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Behind Kyle Kendrick and Dom Brown, the Phillies inched closer to the Cardinals in the Wild Card standings with a 3-1 win over the Marlins.
-Kendrick did not give up a hit until the sixth inning, after Rob Brantly singled a sharp liner to center field. Two pitches prior to that base hit, Kendrick appeared to have Brantly struck out on a very close pitch, but did not get the benefit from home plate umpire.
-That sixth inning became a struggle for Kendrick after allowing that first hit, but he got out of a bases-loaded jam by striking out Giancarlo Stanton, his eighth of the night, a career high.
-Kendrick owns the Fish, not having lost to the club in over four years. The last time: September 9, 2008. His final line: seven innings, one run, two hits, three walks, and the eight K's.
-Marlins starter Wade LeBlanc wasn't half bad. He made a mistake to Dom Brown and had Michael Martinez hustle his way into a run, all of if coming in the fifth. He allowed three runs on four hits in five innings.
-Domonic Brown has had a serious lack of power during his latest stint in the major leagues. He struck his first home run on August 22, so it's been a while since he last put a charge into one. In the fifth inning, he launched a two-run bomb deep to right field off Wade LeBlanc to get the Phillies on the board.
-I'll state it again; I've preached patience with Brown and I think that needs to continue. He's certainly not hurting the Phillies by being out there, let's hope this is a stepping stone for a big final month. Brown also drew a walk
-Other than Brown, not much happened with the sticks.
-Man, have they been good or what? With the youth movement in full effect, Charlie Manuel went to Justin De Fratus for two outs in the eighth and then had Jake Diekman come in for the final out of the inning. With Jonathan Papelbon unavailable, Manuel summoned Antonio Bastardo to shut it down, which he did.
-People started doing the wave in a pretty big spot. With two runners on and one out, the fans tried it out for a while. Not the best time, folks, come on.
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Bullpen has been very good in this stretch with the exception of the one Met game and the game ended by Chipper Jones' homerun. Not sure how many scoreless innings have been hurled by the bullpen in a row but the group has really been effective and has been instrumental in all of these home wins. The playoffs are a big longshot still but its getting interesting.
Hell, I'll settle for ending the season well enough to feel good going into next year. These guys thrive as underdogs, always have. Next season, they'll start as underdogs and tear the league a new infield.
11 2/3 straight scoreless.
22 innings in September, with a 1.23 ERA
STATMAN strikes again. or that would be Mr. Schmenkman. good job there pal! you continue to impress me.
If the Phillies somehow sneak into the playoffs, the player most responsible for the turnaround is Kyle Kendrick.
Yea, I never thought I would type that sentence either.
That is the understatement of the decade. You are SO right.
KK is playing out of his mind. PN- 2nd half MVP?!?!
Def the second half surprise Phillies player.
We have all seen Kyle struggle over the years and seeing this is simply amazing.
yea guys he's got me stumped! tell you what. he can stump me to and through the playoffs. would that be the sweetest of sweet or what? Go Fightens!
I believe.
Only two words from this faithful Phillies Phan: I Believe.
Cards now losing 4-2. If the phillies held onto the win against the
Braves things could be different. 4 games. Horrible blown game
Looking back, that could be THE game…
What happens if the Phillies end up tied with, say, the Cardinals after 162 games. Do they go by head-to-head record or is there a play-in game for the play-in game? That would be a pretty crazy scenario.
There have been like 5 or 6 "THE game"s this year. Last week in Atlanta is just the one most fresh in your mind.
You are absolutely right, the pen blew so many leads earlier in the season. If we had held on to one or two of THOSE games, instead of 5.5 back, its maybe 2.5 or less.
Not 1 or 2, I should have said "some."
@ Jeff, I agree w you pal.
@morris, but then, I totally agree w you too. Both great points!!!
You guys are awesome man
5 games out.
Thank you padres/
Former Phils AAA player BRANDON MOSS, now w the A's, hit his 17th HR tonight!!!!!
Um, did we not see his power?? Or was he blocked?
Brandon Moss is not young. He has played for 4 different major league teams.
Brandon Moss has always had the ability to hit with power in the minors, but every time he has been brought up to the show it disappears. He once had 424 PA's with the Pirates and hit .236/.304/.364 with 7 home runs.
The Phillies let a 28 year old AAA player go, and for the first time he learned to hit major league pitching. It happens, but it's not like they gave away a young stud. I get on the Phils scouts and lower level development people more than anyone, this one is not on them.
We block alot of people.
Its funny to me that the Phillies got rid of 2 of thier best players and got better.
If you had let AFW pcik the 2 to go instead of shane and Pence youd have really seen a difference.
