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Cliff Lee dominates as he throws a two-hitter against the D-backs, going 4-0 in four starts since being traded to the Phils.
For the fourth time in as many start, Cliff Lee dominates the opposing batters, this time by pitching a complete game two-hitter, as he allowed in only an unearned run, as the Phils defeat the D-backs, 8-1. They increase their lead over the Marlins to five-and-a-half games as the fish lose to the Astros.
The Phils took the lead in the third as, with a runner on first, and with one out, Chase Utley hits a two-run home run to center field, his twenty-fifth home run of the season, scoring ahead of him Shane Victorino, who had just walked, giving the Phils a 2-0 lead. The D-backs would cut the Phils' lead in half in the fourth as, with a man on third base, and with one man out, Stephen Drew hits a sacrifice fly, knocking in Ryan Roberts, who had earlier reached base on a Pedro Feliz fielding error as he misplayed the ball, going to second on the error, then reaching third on Augie Ojeda's ground out, 4-3, making it 2-1 Phils. That would turn out to be as much offense as the D-backs will be able to mustard. In the fifth, the Phils would bust the game wide open as, with two men on, and with one man out, Ryan Howard hit a three-run bomb into left center field, his thirty-first home run of the year, knocking in Jimmy Rollins, who had earlier double, and had gone to third on Victorino's single, and Victorino, who had earlier singled, to give the Phils a 5-1 lead. The Phils then made it 6-1 as Jayson Werth followed Howard with a solo home run, his twenty-sixth home run of the season. In the top of the sixth, with one man out, pinch hitter Chad Tracy got on base with a pinch hit single, ending Lee's no-hit bit at five and a third innings, before being stranded at first as the next two D-back hitters flew out to right (Roberts) and struck out looking (Ojeda). The Phils would increase their lead to 7-1 in the bottom half of the inning as, with a man on second, and with two men out, Victorino hits an RBI double, scoring Lee, who had earlier got on base with a single, and then went to second on a wild pitch. In the seventh,the Phils added another run as, with one man out, Werth hits a solo home run, his second of the night and his twenty-seventh home run of the year, making it an 8-1 Phils' lead. That would be more than enough for Lee, as he would only allow two more base runners after giving up the single, a hit batter in the top of the seventh (Rusty Ryal) and a single in the eighth (Alex Romero), mowing down the D-backs in the ninth inning with a fly out to right (Josh Whitesell), a fly out to left (Drew) and a strike out swinging (Mark Reynolds), as he recorded a two-hitter, and his fourth straight victory since becoming a Phil and his seventh straight win in his last seven starts.
Cliff Lee picked up the win as he pitched a complete game, his second since joining the Phils, as he gave up an unearned run on two hits and a hit batter, while striking out eleven batters, tying a career high. His record is now 11-9 (4-0) with an ERA of 2.72 (0.82). Dan Haren took the lost as he lasted only five innings, giving up six runs on nine hits and a walk, while striking out six. His record is now 12-8 with a 2.74 ERA. Clay Zavada pitched one and a third innings, giving up a run on two hits, while striking out two. Juan Gutierrez pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a run on one hit, while he struck out one. Blaine Boyer pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit, as he struck out a batter.
The Phils had thirteen hits in the game, with Jayson Werth leading the way with three hits, with two of his hits being solo home runs, raising his average to .267. Shane Victorino, Chase Utley, and yes, Cliff Lee, followed with two hits apiece, with one of Shane's hits being an RBI double, while one of Utley's hits was a two-run home run. Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard, Raul Ibanez and Paul Boko had the other four Phils' hits, with Rollins' being a double, and Howard's being a three-run bomb which broke the game wide open. All but one of the Phils' run came via the long ball, something the Phils do very well, but they will need to rely on less if they hope to win their second straight league title and world series championship.
The Phillies (68-49, 1st National League East) will conclude their short home stand with the Diamondbacks (54-67, 4th National League West) with a night game. The game will be played at Citizens Bank Park and will start at 7:05 pm. The Phils will send to the mound Joe Blanton (7-6, 3.88), who is coming off a no-decision against the Braves on August 14, where he pitched seven innings, giving up just two runs, only one of which was earned, on seven hits and a walk, while striking out two, in the Phils' 3-2 win. He will be trying for his first win in about a month, while also going for the series sweep. He will be opposed by Doug Davis (7-10, 3.59), who is coming off a no-decision of his own against the Dodgers on August 15, as he went six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and four walks, while striking out two, in the D-backs' 4-3 win. He will be trying to prevent the sweep. The Phils will be trying to end the short home stand on a positive note, before going onto the road to face the hurting Mets for four games, and then the lowly Pirates for three, with a good chance to increase their lead in the East over the Marlins by the time they come back home.
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Got to admit, right now your pitching staff is playing so great.
Both Cliff Lee taking the mound and strapping a win to the Phillies belts was great, but Jamie Moyer coming in and getting a "W" for Pedro is just classic baseball.
The division is turning out to be a Phillies repeat performance, and right now you derserve every word printed that you could repeat with the way the staff is throwing the ball right now.
Rays Renegade
Thanks, and the pitching staff is certainly pitching well. Once Cole Hamels and Brad Lidge have both clear out of their heads what ever problem they have, the division will be ours. But not before.
I am so liking the way Lee goes about pitching. Reminds me of 'Super' Steve Carliton. Give him the ball and watch him go…mow down opposing batters. As for Monday, yeah, that was something. Moyer said he wasn't motivated by his demotion. Right, anything you say 'Grand Pappy', anything you say.😉
As for the repeat, I will not think that until both the Marlins and the Braves are way, way, way behind the Phils in the rear-view mirror. The Phils have a nasty habit of not putting things away early. '64? No, '78, when they almost lost the East to the Stargel-Parker led 'Family' of the Pirates. Now that was nerve wracking.
Thanks on the Congrats, but I'll wait until the Phils are safely too far ahead before bringing out the champagne glasses.
Cliff Lee= WIN literately 4-1 on phills
Actually, Lee's record since joining the Phils is 5-1.


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Twas the Night Before Christmas at the MLB Blogs!
"Twas the Night Before Christmas and in every house
All good MLB bloggers and readers were clicking their mouse
They hung all their stockings, decorated their trees
and now it was time to sit down and see
What everyone posted on this Christmas Eve.
A nice break to read a bunch of good bloggers
Was just what they needed, but Oh no! the buggers!
When they went to the MLB site, none could be found.
"Oh no, we're afraid Mark went out of town
Is the server down the reason we cannot read?
How could he do this in our time of need?
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And then in a flash, with a stroke of a key,
One by one, they discovered their Christmas Eve reads.
Their eyes how they twinkled, they laughed and smiled.
And they settled into the chair to read/write for a while.
Their hearts were delighted, they felt just like kids,
But it's still such a mystery where the MLB links had hid.
Was it there all the time and they just didn't see?
Or did Santa step in and do a good deed?
Good baseball fans are on Santa's list
And good MLB bloggers and readers he vows never to miss.
It's been a long night, time to climb into bed,
So they shut down their computers and laid down their heads.
But in a quiet of night, before things came to an end,
They heard "Thanks for reading and writing with me,
Its great to read and write with baseball friends!"
I wish you peace and joy!
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! Happy New Year!
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Great poem, Emma! I wish you a very Merry Christmas. Thanks for all your fun posts.
Hello! Though I am a newbie blogger i wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year as well. Hopefully we can get to know each other better as the 2010 season begins! (Although I'm an Angel and you're a Dodger… we can still be friends right? lol) I liked your parody very much!
till then
Very beautiful work and imagery.
We all know that Mark is snug like a bug in a rug right now waiting for the AM so he can be a kid for a few hours.
Thank you for that great NEW Christmas themed posting that we will all remember.
I hope tomorrow you day is filled with smiles, family and all the laughter you can handle. But not too many cookies!
Merriest of Christmas to one of the Dodger Blues best!
Rays Renegade
Thanks Jane!
Thank YOU! for all your fun posts! I am thankful that you are part of this great community.
