderful blog. I'll let you know about Flesh and the Fiends, which I have ordered from Amazon after reading your post (sometimes I think I keep Amazon in business). I agree about Cushing - much under-rated. -- MykalReplyDelete
Excellent, excellent, excellent as always.
Once again you fill me with the desire to immediately dig out a film I've had sitting about unwatched for years.
I do like the sound of this "vampire zombie composed of jellyfish maggots and sea algae" ever so...
I was also much taken with the concept of "bikinis filled with girls"; very poetic.
I will be back for a third visit soon as I've watched this one!
Thanks, Matthew: Very good to have you back after your "bloody" Cornwall holiday! -- MykalReplyDelete
I've always wanted to start a Del-Aires cover band. Great blog!ReplyDelete
Seph: Thanks for coming by. I like your blog as well. Hope to see your avatar again soon. -- MykalReplyDelete
Okay, back from Party Beach...
An odd one indeed. From the title I'd always expected something pretty light and jokey, a Funicello with monsters, as you said. But right from the start it has a very hard, cynical edge to it with the bikers and the fist fighting and the squabbling lovers... much more like a JD flick than a beach party movie. Obviously Black Lagoon is a big reference point in the concept and look of the monsters, but it's interesting that they are not at all humanised - with a more sophisticated creature design they would have been genuinely scary. I like the way that one crept up over a rock to pounce on Tina.
A film that continually confounded my expectations. Like you said, not at all unsophisticated in terms of technique.
I'm very intrigued to read about the same team's take on the gothic template in Curse of the Living Corpse - a film which, sadly, is not lurking at the back of my cupboard. Is it on Youtube, I wonder?
"Oh brother, you ain't seen livin' till you've seen Tina swing!"
She's right.
Nice reviews, even though I don't know these films XD. I have a movie blog if you want to check it out. Follow, if you like:
Matthew: Thanks for watching this film and getting back about it. Yes, there is a professionalism about Del Telley, an attention to craft and technical ability, that really makes Party Beach a very worthwhile film. A thing I didn't highlight enough in my post was the great soundtrack, which really added to the creepy feel of the monsters. Overall, a very accomplished film.
I think you will find the same is true (high level of technical ability – super attention of craft and detail) of Curse of the Living Corpse, which should be posted within a few days. Did I understand you correctly? You do not have access to a copy of Curse? I trust you understand what that means.
LuckyCricket: I have looked at your blog and like it. With regard to following, you go first. -- Mykal
Oh yeah, I remember this movie from MST3K and "It Came From Hollywood"!ReplyDelete


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"Africa Should Bank on Innovation"
Op-Ed, Business Daily, (Nairobi)
November 13, 2007
Authors: Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa, Ismail Serageldin
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization; Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Biotechnology offers a wide range of economic growth opportunities for Africa. But as "Freedom to Innovate", a biotechnology report on Africa's Development shows, the continent needs to locate biotechnology policy in the context of wider economic strategies. Technological development goes hand in hand with overall economic growth and not as an isolated activity.
The report addresses critical issues related to Africa's place in a globalising economy. It demonstrates what is needed to build the capacity needed to apply biotechnology in agriculture, health, industry, trade, and environmental conservation (including biodiversity conservation).
"Freedom to Innovate" shows that the measures needed to address biotechnology will strengthen Africa's capacity to adapt other technologies to economic development. This report has placed these wider considerations in the context of the role of innovation in economic transformation.
The main message of "Freedom to Innovate" is that regional economic integration in Africa should embody the building and accumulation of capacities to harness and govern modern biotechnology.
Regional economic integration bodies are key institutional vehicles for mobilising, sharing and using existing scientific and technological capacities, including human and financial resources as well as physical infrastructure for biotechnology R&D and innovation.
International partnerships in biotechnology are critical to the realisation of Africa's biotechnology strategies and should be pursued aggressively.
The panel draws it recommendations from analysis of the current research and development on the continent and outside Africa and some of the emerging social, economic, legal and political issues that surround the development, dissemination and commercialisation of products from biotechnology.
A key outcome of the work of the panel is the creation of what we call "Regional Innovation Communities" involving groups of countries in eastern, western, northern and southern Africa. The innovation communities may be anchored by geographically-defined "Local Innovation Areas" with the clustering of universities, professional associations, enterprise and other actors with critical capabilities in agricultural, health, industrial and environmental biotechnologies.
"Freedom to Innovate" identifies five critical areas for action. First, is the need to put science and innovation at the centre of Africa's development, regional integration and trade efforts.