Ive been vegging Ruben Minaya to shake up the line up since after 2009
Took falling apart to do it i guess.
Probbly too little too late though.
Let's not take a win for granted tonight, but in looking forward to taking care of business with Doc back in position to do what he came here for, compete to play in the post season (not to mention win), some thoughts on Tuesday's action.
The Phils got help from 2 of 3 games last night. Tonight, 4 games of importance, but all 5 stumbling blocks play. If the Phils win, and get help from 2 of the 5 losing, it's pretty good. I guess it's better if the Dbacks beat LA. It's not like the Backs are so far back that you can forget about them, but Kshaw's pretty important to LA's rotation relative to ace/normal starter comps.
Wainright goes for the Cards. That'd take baseball gods interference to get some help on.
Pardon my AW subjectivity. Fan's perrogative. Interestingly, the weekend matchup at LA will be AW against CK. Remind me to buy popcorn later today to get it ready.
The Pirates and Brewers could easily lose, which is a bold statement the way the Brewers are playing.
If the Cards lose, and the Phils lose, followers of the club will feel max frustration on Hump Day off the wasted op. But I'm here to tell you that in St. Louis's miracle run of a year ago, they had a late September game against the Mets where they imitated your worst nightmares of the Phils pen. Blew a game in at least as fairly similar fashion to the recent Papelbon game as memory can recall, and you'd have thought their mo mo was dead. The Phils need a win tonight, but they need these other clubs to lose just as badly.
Let's see if the Phils can cut the Cards lead to a max of 3 games by Sunday, and still have them as the twocard leader.
Utley and Howard come back. The team gets stoked. Their performance has been fine and quite the improvement than what was in their stead.
Roy got healthy.
Ruben cut away some dead wood and infused the team with new blood.
Very excited about the team going into next year. 5 GB is a lotta games. My fingers are crossed.
The Dipsy
I don't know that Doc's completely healthy (nor that he isn't, mind you). Maybe I'm playing overprotective devil's advocate, but like his last start, he was awarded a sizable lead, and that's a lot easier to pitch through.
He's been pretty good since returning, and seemingly healthier, but I'd like to think he (and Cliff) both have genuine Doc (and Cliff) starts to show off before it's over. Mostly Doc, but I'm talking vintage Cliff, not very good Cliff.
To my way of thinking, these are especially the 2 guys owed as competitive a team as can be fielded, and of course, a chance to add their greatness to that formula.
@Lefty, thanks a lot for the input. I did not know that. And I agree w you now. N
I'm just a youngin' in my late 20's. Ha!
That's cool DCmikey,
Do you know any good Phillies bars near where you live? I'm going to be in a meeting in downtown DC this week. If you don't want to discuss it out in the open, you can log on, and send me a private message.
Dipsy, Roy being on the DL for a month an a half just happens to coincide with their sh!tty record that included the month of June. Is it fair to say that his injury is the main reason (not the only one) that they fell so far behind? I think so.
yea chuck agreed! that whole time he was out was very painfull to watch that's for sure! but the beuaty of this game i love is that you have to play it ALL out my friend. and as yogi said " it aint over till it's over" we're pretty much healthy and the pitching came around. what would be really nice is if howard can go on a tear right now. and i gotta tell ya i'll bet those other teams in front of us are watching what we're doing too! because they know that if our pitching pitches the way they capable they got problems. and if we do get in the teams we play gotta be scared.
Actually, the rest of the team was playing so horribly I don't think there's any correlation at all between Halladay's injury and the losing. Had Roy been pitching, the losses may have been a little closer, say 2-1 instead of 6-1, because Wiggy would still have been making errors at third, Pence would have been running in when he should have been going out, the pen would have been blowing leads, and nobody would have been hitting with runners at third.
And Halladay hadn't really been pitching all that well before he was shut down, anyway.
I disagree. Losing him was a tremendous blow to a team that already had it's 3 and 4 hitters out for long stints. It messed with the rotation and it messed with the psyche of the team. Of course, there's no actual evidence and they probably wouldn't have been a .600+ team through that stretch…..but if they had won even 5 games that they lost in the month of June they would be 75-66 right now…..and tied with STL.
5 games? If Halladay had been pitching well before the injury, and for the first few games after he came back, they might have won those 5.
I just don't buy that "psyche" stuff. It's a blow to lose a good player, but a good team still plays the game right, which the Phils didn't in June.
Halladay is A reason, but probably not THE reason.
A lot of stepping up last night again. KK big time, DB – even Martinez getting his head into this now. No doubt the bullpen has become a little more stable which helps keep our earned wins, and keep us in games when we're down. Most importantly however is the emotional effect it has on my nights.