Merry Christmas to you too! Welcome to the MLB blogger community! I promise I wont hold it against you that you are an Angel fan. We'll just have fun with it. Do you go to the Freeway series?
Thanks! ::blushes:: and you are probably right, Mark is all snug like a bug LOL.
I hope your Christmas is joyfull! and how did you know that I like my sweets?
Great post Emma! Merry Christmas and have a wonderful one with your family.
Thanks Hyungyoung!
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
My friend Kyoung went to Paris! lucky her! I hope she is having a great Christmas there.
That was perfect, Emma! Three cheers!
Good Job and Merry Christmas Emma🙂
dear Emma, Merry christmas and a happy 2010 for you and your family.Thank you for all the wonderful posts you delighted us all year long.
That was so great!! Thanks for sharing with us and I hope you had a great Christmas!!
Very nice Emma! Made me smile from ear to ear! That reminds me; I haven't parodied a new song on ITD in a LONG time! Hope your Christmas was great! Mine was fine; I'm just trying to get over this cold that I've had for about a week.
Excellent post! Hope you had a very memorable and enjoyable Christmas,and best wishes for a fantastic 2010!
I am putting my self on the "bad list" this year just to be different.
Hope you have a fantastic New Years Eve and great start to the next decade for the Dodgers.
Rays Renegade
Thanks Jeff! Hope you are having a blast in Vegas. I might head that way in a few days.
Glad my parody made you smiled froom ear to ear🙂. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Take care of that cold, you don't want it come back.
Thanks Scott! So how are you liking California?
No way you can be on the "bad list" You got all the super heroes in your corner! 🙂
Thanks Dodger4life!
I always love to read your post in the ITD blog. I hope you and your family had a great Christmas! Congratulations on your new Dodger hat!
You are so sweet! Thanks!
Hey Emma!
Okay, I know I said it'll be closer to March when I was able to give you dates that we'll be at Camelback, but I have a closer idea. I think we're going to be driving from LA either Saturday or Sunday 3/20 or 3/21. We were only planning on staying in the area for a few days, but I know my husband wants to be there to catch the 1:05 game on Monday the 22nd (at Camelback) against the Angels. My mom will be with us! We were only thinking of staying in the area for a few days; we can't afford to stay too much longer.
I wanted to ask you something. I REALLY want to have an autograph book with me (I was thinking of having one for my mom too!) Last year at Camelback, did you get autographs? How willing were the guys to give autographs? Were some more willing than others? I just wanted to know from someone that was there last year. I personally want to think that every player would be willing to give his autograph, but I didn't know if some give into the mentality that, "I don't want to give my autograph for free when I could be paid to do it."
What do you think? Am I being too cynical? And if any of your fellow bloggers on this site want to chime in on this question, please, the more info, the better!!! 🙂
Thanks Babu! Happy Holiday season to you too!
That is wonderful that you already have dates set. Your husband, mom and you will have a great time!
Spring training is absolutely the best time to get autographs and pictures taken with the boys. The guys are all relaxed and more willing to sign autographs and take pictures and talk with the fans. I don't get many autographs, I am more into taking pictures and just talking with the guys but plenty of fans take lots of things to sign. I have gotten some baseball signs by guys in Vero Beach as well as Camelback.
I hope to see you there! I'll let you know of the dates I will be there. Just watch out for the cameras on the freeway!

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In the summer of 1922, the last of the German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers who had been in Russian captivity after the First World War were shipped home across the Baltic. Altogether, over 400,000 prisoners were exchanged in less than two years. The credit for this was given mainly to Fridtjof Nansen.
That autumn he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nansen did his country great service as a politician and diplomat, but he acquired his international renown primarily as a scientist, polar exploration hero, and the altruistic champion of people in times of distress.
In July 1895, the Sixth International Geographical Congress was held in London. One of the objectives was to rekindle interest in Antarctic exploration.
Little of consequence had been achieved in the preceding 50 years, and the congress passed a resolution stating that "further exploration of the Antarctic regions should be undertaken before the close of the century".
Those who attended the congress were probably unaware that preparations for just such an expedition were already under way. The man who intended to lead this voyage of discovery was a 29-year-old lieutenant in the Belgian Navy. His name was Adrien Victor Joseph de Gerlache.
Three years earlier he had volunteered to join a Swedish expedition, but the expedition was abandoned before it set sail.
The spray was dashing over the ship, and the wind came in gusts, howling through the rigging, but we struggled and toiled and got the sails set. Then we commenced a method of sailing not one of us is ever likely to forget even should he attain the age of Methusaleh.
- Roald Amundsen
From Dalrymple Rock the Gjøa headed into Lancaster Sound and on August 22 reached Beechey Island, the last safe winter harbour of the Franklin expedition.
Amundsen spent two days on this island taking magnetic observations which indicated that the magnetic pole lay to the southward somewhere near the position determined by Ross in 1831.
This result pleased him, for he had long believed that the best route for the Northwest Passage must lie to the south and close to the coast of North America. If the Magnetic Pole was close to this route, much time and effort would be saved in performing the dual roles of scientists and explorers.
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Nederlag er en absolutt følge for den, som har forsømt at ta de nødvendige forholdsregler i tide - uheld kaldes det"
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Students and job-seekers will have an opportunity to connect with a wide range of employers April 3 at the 2012 Career and Internship Fair. The fair, co-sponsored by Saint Martin's University and The Evergreen State College, will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Marcus Pavilion on the Saint Martin's University campus, 5300 Pacific Ave. SE. The fair welcomes students, alumni and the public. Admission is free.
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My name is Adam. I've been disc golfing for about a year now. I'm still relatively new to the world of disc golf, but have found that I really enjoy it. I typically play between 1-3 times per week. If you are anything like me, after getting down the basics of disc golf you found yourself thinking about ways to practice, in hopes of improving your game. More specifically, ways to practice realistically in order to improve your game. Its pretty easy to find a field to practice drives and mid range shots, taking aim at any suitable objects at reasonable distances within these fields, open areas, etc. However, when practicing putting, a target that closely resembles what you would see out on the course is obviously best, and will help you to become a more accurate and consistant player. Sure, you can practice putting with anything from office chairs, to signs, to buckets on poles, but naturally, the more realistic the "target" is that you are putting at, the more realistic practice you will get. With that said, I tried the alternatives, but decided that I needed something a little more realistic to practice on. Something with chains that I could rattle, and at least looked somewhat like a disc golf basket. A wide variety of options existed. From very expensive, full-spec competition baskets, to less expensive basic "on course" baskets, to least expensive "practice" baskets. The problem is trying to find the right mix between maintaining the realism of the basket, while at the same time keeping the price affordable. About six months ago, after some research, I bought a Mach Lite portable basket made by DGA. It is a nice basket and suited my needs well. I believe I paid about $130-$140 for it. As far as a practice basket goes, it was a pretty good basket. Well made, portable, inner and outter chains, etc. I used (and still use) it quite a bit to this day. Fast forward. I found myself wanting another basket for two reasons. One, it would be nice to be able to toss back and forth between baskets. Two, my family owns some wooded lakeside property that I would LOVE to have a few realistic, yet affordable baskets on. I decided that none of the available options suited my needs. They were either too expensive, or not very realistic. After thinking about it, and taking a quick peek at what kind of parts it would take, I decided to try my hand at building a DIY (Do It Yourself) basket to see if I could get the best of both worlds (realistic yet affordable). It all started with a fake xmas tree my wife and I were going to get rid of. I decided to strip the tree limbs, needles, etc. and use the base, pole, limbs, etc. to get started on the basket. The following pictures document my process and experience building the basket.
Approx. 3/4 of the way through de-limbing the tree.
I removed the remaining limbs (except 1 row being used as the inner chain holder).
Next, I sanded, primered, and painted the pole "metallic silver".
After looking around for potential items to use as a basket, I decided I'd be better off just making one. I bought a pre-cut piece of 2' x 2' 1/2" thick plywood, then used my mach lite basket as a rough blueprint. I bought some cheap 4" by 8" shelf brackets for the outer wall supports of the basket. (Borrowed some ideas from the "wilson basket" design)
This picture shows the basket bottom cut out and brackets spaced evenly on it.