Second, attention should be placed on priority areas in fields such as biopharmaceuticals, health biotechnology, crop biotechnology and forest biotechnology.
Third, Africa needs to build critical capabilities for the development and safe use of biotechnology.
These capabilities include: infrastructure development, reinventing the African university, developing human capacities and engaging the public.
Fourth, Africa should establish continent-wide regulatory measures that are effective, transparent and efficient and are based on the co-evolutionary approach of promoting innovation, while protecting the public.
Fifth, the continent should build regional biotechnology innovation communities, as well as suggesting options for financing biotechnology, engaging the African diaspora, and designing effective collaborations with international partners.
The starting point in implementing the recommendations in "Freedom to Innovate" is the urgency that African heads of state and government place on the strategic role that technological innovation plays in economic transformation.
For more information about this publication please contact the Belfer Center Communications Office at 617-495-9858.
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She likes that you can make a necklace and rings, and a bracelet too. Her favorite is the necklace. She also likes the big sheet of paper (the decals) that you can make the snaps extra custom with! Once I showed her that we can use ribbon we have at home to make even more bracelet straps, she was all excited planning a multitude of bracelets for all of her outfits.
This Mama's thoughts: I love this set. I love that it actually encourages you to continue using the toy with items from your own home that you may already have. Its great for little girls who want to customize anything and everything!
As they get older they can do more with decals or embroidering, too. I hate when craft toys are really good for just one time use and then there isn't much else you can do with it. Seems so wasteful!
One thing as a mom that I really like about this is that if the fabric circles aren't just "so" when you do the snap press, it will not stay put- but a gentle tug of the fabric gets it off of and out from under the snap, and you can just pull the snap pieces apart with your hands and start over. I love that you can keep reusing the snaps over and over, because, like I said above, I don't like one time use toys so much. I feel like this offers a creative outlet, one that can be used over a long period of time. I can totally see her hanging out with her pals making snap necklaces during a playdate!
I would like for there to be a few more pieces in this set- specifically, another full set of snap bases, another necklace (so they can share with a friend) and at least one more figure 8 piece to make a double snap. Either that, or have some add-ons for the set. My girl likes to share creations and with the limited number of snap bases, isn't really able to do that. Mind you, this is NOT a negative of the product, not at all- we just love it and have had so much fun that we want to do more!
The instruction book that comes with this set has a ton of really fun ideas that can keep your child busy with many fun craft activities using the snap press kit.
What comes IN the box?
- A book bedazzled with ideas
- Custom customizable snap maker
- 25 domes and backs snaps to cover with fabric
- 5 necklace and bracelet snaps
- 2 snap rings
- Necklace with hook and clasp
- Charm attachment
- 16 – 1.5″ precut fabric circles (8 styles, 2 each)
- 12″ ribbon
- 12 birthstone gems
- 5ml bottle of glue
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Oh joy! Oh rapture!
May 26, 2011 —
Since I own a television, there was no escaping the imminent possibility of what some folks claimed might happen on May 21, 2011. According to the onslaught of information, we were in for quite a ride. Words like "judgment," "evil" and "sin" kept popping up; therefore I was a bit hesitant to dismiss it out of hand, and made my plans accordingly.
Just in case, I made reservations at the Liberty Free Theatre (LFT, www.libertyfreetheatre.org) for Thursday, well in advance of the impending end of the world, to catch Eugene O'Neill's "Hughie." According to mythologist Joseph Campbell, "We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value—the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it's all about."
Since experiencing good theatre makes me feel alive, I checked Wikipedia, which says: "Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (16 October 1888 – 27 November 1953) was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in literature. His plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism and were among the first to include speeches in American vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair."
Director Chet Carlin had a firm grasp on that concept, as did actors Michael Frizalone and James Heisel. As always, the LFT offers up a coffee klatch (of sorts) after each performance and I was struck by the many different interpretations of O'Neill's astonishing use of the language and what his intent may have been in writing "Hughie." I will not be sharing my theory here, but would encourage all to go and experience it, sans my take on the production (other than to share that I loved it). The theatre has extended the play's run to June 5, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Pre-Rapture, I spent some personal time outside playing with Dharma (the wonder dog) and reveling in the joy that is life in the Catskills, inspired by the words of Scottish poet George Byron: "There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more."