Tonight, after 40+ years rooting for the Phils, I'm going to be passionately rooting for a few others just as hard: Go Reds, Braves, dBacks and Padres.
Good job clearing that up for us Big Mike. I'd hate to think you were rooting for your research to prove true with the Fightins finishing 7 back.
Get that tomahawk chop goin'. LETS GO BRAVES!
So I moved to London a couple weeks ago but I've been following the Phillies from here. The other night T-Mac woke me up at 3am with"PHILLIES COME BACK AND WIN IT IN THE 9TH!" I hope he keeps doing that. I just leave the Ipad with the game on and wake up to hear the good news, then back to bed.
KK has been extremely solid.. kinda insane, really. And the pen is finally stable. 5 games back… I believe!!
You moved to London? Permanently?
wHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO KYLE KENDRICK? THE GUY IS PITCHING OUT OF THIS WORLD.
If the Phils make the playoffs, then they will likely be the hottest team in baseball at that time.
Remember what the Cardinals and Giants did to us. It is a longshot but worth following and it certainly boosts hopes.
They made a good point this morning on WIP. Said maybe the older players gave it up as "just one of those seasons" then you cut some dead weight and bring up some hungry guys like Kratz, Dom, Frandsen and you get a shot in the arm. Maybe some October baseball? im pumped!
I dunno. There seems to be some real professionalism amongst many of the veterans. I'd tend to doubt that especially Doc and Cliff were hanging any heads.
But, of course there could be a healthy mix of both, or the youngsters should maybe get more credit. But it's a good story, bordering on very good, and maybe reaches great story status.
Nice job hearing a good point on WIP. I thought there hadn't been one since Ken Garland handled morning drive on that former Metromedia station.
Ken, believe it or not I agree (on both the quitting and the WIP points).
i think they were refering to Vic and pence, and maybe jimmy. I find myself listening to WIP just to hear eagles fans hang themselves every day. its hilarious. The guys on there are idiots. Talk about frontrunners.
The WIP comment was facetious. Don't listen to much commercial radio sportstalk any more, but my true opinion is if you can be selective (might take a while), you can learn some stuff.
No biggie either way.
Just the fact that we're even talking about this after the way things have gone this season is pretty amazing.
Think I changed by mind about entering the "Why I Love the Phillies" scramble. What's a late dated and out of format contribution when you're submitting a sure fire winner.
Without further adieu, my entry on "Why I Love the Phillies" for the judges and company to labor through.
The 2012 Philadelphia Phillies.
The end.
The fireupedness rages on.
I've read all the reasons you good folks think they played so badly, and are now playing much better. All valid in their own way.
I never include injuries as an excuse- The Nationals had plenty of key players injured this year, it didn't hurt them, and Charlie has never let it hurt us in the past. We won 102 games with a lot of injured guys.
Here are my reasons-
#1 Chad Qualls- Thank god they got rid of him before his ERA then blew up to over 6 for both the Yankees and Pirates.
#2 Brian Sanches- Thank god they got rid of him before his ERA went over 10!
#3) Defense. "Hands of stone" Wigginton and "Hide your eyes" because a ball is hit anywhere near Hunter Pence.
That's the 5-7 "difference making" games everyone is looking for, just my two cents.
I think your reasons are right on the mark.
The above are all valid reasons, but I think there is another big one that's missing.
At the All-star break, Phillies starters had a 4.04 ERA, compared to last year's 2.86.
Since then, it's been 3.38.
Qualls pitched 31.1 innings in the 1st half
Sanches pitched 6.1
The starters pitched 558
Whether because of injury, or bad luck, or just not executing as well, the results out of the starters were a big reason for first half struggles.
And that's exactly my point about Halladay and his injury being …at least to me… the main reason for where the Phillies were mid-season. Yeah, some of the bullpen (Qualls in particular) sucked, and there was some bad defense. But if the starters ERA was THAT much of a difference then a lot of the reason HAS to fall on Halladay because he wasn't the same for most of the season leading up to the DL stint and then there was the stint itself.
OT, a review of Darin Ruf, for anyone interested…
Lefty –
Sure there were problems with Wigginton fielding at 3B and Pence and some of the bullpen. But the stats point to one overwhelming reason why the team was underperforming. STARTING PITCHING! Yes, I know this is supposed to be the strong point but forget the past and look at the stats. With the exception of Cole Hamels our vaunted starters were mediocre to bad in the first half.
While they have all improved deal with the fact that Lee has an ERA of 3.5 which is a run higher than 2011. Halladay just recently got under 4 ERA, Worley is at 4.2, Blanton was about 5.