Here, the center hole has been cut and the basket "test fit" onto the pole. Beneath the basket is a pvc "collar" that slips over the pole and is what the basket will attach to.
The basket was then cut for weight reduction purposes and painted to match the silver center pole.
Chains were the most expensive part. I went with 12 outer & 6 inner chains. (18 chains at 27" each. I used 2/0 chain as it is very close to the size and thickness the chains would be on a course basket).
I used some plywood that I had left over in my shed for the top/outer chain mount. I cut it square at 22" per side, then measured every 30° from the center point to get 12 evenly spaced arms. The metal arms are actually stripped limbs from the xmas tree being bent into shape and re-used.
Holes were drilled for the arms to mount through at every corner. I mounted the arms with short, wide head screws.
I ended up painting it red to match my DGA mach lite (red/silver)
Test Fit: top/outer chain mount, inner 6 chains and ring. I used a 2 inch pvc collar to brace the underside of the top/outer chain support.
This picture shows the top attached with the outer chains mounted. I cut a wire hanger and bent it into a 6" diameter circle to use as the ring that the outer chains attach to.
I wrapped 3 lengths of light duty hose in red electrical tape to match the top of the basket, then attached it to the brackets with some small nuts/bolts to form the outer walls of the basket.
Since the very top of the tree fits snugly into to the top of the pole being used, I decided to strip all but the last few fake tree limbs, paint the pole silver, top limbs red, and use it as an optional "flag/pole" to help find the pin when shooting from a distance.
Final hose has been attched and the basket is officially DONE!
56" to top of chain rack
22" diameter chain rack/top
24"/26" diameter basket (depends if measuring from corners or faces of basket edge) by 8" deep
24" from the ground to the bottom of basket
12 outer chains (2/0 chain)
6 inner chains (2/0 chain)
Recycled parts:
Fake Xmas tree stand, pole, limbs, top, other small misc.stuff
Bought parts:
18 pieces of chain by 27" long for total of 40.5ft of 2/0 chain (approx $45)
PVC collars (2) (approx $4)
Spray pain [optional] (1red, 1silver) (approx $7)
50' light duty hose (have leftover) (approx $10)
Large roll of red elec tape [optional] (approx $5)
12 shelf brackets (8 basket rim, 4 basket support) (approx $12)
2" steel ring for outer chains to mount to (approx $2)
Misc. screws,nuts,bolts,fasteners (approx $10)
Total Out of Pocket Expense: Approx $95
*Supply list can be changed to adjust the price. There were also some left over parts (if you are building multiple baskets this could save some $) The spray paint and elec tape were strictly for aesthetic purposes. If you remove these, the price adjusts to about $80.
Total time spent: Several hours a day for approx 1 week. (much of this time was dedicated to deconstructing the tree.)
Final Result: A basket that mimics very closely what you would see and use out on a disc golf course without costing the amount of money it would take to purchase a pre-manufactured basket. I modeled the chain structure after the DGA mach new 2. http://www.discgolf.com/equipment/ba...lf-basket.html. It is nice and solid and catches noticably more realistic then other practice baskets I've tossed at. It is a bit heavy when compared with most "portable" baskets out there, but can be moved by one person without issue. It can also be taken apart very easily for longer transport. Everything has been mounted securely and is very stable. I made a point to keep it as close to regulation specs as I could. It catches very well and will serve me (and my game) well into the future.
My goal is to share the results of this DIY basket project in hopes of inspiring other disc golfers out there to think creatively, and take opportunities to recycle, or use repurposed materials whenever possible. Also, to show that for the price of a rather cheap manufactured basket that often times sacrifices realism in an attempt to keep cost down, you can make your own, far more realistic basket and get the best of both worlds. There is also something quite fulfilling about looking at a finished product, when you are the one responsible for its creation. Happy Hucking!


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– Ewan McGregor is currently in talks to star in Ron Howard's adaptation of Dan Brown's hit book Angels and Demons.
A prequel to The Da Vinvi Code, Angels and Demons follows Robert Langdon, once again being played by Tom Hanks, as he tries to stop a plot by the Illuminati to destroy the Vatican.
McGregor's role would be the Catholic Church insider who help Langdon holt the Illuminate's plot.
This news comes just days after Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer landed the role of Vittoria Vetra, who helps Langdon after her father is murdered.
Zurer beat of competition from Academy Award nominee Naomi Actress for the role.
– Nick Stoller and Judd Apatow have reunited, after working together on new comedy forgetting Sarah Marshall, for Get Him to the Greek.
The film follows a college graduate insurance adjuster who accompanies a rock star from London to the greek in LA.
Stoller will write and direct the project that will star Apatow favourite Jonah Hill and comedian turned actor Russell Brand.
– American actress Moon Bloodgood is currently in talks to star in the lead female role in the latest installment of the terminator frnachise – Terminator Salvation.
Bloodgood will star as a long serving member of John Connor's, played by Christian Bale, resistance team.
Principle photography is expected to get under way on 5th May and will be released next year.
– It has been reported that Virginia Madsen has signed to appear in Mira Nair's Amelia alongside Hilary Swank and Richard Gere.
The film is the biopic of Amelia Earhart an American aviation pioneer, author and women's rights advocate.
The film will revolve around Amelia's (swank) relationship with George Putnam (Gere), her publisher, promoter and eventual husband.
Madsen will play Putnam's first wife Dorothy Binney.
Shooting is expected to get underway later this month.
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I since learned (the hard way) that Fluevogs can vary on size depending on the "family" of shoe.
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No brief encounterSeptember 26,2013The man formerly hailed as a messiah was having a bad day.
The Iranians snubbed him. The Brazilians upbraided him. Ted Cruz fauxlibustered him. And you just know that, behind the scenes, the Russians were messing with him.
At the end of a long, hard day at the United Nations, he escaped into the sweaty and freighted embrace of the Clintons, who had to explain and defend the presidents own health care plan for him at their global initiative conference / Hillary 2016 pep rally. The choreography of diplomacy danced around the tantalizing possibility of a historic handshake that could end three decades of poison. (Even though the last climactic clasp, between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasir Arafat, disappointingly proved that sometimes a handshake is just a handshake.)
With the welcome exit of the provincial Iranian fruitbat, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, could the country W. declared part of the axis of evil reach out to the country smeared as the Great Satan by Ayatollah Khomeini? Obama administration officials at the U.N. on Tuesday explained to reporters that there would not be a bilateral between President Barack Obama and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, or any sort of formal meeting.
Were not prepared for heads of state to negotiate or presidents to negotiate on the nuclear issue, an official said, speaking on background. An encounter would be permissible. Not a long one, but an informal, brief encounter.
So, a reporter asked, like a handshake?
Yes, that type of thing, the official replied. Exactly. On the margins here.
Except that, after the White House spent a week suggesting that there could be a press-the-flesh moment, Rouhani snubbed Obama. And not on the margins.
Maybe the tweet-happy Iranian president was too busy retweeting Christiane Amanpour to have time to pretend to bump into the American president in a U.N. hallway. Ultimately it became clear that that was too complicated for them at this time, the Obama official said just before 3 p.m., trying to put a good face on the scuttled face-to-face, adding that the Iranians, No. 1, have an internal dynamic that they have to manage and they were not ready to have an encounter at the presidential level.
Even a brief encounter wasnt brief enough.
The assumption that a meeting per se could be decisive or help solve problems is absolutely wrong, said the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham. We think that we should wait until a proper time for such a meeting comes. Our assessment is that the proper time hasnt yet come.
Poor President Obama, trying to figure out if the Russians and Iranians are offering trick or treat to America on WMD, as he lurches about with a foreign policy played out extemporaneously and ambivalently in Obamas brain and Ben Rhodes mouth, as The New Republics Leon Wieseltier puts it. (An internal Israeli government document, The Washington Post reported, dismissed Rouhanis charm offensive as smile but enrich.)