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Create a Spring Centerpiece and Edible Dip Bowl
Spruce Up Platter with Pen and Paint
Don't have a serving platter that matches your favorite set of dishware? You can create one in a jiffy when you start with a clear glass serving platter, a paint pen and some spray paint. You can see just the edge of our platter peeking out from under the plate shown with Bread Bowl Appetizer (pictured at left).
Cover your work area with newspaper or a large piece of cardboard to protect the surface. Place plate upside down.
Use an opaque paint pen from a craft or stationery store to draw a design on the rim of the underside of the platter. We used a fine-line navy blue paint pen to mimic the subtle swirls on some of the napkins in our centerpiece.
Once the design on the underside of the rim is dry, spray the entire underside of the plate with several light coats of spray paint. We used a can of latex spray paint in pale green to contrast with our blue design.
Allow the paint to dry completely between coats. Once it's dry, turn the plate over to display the two-tone design. You may want to seal the back of the plate with a clear acrylic. Whether you seal it or not, be sure to wash your platter by hand.


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Analyst Favorites With Strong Buyback Activity: Aecom Technology Ranks As A Top Pick
Investors are often keenly interested in knowing which companies are buying back their own stock, because companies often will only make such a move if they feel their stock is undervalued. Aecom Technology Corp is a company with strong buyback activity that is also considered a compelling buy by analysts; a bullish investor could take this to mean that sharp analyst minds came to the same bullish conclusion as the company itself that the stock is a good value, and therefore the stock should do well in the future.
Top Analyst Picks With Strong Stock Buyback Activity »
Analysts studying companies buying back their own stock will also factor into their analysis that future earnings will now be spread over a smaller share count, thereby increasing the per-share earnings the remaining shares will enjoy, versus what that same number would have been absent the stock buyback activity.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, ACM makes up 2.50% of the Dynamic Building & Construction Portfolio ETF (PKB) which is trading higher by about 1% on the day Thursday.
ACM operates in the Construction sector, among companies like Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) which is off about 0.6% today, and Deere & Co. (DE) trading lower by about 1.1%. Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of ACM, versus CAT and DE.


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Modular Under Cabinet Lighting
Modular Under Cabinet Lighting
Under cabinet lighting choices are great options for many different kitchens. They are the most common choice by far for kitchen lighting, and are often installed underneath the upper cabinet rows and above the backsplash.
Placing these lighting options underneath the cabinet can have the benefit of making the entire room appear larger. They also decrease the shadows in the room that have a tendency to make rooms feel rather inhospitable and cramped. Modular Under Cabinet Lighting is the best option for many spaces around your kitchen.
This style of under cabinet lighting provides multiple light sources with electrical current from one receptacle bank that is usually supplied by a voltage transformer. It has the benefit of discrete wiring runs, which produce less heat when they are on. These under cabinet light choices are also easily moveable, should you decide they would look better or provide more light in a different location.


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I tried for 5 days to BF my new daughter in the hospital. She would not latch on or take the nipple far enough into her mouth or suck hard enough to get the milk. I am feeling terrible guilt about this. I am pumping to give her Breast Milk, though. Is it too late to try again? I have always dreamed of Breastfeeding my baby, so this has been emotionally hard for me, but I don't want it to be so hard and disturbing for her.
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Thanks Rebecca, Mami_Kathy, Brittan. I'm just so in awe of this little guy. He's just trying to be in a good mood and continue to do his thing... He ate a good dinner and had some calm-down time toddling around on the porch then nursed like champ and mostly fell aslseep in my arms. I hope he gets a good block of hours now, but I'm expecting to just pull him from his crib and have him sleep between me and DH once he is up the first time so I can really just listen to him breath. I'll be keeping a very close watch and I will update during the weekend. Brittan, I'm glad Thomas is on the mend! Yes; I agree; I'm so thankful that we're still BF at this point!
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The honor student/star athlete is expected to sign with Houston Baptist University for a softball scholarship. The school is in the Great West Conference.
The Huskies softball practices and game schedule are so demanding, the school has offered the Refugio athlete an extra fifth year on her scholarship.
"They want to make sure that athletes complete their degrees," Cecilia said.
The Lady Cat pitcher is in the midst of volleyball season.
"I'm really excited about playing volleyball this year," she said.
Cecilia is equally eager about college.
"I can't wait to start school next year at Houston Baptist," she said.
The former county 4-H queen spent most of her weekends this summer playing softball with a Houston select team. She's no newcomer to the team – she's been playing there since she was 6. That was also the year that Refugio Little League began its softball program.