The Phils were not built to outhit anyone, they are supposed to have starters with 3 or less than 3 ERA and hand off the game after 7 or 8 innings. The starters were not putting in the innings which highlighted a deliberate weakness with no middle relief.
Yes the bullpen was bad with injuries to Stutes and Herndon but here is the question – why was that important? Because the starters were not delivering!
Even now the Phils are not hitting but they are winning because of pitching. Howard and Utley have little to do with this. Look at their batting averages. This all about pitching, pitching, pitching. NIce to see some of the kids developing in the bullpen. Let's hope the starters make it through although I don't buy into Cloyd.
Bob, you have been commenting here longer than I have and I respect your opinions greatly. I mostly agree about the starters. And certainly the dependence on the pen goes down when they don't pitch as well.
However ERA is a tricky stat that sometimes doesn't give us the whole picture. I'll let smarter guys than me (calling schmenkman or publius) explain that in more detail. But as an example, most would say that Cole Hamels due to record and ERA is having a better year than Cliff Lee, when both Lee and Hamels have an identical WAR number of f3.9 so far this year, and Lee is ahead of Hamels in FIP. (Fielding independent pitching) Also, and this doesn't account for Sanches, but Qualls was supposed to be our 8th inning guy, and was not good at that even when the starter got us that far.
But again you are right, better performances from the starters easily could make the difference.
We need a healthy Fransden!!!
@Lefty, nothing so much for baseball. When the playoffs begin, the papers will announce places in dc.
There are plenty for the eagles, which is funny bc they don't double as the phillies places. Weird.
Rhino Bar is the eagles, but is red sox for baseball.
Sign of the Whale may be baseball?? Thats what a friend said.
I follow the Phillies via PN and my pc.
I know I shouldn't get excited…but for a while, .500 seemed like a distant dream and now it's a good possibility. I am REALLY happy with the way the phillies have played lately, and things are starting to go their way, luck-wise. Good job phils. Keep on phightin. 🙂
By the way, i love how you can totally tell Wheels hates Jose Reyes
THE PHILLY FANATIC………………..He just did not do his job. That's why we had such a horrible season until August. Forget the fact that Howard was hurt, Utley was hurt, Halladay was hurt Polanco was hurt, the bullpen was hurt (Contraras, Herndon, Bastardo, ) Overall, I believe that THE PHANATIC was way off his game. He got it back, and now we are winning. It is that simple
Plus, the PHANATIC is a dreal drama queen and loves these close encounters and season-ending excitement
As is probably obvious to everyone is that a drastic turnaround in anything, a stock market, a company, a family, etc. is usually about a confluence of events rather than just one thing. The Phillies are a great example.
The Phillies started the season decimated. Then:
Utley and Howard came back
Halladay came back
Victorino and Pence got dumped, as we can see for good reason
Hamels signed
The infusion of youth has really helped – we've built a bullpen.
AND Kyle Kendrick has learned to pitch and he's great.
Cloyd can pitch.
Now whether you view them as independent events or all of them as part of a snowball rolling down a hill, this is a team that has retooled itself and reinvigorated itself. I couldn't be happier. RAJ, I guess, deserves a lot of credit and we have a real good idea about next year now.
Its always darkest before the dawn and dawn came sooner that, personally, I thought it was gonna come. Go Phlls.
The Dipsy
A couple of things from my end, The defense did play worse then it has in the past and not only Wiggington and Pence in the field but there were some games Vic and Rollins where off there game and made errors in criticle times. And the pen has had it's ups and downs, with some really bad games. And would not inherited runners scoring effect the starters ERA, and is a problem with the pen for a while.
I was wondering if you can equate the trading of Vic and Pence, with Trading Away Bobby A. a few years back and then the Phillies going on a tear.
I am glad to see Bastardo getting alittle confidence back because now even if the phillies do not make a big run and get into the Playofffs I think this will be a good sign for 2013.
I am also wondering where all the RAJ haters are, because some of the moves have paid some good results. The guy he got for Valdez, Nix has had some big hits all year, and remember he was out for awhile.
I still have phaith but even if thy do not make a unprecented run to the wild card, I think they have found some cheap options to fill in gaps.
I was also wondering if they do make a run a get some help from the failing of others teams would Charlie get any MOY votes. My two cents
I would say that this year's trades can be equated to the trade of Abreu in that the trades didn't cause the surge that followed in either case.


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I just fucking saw a banshee get a quadra kill with her grab! does anyone know of ANY way to escape her OP grasp of death?
BTW Gravath dont respond to this as you never have anything useful to say. Thank you in advance.