And poor Hillary Clinton, having to watch as the diplomatic breakthroughs, albeit haphazard and possibly illusory, happen on John Kerrys watch, making her tenure look even more like that of a globe-trotting good-will ambassador. The president told the U.N. that future diplomatic efforts would focus on Irans pursuit of nuclear weapons and the Arab-Israeli conflict. Hillary largely steered clear of that conflict, knowing the domestic risks for the restoration of Clinton Inc.
The Obama snub is a replay of then-President Clintons dashed attempt at a brief encounter in 2000 at the opening of the General Assembly with the Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, who also tried to warm up relations with the West but got hampered by hard-liners at home. As The Times Mark Landler wrote, Clinton aides did everything they could to arrange a coincidental brief encounter including asking that Clintons speech be just before Khatamis and that Clinton be seated within chair-bumping range of Khatami at the secretary generals lunch.
Prince Turki al-Faisal, the former Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S., told an audience at the Core Club in Midtown on Sunday evening that Obama raised expectations in the Arab world with his 2009 Cairo speech that were never met. But the president, stymied on Syria and dealing with an American public that never wants to hear the words Sunni or Shiite again, had a straight-up message for the Arab world.
The United States is chastised for meddling in the region, accused of having a hand in all manner of conspiracy, he said in his speech, at the same time, the United States is blamed for failing to do enough to solve the regions problems and for showing indifference toward suffering Muslim populations.
He said that Americas ill-suited forays into occupying Muslim countries are over: Iraq shows us that democracy cannot simply be imposed by force.
A handshake cant be imposed on someone who is not quite ready to come to grips.
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When I was in my teens, I assumed that, at some point in the hopefully near future, I would be elected sexual dynamo supreme of my county and take my rightful place as idolized cocksmith and humptastic thrustegenarian that all the ladies for several area codes would want, nay, need to get with. How I would become a sexual demigod I did not know, nor did I put a lot of thought into it. And, many, many years later when I finally did have sex for the first time, it was like eating a chocolate bar from a strange foreign country. I assumed I was prepared for and knowledgeable about what was about to take place; then I hit the bean paste center and realized nothing was as it seemed and my wealth of watching porn and HBO had done nothing to educate me. I was adrift in a sea of smells, textures, and moves I knew nothing about.
There's a good chance sex was not what you expected the first time either, or, if you haven't had it yet, it will be vastly different from what you think. In light of that, let me take off these slacks and take you on a journey through all the sexual quagmires porn can't get you ready for.
5 Queefs
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The human body can produce upward of 200 different sounds, and none is less appropriate in a sexual situation than a fart. Farting during sex is like breaking out your Three Stooges impression during a funeral or trying your hand at some of your favorite movie serial killer quotes while on the toilet in a mall bathroom.
It is with no small amount of irony then that the very act of having sex is also easily described as the act of hammering large quantities of air into a tight, moist space such that massive, squeaky farting will occur shortly thereafter. It can't be helped, and I submit that no one told you this prior to your first experience. For guys, this is actually a kind of added bonus to the whole event, like dinner and a show, a sort of fun, theatrical end to the night's festivities. For women, it's like finding out you're adopted and your birth parents are Danny DeVito and sasquatch. Well, that's not fair; I like to think one or two of you ladies, when first presented with a post-coital queef, clapped your hands delightedly and laughed like you just saw outtakes from Step Brothers. But I suspect I'm right when I assume that most of you reacted with something that placed you between mortified and suicidal.
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"Oh my gawd! I could just die!"
The sad (or happy) truth is that the queef is as much a part of sex as bunnies are a part of spring. They pop up and wiggle their little noses and frrrp in that cute way they do and it's enjoyable. We should love those flappity little air bunnies. And we would if anyone had ever let us know they were going to be joining us.
4 Cardio
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Many people were probably introduced to porn at the same time as they met Ron Jeremy, and in a lot of ways that's a good thing. Well, not a lot, but in at least one way. Not the one you're thinking. The first porno I ever saw featured a dude who looked like Fabio if someone beat him with a mallet. This hulk of a man and some mildly interested blonde lady were poolside, and he pounded her like he was trying to achieve a velocity that would take her and two humpback whales back in time to save mankind. I was concerned a fire was going to break out at any moment if he wasn't forced to stop.
Even back then I understood there was a difference between me and this latter-day He-Man. This guy would have fucked a hole in an oak tree. But I had no idea at the time what a marathon sex was going to be. Nor did I realize until some years later that cheap-ass pornos will loop footage to make the whole session seem longer, which in turn makes you feel worse for not measuring up when you compare yourself.
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"I hump better than you do anything."
At the moment I seem to have outed myself as a dude who has no sexual stamina, but I don't feel that's a fair assessment. What is fair is saying that people in porno seem to eat sandwiches laced with amphetamines and Viagra all day every day so that all they can do is just thrust madly at something, and once a director applies an orifice to their wang, they call action and the ensuing hour pretty much takes care of itself. I'd happily have sex for an hour straight if I could, but I'm not even convinced it's humanly possible, and not just because I'd have an aneurism and die on the poor girl at the 40-minute mark, because I think at 30 minutes her vagina would be squealing like a worn brake pad at the end of a high-speed chase.
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Pictured: Some kinda metaphor or whatever.
Of course, you can have a sensual, sexual time that spans an entire day if you so desire, but you need to realize it's a lot of stopping and starting. You're going to need water nearby for when you get dehydrated, and maybe a fan or the AC on if it's warm out so you don't knock yourself unconscious after the insane workout you're about to get. If you're doing the sexing right, it's going to get sweaty. Way sweatier than in porno, and way, way sweatier than sex scenes in Hollywood movies, which must all be filmed in meat lockers.
Once you hit your stride, it's a hell of a workout, and sure, you can go for a long time, and I'm sure my fortitude is shamed by ubermensch all around the world, but damn is it surprising when you get into it and realize it's like trying to do all the parts of a triathlon at once. So maybe it's a good thing that Ron Jeremy is out there to ameliorate the situation and make it seem like there's at least one guy who needs to eat a sandwich in between thrusts besides those of us not fortunate enough to find our niche making vaguely unsettling pornographic movies.


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…And In This Corner, Misanthropy!
I don't like it when things come down to the wire. I like to know early what's going on and then just settle back and not worry about it. Perhaps this explains why I often miss incredible finishes, like Boise State beating Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl a couple years ago. Or Michigan coming back against Notre Dame. And Indiana. I'm not sure what it is, maybe my German blood, but just like I don't enjoy gambling, I don't enjoy close finishes.
Which is why I'd like the Tigers to make up their mind about the AL Central title. A friend of mine used to describe this peculiar inability to make a decision with the phrase, "Either sh!t or get off the pot." And maybe someone needs to pointedly remind the Tigers of this. At this point I don't care so much how it ends (OK, that's not exactly true) but I'd just like it to end.
Would it be exciting if the Tigers and Twins ended the year tied and (once again) had to go to a one game playoff? Sure. Would I enjoy it? Not one bit. I can deal with it when it's teams I don't care about because, well, because I don't care about them. But watching Michigan when they're down 5 points in a dogfight with Indiana? Or the Tigers as they try to redeem the season? I'd rather just go to bed. That isn't going to make me an ideal candidate for Lipitor.
So, here's the deal, guys. If I wanted drama I'd just pop in some HBO on DVD. If I want mind numbing entertainment, I have the internet. But is it too much to ask for my sports teams to either just win or lose convincingly? At least the Lions have that one down. Kind of.
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Both the Tigs and Twinks are just battling to see which team can be ignored by FOX/TBS analysts for three games as said analysts wax gushingly over Captain Intangibles.
Twins and the Tigers are gonna battle it out til death, the AL Central is just "like that." I can't wait until the Indians get there playoff mojo's back.
What if the Tigers win the division and play the Yankees? And what if each game is close? Will you go to bed? Nah, you won't.
Don't worry Allen, the Tigers got this. The Twins are just tormenting their fans with the hopes of contention. They do this all the time, get really hot late in the season and make us think they have a chance, when it's really too little, too late.