"I think the Little League program helped these young girls," said Karen Watts, Refugio city council member. Watts was on the council that supported adding the softball field at Heritage Park.
When Cecilia wasn't in Houston this summer, she was playing softball on the road with the select team – including games in Boulder, Colo. and in New York City.
Both Watts and Tejas BBQ owner Ron Lucich said they were amazed by the senior's exhausting schedule and tenacity.
"This young lady is the real deal – a great athlete and a great student," Lucich said.
"I want these kids to know that the city's here for them," Watts said. "They're our future."
Cecilia will major in business marketing and management. The county's 4-H program helped her reach the decision on her career.
"I like to work with kids in the 4-H program on leadership and their futures," Cecilia said.
Watts said there are scholarships available for young people who excel in athletics and academics as well. Cecilia is a prime example.
Local dentist Dr. Charles Watts sponsored the first Lunch With a Badge this school year.
"Dr. Watts picked up the tab for everybody today," Lucich said. "The program is receiving such a positive response. It's not unusual for a community member or business owner to hand over a $20 bill to keep the program going and we really appreciate that."


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MEA VP urges House to take action to prevent school violence
MEA Vice President Nancy Strachan urged members of the state House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday to pass the Student Safety Act, which would provide students with modern methods to anonymously report threats to school safety.
"School safety is one of the most pressing issues facing our schools today," Strachan said during her testimony in support of Senate Bill 374, which unanimously passed the Senate in June and has since sat in the House Appropriations Committee. "Teachers and education support professionals can't help students reach their full academic potential without a safe environment in which they can learn."
School violence rarely happens without warning, Strachan said, pointing to statistics from the U.S. Secret Service showing that 93 percent of school shooters exhibit "concerning behavior" to others prior to their attacks.
Introduced by state Sen. Judy Emmons, R-Sheridan, the Student Safety Act would create a comprehensive communications infrastructure that would provide students, school employees and parents with a way to anonymously submit tips to law enforcement and school administrators about threats to school safety. By allowing tipsters to discreetly submit information over the phone, online or via text message 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the "OK-2-SAY" program would help head off threats like school violence, bullying, intimidation, self-harm and harassment.
"This is an easy question," Michigan PTA Executive Director Sandra York told lawmakers.
"We are responsible as adults for making the changes that are necessary to keep our children secure," York said to the panel. "Please, take action before one more child is injured or one more child is lost to their family and friends forever."
A similar program in Colorado has been hugely successful since its launch following the Columbine shootings. Since 2004, Colorado's program has taken in more than 8,000 tips, and has aided in the prevention of 266 school attacks, according to officials in that state. It has also resolved at least 890 planned suicides, 1,636 bullying instances, 442 sexual offenses and 275 weapon reports, according to officials.
The Student Safety Act is endorsed by a bipartisan coalition of the state's top education and public safety leaders, including MEA, the American Federation of Teachers-Michigan, the Michigan Parent Teacher Association, the Michigan Association of School Boards, the Michigan Association of School Administrators, the Michigan State Police, the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police, the Michigan Sheriffs Association and many more.
Also supporting the bill is Kevin Epling, the father of a 14-year-old honor roll student from East Lansing who killed himself in 2002 after being the victim of bullying. Epling was the leading advocate for "Matt's Safe School Law," which requires school districts to develop policies and procedures to address bullying.
Epling said people knew that his son was being bullied, but "no one chose to do anything." He said the Student Safety Act would be a vital component in protecting kids.
"We know there are kids that need our help today," Epling said. "We need to give them a tool that's theirs."
"We will save lives," he said. "That's what we're talking about — saving lives."


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Work for convicts could helpMarch 05,2014On Feb. 27, the Rutland Herald reported that a 37-year-old St. Johnsbury man had pleaded guilty to assault and other charges committed in 2012. He was sentenced to at least two years in prison, with a maximum sentence of life for having escaped in 2010. With a life sentence hanging over his head indefinitely, this should deter Mr. Mahoney from engaging in any further criminal conduct, said Caledonia County States Attorney Lisa Warren.
I have been noticing a dramatic increase in the rate of crime in our area lately especially armed robbery. Robbery has typically been a males crime, but some are now suspected of having been committed by at least one female. These are the actions of desperate people in our hard economic times.
But can this trend be reversed? Once a person has any kind of criminal record, very few employers are willing to take a chance on hiring them. Without employment, these people end up returning to crime again and again, merely to survive.