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Price: 1-year deal with Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Now that Tampa Bays David Price is slated to earn the biggest single-season salary in Rays history, the three-time All-Star hopes he remains part of the budget-minded franchises plans for 2014.
The team announced Thursday that the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner agreed to a $14 million, one-year deal. However, the agreement doesnt eliminate the possibility of a trade.
I still have the mindset moving forward that I want to be with the Rays, said Price, who at the end of last season seemed resigned to the fact that hed probably be dealt during the offseason.
The 28-year-old has been the subject of trade speculation after going 10-8 with a 3.33 ERA last year while earning $10,112,500. He is eligible for free agency after the 2015 season, and the Rays likely wont be in a position to pay the type of money Price could earn on the open market.
If hes traded, Price believes it wouldnt be before Japanese pitcher Masahiro Tanaka decides where to sign. Teams have until Jan. 24 to reach an agreement with Tanaka, a 25-year-old right-hander who was 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA last year for the Japan Series champion Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Price believes the Rays, whove made the playoffs four of the past six seasons, could have one of the best teams again in 2014.
I want to be part of it. I think were going to have a really good season, Price stressed, adding a trade after the start of spring training likely would leave a bad taste in the mouths of teammates whod also like to see him remain with the Rays.
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The case for an appointed Los Angeles County Sheriff
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So, ostensibly we should just take identifying our county's top law enforcer position away from the incompetent judgement of the general public because (well, you know ...) all us rube voters are just so incompetent at choosing the right (already prescreened by the bankster class as a) candidate!
Instead, we must let some anonymous commission that would be chosen by a bunch of politicians (who were also "elected" by the same incompetent voters who would now be bypassed) to pick whomever they want as L.A. County's top police-state oppressor.
I'll tell you what, why don't we instead overhaul our infrastructure of electronic vote-counters, which represents the public's candidate-of-choice only because the "winners" all say so? Otherwise, only the increasingly unencumbered political power-elite unabatedly continue to select all the candidates (law-enforcement and whatever else) who would "legally" continue to oppress the rest of us hoi-polloi.
Even as it stands, who says that an unelected commission would be any more competent or less criminal at choosing an "honest" bureaucrat than the voting general public?
It all comes down to a matter of degree.
Obama for Sheriff!
If you want to talk reform, Sheriff Baca started a school for the jail inmates, a program to educate them to not return to jail, and had volunteers teach them how to apply for jobs, have healthier relationships, etc. I volunteered based on the Sheriff's vision, to teach how to strengthen the will power through the education of the body through yoga and pilates. There was a waiting list of 100 guys and I taught for 6 months, until I moved out of L.A, but because of his vision, many many lives were affected in a positive way.
I think the man is a God servant..and it was a tough tough job. I saw inmates pooping on sheriffs and many things, but I saw no direct violence in retaliation. He has my respect and prayers.
Here's what the jail violence commission said about Tanaka: "Not only did he fail to identify and correct problems, but he exacerbated them … Over the course of several years the undersheriff encouraged deputies to push the legal boundaries of law enforcement activities and created an environment that discouraged accountability for misconduct." In addition, "Undersheriff Tanaka specifically derailed efforts to address excessive force in MCJ [Men's Central Jail] when he vetoed a job rotation plan in 2006," the report states. "After the plan was announced, he held a meeting with deputies without the knowledge or presence of supervisors, and in a subsequent meeting berated supervisors who attempted to hold deputies accountable for their conduct. These actions undermined the authority of supervisors, resulted in a breakdown in the chain of command, and perpetuated an environment of aggressive deputy conduct. Ultimately, this set the stage for a sharp increase in the number of force incidents later in 2006 and for the reemergence of use of force problems later on."
What needs to be reformed more than anything else is HOW the institution of law enforcement chooses its law-enforcing membership.
In all instances, stupid schit like this needs to be prevented BEFORE it happens.
How do we choose the "watchers?"


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Secondly, Novak hit some big shots but he doesn't need to play more than Jorts. Sure we can use his 3s but rebounding and defense is more valuable to a championship team. Guess I just taught you something. Why don't you post everything I said about Antoni. I may have mentioned his name twice all night.
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Annoying, confrontational, obtuse, creative, bl00dy-minded, argumentative, frustrating ....but that is enough about you lot!!! Remember this- whatever our views,however we feel, united by our love of the game, our similarities are far greater than our differences. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Couldn't agree more, have a great Christmas and an even better 2013!


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A day full of pleasant surprises in AnkaraTom Lloyd | March 6, 2010
Not many pictures yet to share yet (most of us forgot our usb cables!) but lots to share about a day that was full of unexpected gifts (and check the mp3′s of our performance last night if you haven't already, at www.haverford.edu/musc/choral/csingers/tour.html) – planning a tour like this requires setting some basic parameters of what will happen (concerts on certain days with certain choirs, times set aside for informal or formal discussions with local students, hotels to sleep in, meals to eat, buses to take us where we need to go) – but this structure is all for the purpose creating opportunity for spontaneous encounters to happen as opportunities arise.
We altered the schedule right away to leave at 10:30 instead of 9:00 for our morning tour of the Anatolian Civilization Museum and the Ankara Castle. Everyone was in much better spirits as a result. For the museum we had a wonderful tour guide – a sociologist and mother with a love for telling the story of the layers and layers of ancient civilizations in Anatolia (the peninsula we now call "Asia Minor" that comprises the Asian part of modern Turkey) – the students especially enjoyed her penchant for assigning them to role play the various rulers and sultans in various eras to make sense of how political and social power worked in different eras. She also didn't mind taking hard questions (one of our students is doing a research project on women in modern Turkey for her anthropology seminar, and was asking about the current state of arranged marriages and honor killings in different parts of the country).
As expected, the incredible depth of the history and recovered artifacts was a little overwhelming, but important for American students to experience in a tangible way how new our cultural and political traditions really are compared to most of the world. It caused me to wonder for a moment about how much less we know (or are culturally aware of what already is known) from the centuries and layers of native American culture.
At the end of the museum tour we climbed up to the top of the historic castle of Ankara which was a fascinating exhibit of the many layers of Anatolian history – it seems there was so much archeological debris lying around, that when it was time to build a new turret or wall for the castle, whatever stone was available was used, whether it showed cuniform engravings or Roman signs, or altar stones that today in themselves would be considered invaluable relics.
It also offered a great climbing challenge with a spectacular view of the old and new city from the top of the curving walls – just in time to see dark rain clouds move in as we hustled down the stairs just in time to miss most of it.
Then we went back to the campus of the choir we sang with last night – Middle East Technical university – and spent an hour having lunch at several different small, inexpensive restaurants in a circular atrium building with four floors – the food was interesting and fascinating, and cheap – we sang our way out at the end, finding an open spot on one of the middle floors – one of our spirituals and one of our Turkish pieces, greeted by warm applause and whistles.
After some down time back at the hotel, we went off to a performance by a modern dance group at METU – originally we were just planning to attend the short program – but once we arrived, we were invited to become part of the performance – part of which was to be an improvised jam session involving the dancers and an ensemble of electric guitars and drums (at first the students were really raising their eyebrows at me, sure I had suggested the idea because of some of the more "unexpected" performing opportunities I'd come up with on the spur of the moment in the past – but I reassured them that this one came entirely from the METU students!). It was definitely a "go with the flow" moment – I had no idea what we would sing, and just waited to see what the dancers did in the first couple of segments to recorded music, and then an improvisation with the instrumental ensemble. It soon seemed obvious that the perfect music for this modernist experimental group would be the first movement of David Lang's the little match girl passion – but would we have enough light to sing it by? (a minimalist piece not easy to memorize) – the show took place in a large open indoor space with theater lighting focused on various parts of the dance flooring, but the sides in the dark – we had just enough to pull it off, and from what our students told me (my back was turned), the dancers really had a great time with it – then our tour guide ran over to ask for something up tempo – one of our spirituals – so we pulled together Hailstork's Go Down, Moses which also turned out to be just what they were looking for – then it was time for the instrumentalists to take back the musical side – but the METU students invited our students to join in the dancing, which three of them (two girls and one of our guys) readily responded too.