It occurs to me that if community- or state-run manufacturing companies were to be established that cater to giving employment to people with criminal records, this could redirect energy from illegal activities and incarceration to positive, productive lives.
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#84481 - 10/31/02 10:34 AM Re: precipitation
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Let us remember that there are other forms of precipitation, especially in chemistry,
We get sugar by boiling off water from syrup. Confectioners sugar results from rapid
precipitation, and larger crystals from slower precipitation.
Many useful products from precipitation in various types of brine. And slow precipitation
is the typical means of purifying many imortant chemicals and medications, because the
formation of crystals excludes impurities.
#84482 - 10/31/02 11:34 AM what is a stair-rod?
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#84483 - 10/31/02 11:48 AM Re: what is a stair-rod?
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Impolite to stare at rods, TEd/
#84484 - 10/31/02 06:12 PM Regarding fogs
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...and appropriate for this holiday (Oct 31st) season:
I work part time in a gym that has a gorgeous Olympic-sized HEATED swimming pool. Every once in a while, the heat will go out in the room housing the pool (Yes, I know, "natatorium," but some of the muscleheads I deal with barely understand the concept of "swimming pool") but the water heater will continue to function. If this occurs on a cold winter's day, a very thick and spooky fog will form over the water and surrounding deck area to a depth of up to two feet. When this happens, we rename the pool "Lake Transylvania" and the skinny-dippers have a field day!
#84485 - 04/03/03 08:45 AM Re: precipatation
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My mother referred to a heavy snowfall as a "fanny-dragger."
#84486 - 04/03/03 07:30 PM Re: mizzles and Scotch mists
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I grew up differentiating between a mizzle and the lighter Scotch mist which, when you first walk outside, feels like champagne bubbles against your face. A mizzle just feels wet but without the wonderful sound of raindrops.
When my mother moved from the praries her family laughed at her for saying that the rain "isn't as wet" on the coast. But it's true, the clouds have all day so they don't dump everything at once.
#84487 - 04/03/03 07:34 PM Re: precipataion
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PS Beanie, I presume you're North American as I understand that phrase could have a quite different meaning elsewhere.
#84488 - 04/04/03 09:21 AM Re: precipataion
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In reply to:
An older expression that I haven't heard for years is "It's raining pitchforks."
When I first moved to Oregon some years ago, I heard the phrase: "it's raining pitchforks and n*gger babies." Let me tell you, I was outraged and gave the person who said that a scolding!!
He was a man in his late 60's and just didn't understand why I thought it was wrong.
#84489 - 04/04/03 11:10 AM Re: precipataion
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Okay, three things: CB, my father and his brothers used that expression, too. [distate e]; I have no idea what "other" meaning fanny-dragger could have; and, um, frankly it sounds funny to me to hear that "the clouds have all day". Under what circumstances would they NOT have all day?
Sorry to be so churlish, but I am away from home until the 6th., using my laptop. I am trying to keep in mind that I am lucky to be able to be on-line at all, but. The keyboard is different, it is much slower than my "real" computer, I'm using an el-cheapo service provider which means that ads pop up about every five minutes--I can tell one's coming because the keys suddenly quit working and I have to wait till the ad pops up, then close it; and it is too frustrating to deal with PM's: my laptop really cannot deal with loading my Check Private page. It takes about 20 minutes to download it, and another 10 to bring up the message. And twice already it has frozen up completely when I've tried to Check Private. Oh, and every half-hour there comes that lovely little box that says my service provider has detected no activity in the last 30 minutes(??), and they will shut me down in X number of seconds unless I click the little Resume button.
#84490 - 04/04/03 05:17 PM Re: precipataion
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RE: "the clouds have all day". Under what circumstances would they NOT have all day?
funny thing weather, we often think its the same every where, (and it is, in that it's always changing!)
but inland storms tend to be at the leading edge of fronts, (where the air pressure changes from high to low -- which is why a drop in barametric pressure is usually an indicator of a coming rain) and especially on the flat plains of North America (from texas to hudson bay!) these storms can be very fast moving...and very intense. it always seem that when they don't develop into tornado's, they instead dump huge amounts of rain, and cause flash floods.
but coastal areas, can get rain from off shore breezes, which carry moisture onto the land--and this rain, can come and go. I spent a week's vacation in Seattle, and it rained every day--and everyday was beautiful-- they rain rarely lasted more than a 1/2 hour, you ducked into a store, or better yet a starbucks, had a coffee, and when the rain stopped, you went on your way. an hour or two later, you need sunglasses, and sun screen... and then again, in the afternoon or evening, it was raining again...never very hard. just on and off showers..
Upstate NY (and parts of MI and other north east states) get this kind of weather all the time, and in the winter, they often get "lake effect snow". when the wind picks up, it speeds over the water, picking up moisture, and then as it hits land, it slows..the change in speed also causes a change in air pressure, and bingo, rain..(or snow).
which coast you are on also makes a difference, (since the jet stream tends move from the west to the east, (so the pacific north west has a rain forest, and New England just has forest) and mountains and other geographical features can also effect storms (and well as ocean currents like the gulf stream...)
I always think of there being 4 seasons, (spring, summer, autumn and winter) but many places have 2(wet and dry) and some have three (what they call the three seasons varries-sometimes wet,dry and winter, sometimes winter, mud and summer)_________________________
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Nomura names global head of equity trading
Nomura, the Japanese bank that has fundamentally reshaped its equities business over the past 18 months, has appointed a former Credit Suisse veteran to run its trading business for the asset class globally.
The bank has named Todd Sanoz as global head of equity trading and execution services; the latter comprises equity execution services including Instinet, prime services, electronic trading, and future, options and over-the-counter clearing. He will report to Steve Ashley, head of global markets, and Naoki Matsuba, co-head of global markets.
Ashley said: "He will play a crucial leadership role in harnessing our strengths across our Equity business, building on our core strengths of client focus and disciplined risk management, as well as maximising our presence at the centre of east-west flows."
Sandoz previously spent 17 years at Credit Suisse, leaving in September last year, and was most recently head of global foreign exchange and short-term interest rates trading in London. He previously held a number of positions in equities, having started his career as a convertible bond trader.
His appointment follows a reshaping of Nomura's equities business over the past 18 months. In September 2012, the bank announced that its subsidiary agency brokerage, Instinet, would become the bank's execution arm, with the bank moving its execution services functions, including cash trading, program trading and electronic products on to the platform.
A few months later, in December, it announced that it would combine its equities and fixed income units in a unified markets business.
This combination was described at the time by Ashley as a genuine integration, with equities becoming an asset class alongside rates, credit, foreign exchange and asset-backed securities.
Many of Nomura's old guard in equities, who joined the bank when it acquired the European operations of Lehman Brothers, later left. These included the head of equity sales and head of cash equities sales, a number of research analysts including much of the research management team, and Sam Ruiz, its former head of European equities.
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#123337 - 03/02/05 06:33 PM Re: Useful language links
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On the news tonight was a brief item about a fantastic new British Library resource, featuring a bank of recordings of UK accents and other regional speech markers. I thought some of you might be interested:
#123338 - 03/02/05 09:38 PM Re: Useful language links
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Wo-ow; I just listened to the Yorkshire baker lady. Before I forget: I noticed that in this 1955 recording, she mentions a half a pound of sugar.
Golly--even though she's speaking so slowly, I have a hard time understanding some things. Owen--oven; buther and wather: butter and water; resins -- raisins; luf--loaf.
When my Yorkshire host family spoke to each other at their normal speed, I couldn't follow it at all.
Thanks, mav!
#123339 - 03/03/05 12:29 PM Re: Useful language links
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> I couldn't follow it at all
eeh bah goom, moss't Brits feel t'same way, lass!
#123340 - 03/07/05 05:56 AM Re: (another) Useful language link
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Perhaps others already use this and I have simply missed your mention of it, but in case its new to you too, I strongly suggest you check it out. There are an incredible number of interesting searchable texts available. Heres a direct link to perhaps the most useful area for this board:
This takes you to the front end of all kinds of other topic searches!
#123341 - 03/07/05 07:19 AM Re: Useful language links
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a bank of recordings of UK accents
This dialect collection was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition. I had little trouble following the Yorkshire lady*, but the Staffordshire collector really had me stymied!
*maybe because I can sing "On Ilkley Moor Baht'At."
#123342 - 03/13/05 05:41 PM Another Shakespeare link
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#123343 - 03/29/05 09:12 AM Urban slang dictionary
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#123344 - 06/10/05 05:27 PM Re: nother resource
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A remarkable acronym finder, searchable in several languages.
(with thanks to aldiboronti @ w/origins)
#123345 - 06/10/05 05:32 PM Re: nother resource
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#123346 - 06/10/05 06:24 PM Re: nother resource
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hey, didn't know you spoke Welsh!
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