This was an event not even on the schedule before we arrived…and turned out to be the highlight of the day…and captured on video by a METU student cinematographer who happened to be there.
Contact with the METU students continued at our "welcome" dinner, which was some of the most wonderful food we've tasted so far – and Turkish cuisine is one of the few where the level of the desserts matches the level of the main courses – and then met us at the hotel to go dancing at a local club (but don't worry parents – they were accompanied not only by METU students but one of our guides and one of our faculty leaders – and the club is a short walk from the hotel, in a gorgeous part of town
Tomorrow we head to Eskiseher – after so many serendipitous encounters, it's hard to believe we've only been here two days!


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Burgos is already facing a charge from a marijuana-cultivation operation police said they found while searching the property in the burglary investigation.
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By Greg Price: Freedom Newspapers
What started as a scorer's duel in the first half came down to defense and free throws as the Aztec girls basketball team beat Clovis 55-52 Friday night at Rock Staubus Gymnasium.
Records: Aztec 6-3, Clovis 5-3.
The difference: Senior guard Patricia Malouff hit a 3-pointer to give Aztec the lead for good at 48-47. The University of New Mexico track signee hit 4-of-5 free throws down the stretch as the Lady Tigers held off Clovis.
The difference-makers: Malouff finished with a game-high 37 points, including 20 in the first half, which ended with Clovis in front 31-28. Her big night included four 3-pointers. Junior guard Ebony Bunton hit four 3-pointers and scored 23 points for Clovis.
Last chance: After Malouff made one of two free throws with 18 seconds left, Clovis had one final chance. However, Bunton's long 3-point attempt with three seconds left that would have tied the game hit the front of the rim.
Speaking: "I thought we really played well and hard the whole night," Clovis coach Mile Watters said. "We just had to face a kid who was red hot. I thought we were defending her well.
"That's probably the best individual performance I've seen since I've been here in Clovis."
Court vision: Bunton's passing had as much impact on the game as her shooting.
In the first quarter, Bunton sailed a pass to freshman Antiesha Brown, who skied for the ball and banked home a layup. Brown finished with 10 points.
Early in the fourth quarter, with Clovis down 43-42, Bunton found junior center Jasmine McDonald under the basket for an easy bucket. McDonald finished with 12 points.
Team effort: While Malouff carried the Lady Tigers in the first half, her teammates picked up some of the slack in the second half.
Aztec was down 35-33 midway through the third when sophomore guard Sorrel Huntington made a steal at midcourt and drove to the lane, splitting Bunton and Tori Northcutt for the layup. Senior Candace Scott added a key offensive putback early in the fourth quarter.
"We talked about it at halftime," Aztec coach Chelsea Shock said. "They were really doubling (Malouff) and I told the other girls they had to step up and they did."
Up next: Clovis is at home again today in a 7 p.m. tipoff against Lubbock Coronado.


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"We know that Mother Nature is a woman. If she were a man, there would be no rain on race day."
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beaverpond wrote:When a person says repeatedly that it was just a joke...is it really ?
Then having to explain why it was a joke makes me wonder again...is it really a joke?
Sure, MJ you may say you only start a thread or two a week...that may be and I am not going to disagree with that. It is the repeated posts on all the other threads that I was referring to and the so called dry sense of humor that you say you have that is so dry that very few of us get it.
Basically, by summary only, you have told us that if we can't take the heat to stay out of the kitchen. Maybe, MJ, you should look at yourself for that same statement.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 229
Total Fat 11 g
Saturated Fat 2 g
Sodium 442 mg
Total Carbohydrate 4 g
Dietary Fiber 0.5 g
Protein 27.5 g
Ingredients and Preparation
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Boneless, skinless chicken breast halves 2
Olive oil 4 teaspoons
Juice of ½ a lemon
Garlic clove, minced ½ + ½
Fresh rosemary, chopped 2 sprigs
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low-fat mayonnaise 2 tablespoons
Salt 1/8 teaspoon
- Place chicken breasts between 2 pieces of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet or fists until ¼-inch thick.
- Combine the oil, lemon, ½ clove minced garlic, and rosemary in a small bowl. Place in a resealable plastic bag together with the chicken and marinate in the refrigerator for 30 to 60 minutes, turning chicken halfway through.
- Prepare indoor or outdoor grill. Spray with cooking spray.
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File photo The New Mexico Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service is busy collecting data for its annual June agricultural survey.
By Eric Butler: PNT staff writer
There's no shortage of businesses that have field offices.
But, right now, the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Las Cruces is literally sending their officers into the field — crop fields across eastern New Mexico.
They want to know what farmers are planting and how much.
The NASS New Mexico Field Office is busy collecting data for its annual June Agricultural Survey and June Area Survey.
In the first two weeks of June, approximately 450 farmers in the state will be the subject of personal interviews — on a voluntary basis.
"It's going pretty good. I'd say we're probably getting 85 to 90 percent cooperation," said Wes Shafer, supervisor in eastern New Mexico for the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), whose manpower is being tapped to conduct the survey.
Shafer, who is based in Grady and is a supervisor for four other enumerators, said judging what crops are being grown could be done visually with some degree of accuracy. This survey, however, requires more detailed answers from farmers themselves.
Besides the 450 interviews conducted in person, 750 more state crop farmers will be queried over the phone.
Information compiled from the June Agricultural and June Area surveys will be published by the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) in its annual "Acreage" and "Grain Stocks" reports due June 30.
"With planting underway, now is the time to find out what is actually going into the ground," said Jim Brueggen, director of the NASS New Mexico Field Office. "This information will benefit farmers and the entire agricultural industry by providing timely and accurate data to help them make critical business decisions."
Only a small percentage of farmers approached for the annual survey refuse to cooperate.
"Well, some of them just don't like to talk to government people," Shafer said.
Scott Rumburg, deputy director at the same office, said the two areas of the state having the highest amount of planters are Las Cruces and eastern New Mexico.
"In March, we have a survey of what they're intending to plant. At this juncture, with your crops in the ground, you're kind of committed," Rumburg said. "Once you've planted, you've still got options although they get less and less."
When the actual use statistics come out, farmers in the area are expected to pay close attention.
"Based on what you're growing, you'll have options. If you've overgrown on corn, there's nothing saying that you can't cut it for silage," Rumburg added.


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MILFORD, PA — Broadway actor and costumer Billy Hipkins will star in "For the Benefit of Miss Jennie Gourlay," an original one-man production that takes a look at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, on Saturday, February 9 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, February 10 at 3 p.m. in the Foundation Room of the Columns Museum. He focuses on the life of Jeannie Gourlay, an actress in the play "Our American Cousin," which was being performed at Ford's Theater the night of President Lincoln's assassination. Gourlay lived in Milford from 1888 until her death in 1926.
All proceeds go toward the preservation of Jeannie (Jennie) Gourlay's stage costumes, which were donated to the Columns Museum in 1954, along with the bloodstained Lincoln Flag. Purchase tickets by calling 570/296-8126 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Tickets cost $30 and include a "meet-the-actor" wine and cheese reception. Visit www.ForJenniesBenefit.com.


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Yellow Mustard Studio, Lisbon
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Yellow Mustard Studio was recently renovated and has the maximum capacity for two guests. The studio is a modern, cosy studio and got everything you need to enjoy Lisbon! Is perfect for a romantic trip. It features comfy sofa bed, a kitchenette and one bathroom full equipped.
The studio has internet and Sat TV.
Yellow Mustard Studio is located on a typical Lisbon street and from the window you have an amazing over the city of Lisbon! Full of history and nice people. You'll breathe the spirit of friendship and joy between Lisbon neighbors. Bairro Alto is known for multi cultural activities, this is the neighborhood where students and artists get together!
You're in the heart of Lisbon, go head by foot to the city center, Baixa. Or go to Cais do Sodré to get to now more of the alternative Lisbon nightlife. One last tip...the owner of Yellow Mustard Studio has a coffee in the same street, so if you need anything the owner will always be there to help you!
Warmrental has the best studios vacations rentals in Bairro Alto. If you want to know the best of Lisbon, you have to choose Yellow Mustard Studio.
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Security deposit 150€ (Payment should be made in cash).
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Where to pick up the keys: at the studio.
We also provide transfer service from the airport.
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All right. Very good ubiación, all by hand. Recommended.
Todo bien. Muy buena ubiación, todo a mano. Recomendable.
We were friends for a few days to Lisbon and the truth that the apartment is great, with all amenities, just what we were looking for. Tiago is a great host, very friendly and gave us committed to ensuring that we were comfortable. We would definitely return there.
fuimos unos amigos a pasar unos días a Lisboa y la verdad que el apartamento está genial, con todas las comodidades, justo lo que estábamos buscando. Tiago es un anfitrión estupendo, muy amable y nos dio muchas facilidades para que estuviéramos a gusto. sin duda, volveríamos ahí.
A warm and pleasant welcome. The apartment is located in Lisbon, spacious and very comfortable. Great time with friends!
Un accueil chaleureux et très agréable. L'appartement est bien situé à Lisbonne, spacieux et très confortable. Un super séjour entre amis !
The apartment was beautyful .We enjoy the time to stay there.Welcome and welcomewine was so nice and very frendly.Thanks again so much for everething was great.
Brya Blue Apartment is a spacious, well maintained (clean), quiet, and well located. Super host availability on arrival and departure.
Brya Blue Apartment est spacieux, bien entretenu (propre), calme, et bien situé. Super disponibilité de l'hôte à l'arrivée et au départ.
It was a great experience, thank you again for your very warm welcome. I highly reccomend this guest who is very understanding, sociable and enjoyable .L 'apartment is wonderful, very cozy, bright, practical, where it is good to live there.
Ce fut un très bon séjour, encore merci pour cet accueil très chaleureux . Je conseille vivement cet hôte qui est très compréhensif, sociable et agréable .L' appartement est merveilleux, très cosy, lumineux, pratique, où il est bon d'y vivre.
The appartement is very well located and there are many shops nearby. However there is no heating available and the temperature in the rooms after 6pm was too low, the towels could not dry up in the bathroom and there is no bed in the living room but only a sofa with is not a true bed. So for the warmer seasons this location is good and there is a nice view
We moved 3 times in the department apartment and we were there was no internet in the apartment Mallorie sites. Nor was cable TV. Very good deal and very convenient and very correct apartment.
Nos cambiaron 3 veces de apartamento y en el partamento que estuvimos no habia internet en la malloria de sitios del apartamento. Tampoco habia television por cable. El trato muy bueno y el apartamento muy bien situado y muy correcto.
We were 3 people for a week, no problems. The apartment is in an excellent location in the center of Lisbon, one minute everything. Apartment refurbished, comfortable beds, heating, hot water and all in perfect condition.
Highly recommended
Estuvimos 3 personas durante una semana, ningún tipo de problema. El apartamento está en una excelente localización, en el mismo centro de Lisboa, a un minuto de todo. Apartamento rehabilitado, las camas cómodas, calefacción, agua caliente y todo en perfecto estado.
Muy recomendable
the wasabi blue apartment is beautifully situated on a quiet courtyard on the first floor. right around the corner shops, restaurants and cafes. Very functional with two bedrooms and a double sofa bed in the living room. Nice bathroom, all what you need. Rui was a great host and helped us fantastically. It's a little smaller than you expected and quite noisy but t buurtje is wonderfully quiet. Difficult to reach by public transport but Ruis arranged a taxi.
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James K. Galbraith
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government
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Office HoursSpring 2016: Tuesdays 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. or by appointment
James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and a professorship of Government at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. He holds degrees from Harvard and Yale (Ph.D. in economics, 1981).
He studied as a Marshall Scholar at King's College, Cambridge in 1974-1975, and then served in several positions on the staff of the U.S. Congress, including executive director of the Joint Economic Committee. He directed the LBJ School's Ph.D. Program in Public Policy from 1995 to 1997. He directs the University of Texas Inequality Project, an informal research group based at the LBJ School.
Galbraith's new book is Inequality and Instability: A Study of the World Economy Just Before the Great Crisis (Oxford University Press, 2012). Previous books include The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too (Free Press, 2008), Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay (Free Press, 1998) and Balancing Acts: Technology, Finance and the American Future (Basic Books, 1989). Inequality and Industrial Change: A Global View (Cambridge University Press, 2001), is co-edited with Maureen Berner. He has co-authored two textbooks, The Economic Problem with the late Robert L. Heilbroner and Macroeconomics with William Darity, Jr. He is a managing editor of Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.
Galbraith is a member of the Lincean Academy, the oldest honorary scientific society in the world. He is a senior scholar of the Levy Economics Institute and chair of the Board of Economists for Peace and Security, a global professional network. He writes frequently for policy magazines and the general press.
Ph.D., Yale University, 1981; M. Phil., Yale University, 1978; M.A., Yale University, 1977; A.B. (magna cum laude), Harvard University, 1974
Current Positions
Chair, Economists for Peace and Security; Senior Scholar, Levy Economics Institute; Nonresident Fellow, Center for Global Development; Associate Member, Cambridge Center for Economic and Public Policy, University of Cambridge; columnist, Mother Jones
Previous Positions
Visiting scholar, The Brookings Institution (1985); Executive Director, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress (1981-1982); economist, Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives (1975-76, 1977-80); visiting lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Maryland (1979-1980).
Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too (The Free Press, August 2008), Unbearable Cost: Bush, Greenspan and the Economics of Empire (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2006), Inequality and Industrial Change: A Global View (Cambridge University Press, 2001);Created Unequal: The Crisis in American Pay (1998); Macroeconomics (Houghton-Mifflin, 1994); The Economic Problem (Prentice Hall, 1990); Balancing Acts: Technology, Finance and the American Future(Basic Books, 1989)
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We are so completely dependent on our five senses every moment of the day that we totally forget how full of shit they can be. Your reality is cobbled together from a bunch of different parts of your brain working in conjunction, and often it's like a bickering conference room full of uncooperative co-workers. In fact, we're pretty sure the thing your brain does best is convince you that it works.
But it doesn't take much to spot the bizarre little flaws in your gray matter. For example ...
5 Your Eyes Can Make You Hear Different Words
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When you hear someone talk, the whole process is pretty straightforward, right? The sound comes out of the other person's mouth, it travels into your ears, and voila! -- you just heard what they said. Congratulations. If your hearing works fine, what could possibly go wrong?
Short answer: your eyes. They can butt in and mess everything up. You see, vision is the most dominant sense in humans, and that means that what your eyes are seeing will sometimes override what your ears are hearing. If you want to experience this right now, check out this video:
In the clip, you see (and hear) a guy saying "bah bah bah" over and over. Afterward, he changes his tune to "fah fah fah" ... or so your eyes would have you believe. In reality, the audio never changed, only the picture did. That is, the voice is still saying "bah," but since it's now dubbed over a picture of the same guy pronouncing "fah," your brain actually changes what you're hearing so that it doesn't conflict with what you're seeing. If you close your eyes or look away, "fah" automatically goes back to being "bah."
Your brain also gave the "fah" version a tan, for unknown reasons.
This illusion is called the McGurk effect, and the creepiest part is that, even knowing know full well what's going on, you can't get your ears to hear the correct sound. Scientists who have been studying this shit for decades are still fooled.
The McGurk effect tends to be minimized when you're interacting with familiar faces, but it gets worse if you're dealing with strangers. Things like the way the person is dressed or even what they're carrying can influence the words you think you hear them say. For instance, in one study, people confused the phrase "He's got your boot" with "He's gonna shoot" when viewing a staged video of a man chasing after a woman. This proved that you're more likely to hear (or believe you hear) someone say the word "boot" if they're carrying a boot, and you're more likely to hear (or believe you hear) someone say the word "shoot" if they're carrying a gun.
It's still not advisable to wave footwear threateningly at police officers.
But it's just "boot" for "shoot" -- who could possibly be affected by such a small misunderstanding? Other than, you know, people being tried for murder.
So basically, think of all your senses as the "yes men" to the CEO that is your eyes. Even when your ears are pretty sure your eyes are wrong, they're too timid to protest and will just go along with whatever your eyes dictate.
But that's not the only time your eyes screw you over ...
4 Your Brain Erases Objects from Your Sight ... While You're Driving
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We've all seen optical illusions in school ("Do you see a vase, or a pair of nude, fat men with engorged penises facing each other?"), but those are just little quirks in how your brain processes visual data -- it's not like your brain can just say screw it and decide to, say, erase the taillight of a car driving next to you on a dark highway at night.
Wait, no. It can totally do that. Don't believe us? Then stare at the flashing green dot in the middle of the figure below for about 10 seconds:
Or, to fully recreate that 'road-trip feel', stare at it for nine hours while shotgunning coffee and slapping yourself awake.
Notice the yellow dots on the side? No, you don't, because after a few seconds of staring, they'll begin to blink in and out. They may even disappear for several seconds at a time -- you'll know that the dots are still there, but your eyes will simply stop seeing them. OK, now imagine the green dot is actually the road you've been staring at for an hour, and the disappearing yellow ones are other cars. How many times have you heard phrases like "It came out of nowhere!" or "I never saw it coming!" from people involved in car accidents? Well, there you go.
So what the hell, brain? Why would this even be a thing that you do, you dick? Well, we're not really sure. Scientists call this phenomenon motion-induced blindness, and they believe it's the result of your brain discarding information it thinks is unimportant. Since the world is constantly bombarding you with stimuli (sights, sounds, smells, oncoming trucks), your brain would simply get overwhelmed if it had to process everything. So, it learns to weed out the worthless stuff. That's why the random people walking down the street around you will barely register in your mind.
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"See? I told you it wasn't my massive superiority complex!"
The problem is, your brain doesn't always make the right call. In the illusion above, it decides that the blue crosses are important because they're moving, and ignores the yellow dots because they stay in the same place -- but what if you're in a situation where something only looks stationary because you're both in motion? And as monotonous as a highway can get, it's even worse if you're piloting an aircraft thousands of miles above the ground, where it's just you and the clouds. This is exactly why pilots are taught to constantly scan the horizon and told not to stare at anything for more than a couple of seconds when they're in the cockpit. That, and wing-dwelling gremlins.


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Clearance of the Cervical Spine in Pediatric Trauma Alert Patients
Unrecognized cervical spine injury (CSI) can produce catastrophic neurologic disability. CSI are rare in children (0 to < 18 years of age) occurring in 1% of blunt trauma patients who are evaluated with cervical spine radiographs (plain radiographs, computed tomography and/or MRI). The occurrence is extremely rare in children less than 2 years of age. Evidence-based criteria that can be used to predict which blunt trauma children necessitate radiographic studies do not exist. The lack of such criteria is due to the rare occurrence of CSI in children. The following guidelines are based on a multi-center prospective observational study of 3065 children (0 to 18 years) who were included in the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization Study. Caution is recommended when applying these guidelines, particularly to younger pre-verbal pre-cooperative children. Limitation of data requires practical (instead of evidence-based) management recommendations.
Who needs radiographs of the cervical spine after blunt trauma?
Indications for radiographic studies include the presence of one or more of the 5 criteria listed below. (AP, lateral and odontoid plain films for children > 5 years. AP and lateral for age 5 years and below. Flexion/extension plain films are not routine, and only should be consider when requested and supervised by the neurosurgery service).
- Midline posterior cervical tenderness
- Evidence of intoxication
- Altered level of consciousness
- Abnormal neurologic examination
- Distracting painful injury
NOTE: If any one of the criteria cannot be evaluated, the criteria is considered present and radiographs are indicated.
In non-communicative/ non-cooperative children (especially < 3 years of age) with a significant mechanism of injury, consider radiographs even in the absence of the 5 criteria listed above.
Who needs CT scan of the cervical spine after blunt trauma?
- Patients who need an urgent CT scan of other body area (head, abdomen, chest).
- High risk patients (significant mechanism of injury, pre-verbal and/or pre-cooperative, focal neurologic findings, significant altered level of consciousness and/or significant posterior midline neck pain).
- Patients who will likely have inadequate cervical spine plain films secondary to obesity/muscle bulk.
Who needs a neurosurgical service consultation?
- Abnormal cervical spine radiographs (plain films and/or CT scan)
- Abnormal neurologic examination (focal neurologic findings or altered level of consciousness).
- Normal radiographs but continued presence of significant posterior midline cervical spine pain/tenderness.
- Normal radiographs but history and resolution of focal neurologic findings.
- Normal radiographs but significant mechanism of injury in a pre-verbal/pre-cooperative child.
Who can be cleared of a cervical spine injury by a non-neurosurgeon?
- No posterior midline cervical tenderness
- Normal neurologic examination
- No intoxication
- No altered level of consciousness
- No painful distracting injury
- Normal radiographs and resolution of significant midline tenderness and/or altered level of consciousness when either one was the criteria that necessitated the radiographs.
Imaging of any child less than 2 years of age must be officially read by the Attending Pediatric Radiologist prior to clearing the c-collar.
- Viccellio P, et al. A Prospective Multi-center Study of Cervical Spine Injury in Children. Pediatrics 2001;108:e20.
- Holmes JF, Akkinepalli R. Computed Tomography Versus Plain Radiography to Screen for Cervical Spine Injury: A Meta-Analysis. J Trauma 2005;58:902-905.
- Anderson RCE, et al. Cervical Spine Clearance After Trauma in Children. Neurosurg Focus 2006;20:e3.
- Slack SE, Clancy MJ. Clearing the Cervical Spine of Paediatric Trauma Patients. Emer Med J 2004;21:189-193.
- Hendey GW, et al. Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiographic Abnormality: Results of the National Emergency X-Radiography Utilization study in Blunt Trauma. J Trauma 2002;53:1-4.
- Woods WA. Pediatric Cervical Spine Injuries: Avoiding Potential Disaster. Trauma Reports 2003;4:1-9.


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thorman52 wrote: And Ryan's a hometown boy. Grew up in South Bend...Mishawaka's sister city to the west. And then there's my main man...Sir Tony.
Got 10 inches of snow last night, and that was as of 5 hours ago. Ain't looked out since then. Gotta go out and start shovelling. Will take me a couple of hours. Talk at you all later.
Hey Thor, same here. Born in Elkhart, lived there and Edwardsburg up until I was 15, then moved to FL. My mom lived in Mishawaka until about 5 years ago. She unfortunately was diagnosed w/ terminal cancer, so I came up, packed her up, and brought her to FL to enjoy her last months with my sister, her child, and myself. I still have numerous family and friends in South Bend, Elkhart, Goshen, and Edwardsburg. In fact, if you ever need to find a really good tattoo artist, just let me know. My cousin there is really quite the artist.
My first racing experience was down in New Paris. Loved going to that short track when i was about 17 or so, coming back to visit for the summers from FL.
Ryan is now tops on my list, and I almost had a coronary when he won Daytona.
And as for snow, we finally got some good stuff here in DC, where I live now...about 6" today. My 3 yr. old is having a blast.


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Speech pathology and audiology program to offer master's degree.
January 17, 2011 | Lynn Bolt Rosendale '85
A new masters program
"It's quite a growing field ... You can graduate with a master's degree and find work." Jill Bates, the clinical director of Calvin's speech pathology and audiology program, talks with the Grand Rapids Press about the opportunities the new five-year bachelor-to-master's program gives students and the community.
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Speech Pathology masters program graduates its first class
Twenty-four students will receive their diplomas on Saturday, May 18, representing the inaugural class of Calvin's new speech pathology and audiology masters program.
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