I just fucking saw a banshee get a quadra kill with her grab! does anyone know of ANY way to escape her OP grasp of death?
BTW Gravath dont respond to this as you never have anything useful to say. Thank you in advance.
warp field to weaken its armor, let it close, then tech armor! - Turian hipster
awwww yeah just got me a volus adept!!!
someone else might have gotten it wrong.
Only successful runs I've had with Volus (Voli?!?) is when the entire team supports the Volus by adapting to his style, and not the other way around. I thought Volus are the support specialists, not us.
Since they can't get to cover, the entire team runs around kiting stuff with a fat asshole tailing their back and spamming that Shield Restore. Worked even on Gold. Easy as hell too. But once you get a Hack objective you get to watch your Volus die about 50 times. It's like having a mobile Geth Turret that deals less damage and has even lesser HP.
Not being able to get to cover in a cover based shooter is a fucked up mechanic if you ask me.
Volus are probably fun, seeing their hectic style. But I rather not see one in an all random group. Usually ends up in disaster.
"So, he sent a succubus to seduce you, and lure you down to his side. And yet, first thing you do is to check her ass? Ah, kid, you've got much to learn.."
What people dont realise in games, is that support also need support. They dont have the impenetrable defense most people seem to think they have.
Just look at this cake:
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Dude does a Platinum solo with the Volus Engineer.
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3 targets waves.
I was asking myself a lot of questions about the possible story of the DLC like what you can do with the base once you free it or how you can even free it, maybe it goes wrong somehow and you have to make hard decisions. Those are the things that get me hyped a lot. I too heard that it is gonna be more of a LotSB size of DLC in regards of the content not as "small" as Leviathan or Overlord or other smaller ones.
Maybe we can even give Omega to Hackett and not back to Aria? Even kill or imprison her? So many questions yet the answer is still a few days ahead.
This guy has to be either Mione (WoW soloer) or another beast. He got pretty lucky tho because he was pretty low a few times. Also 1:30 hours? How can you stay on your toes that long?
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So yeah even if it´s not that good I still appreciate that DLC just for bringing me back to SP.
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Skilled player soloing plat vs. random guy trying out Volus. Not exactly what I was talking about. You don't run around meleeing stuff because there is a Kroguard in the party, but you start running away from everything as a group because there is a Volus.
I did see several experienced Volus players in gold runs. Usually the run ends before anyone's shields can pop let alone a downed player. Problem is encountering one in Silver. I do silver runs to level up a freshly promoted kit. Volus I encounter in Silver runs usually are nightmares.
I've got no problems with fragile stuff. Geth Engineer is my go to guy, and I run a Flamethrower turret. Volus kits look fine aside from the Sentinel one. (Orbs or Recon mine are better if you ask me. Especially Recon mine.) But it'll be a cold day in hell before I pick Volus for a random run.
"So, he sent a succubus to seduce you, and lure you down to his side. And yet, first thing you do is to check her ass? Ah, kid, you've got much to learn.."
I usually play lots of random bronze and silver games to level up freshly promoted classes or to try out kits that I just unlocked. To be honest normally you can imagine that it is pretty easy to survive all 10 waves on bronze (easy on solo bronze) but there are guys that manage to fuck up on every single wave starting with wave 1 !!!
You can´t compare a few dedicated guys that solo platinum with the crowd that fucks up on a simple bronze run.
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BTW: What´s the point in adding more and more war assets with each DLC when they already reduced the needed EMS for the best ending to 3000 or something?
I smell some perfect ending once we have done all DLCs and collected all those war assets. You know Omega will add a bunch of assets too, for what? I am pretty sure that they don´t add them for giggles.
Maybe once you have collected those assets like Leviathans, Omega assets and future DLCs then you will most likely have a shitload of EMS plus people like me who love to promote MP kits have a ton of assets anyways.

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Target: 40M card accounts may be breachedap photo
Shoppers leave a Target store in North Olmsted, Ohio Thursday. Target says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a recent data breach.
Target is grappling with security and a public relations nightmare just as the holiday shopping season is wrapping up.
The nations second largest discounter said Thursday that data connected to about 40 million credit and debit card accounts was stolen as part of a breach that began over the Thanksgiving weekend.
The data theft marks the second largest credit card breach in the U.S. after retailer TJX Cos. announced in 2007 that at least 45.7 million credit and debit card users were exposed to credit card fraud.
Targets acknowledgement came a day after news reports surfaced that the discounter was investigating a breach.
The chain said customers who made purchases by swiping their cards at terminals in its U.S. stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 may have had their accounts exposed. The stolen data includes customer names, credit and debit card numbers, card expiration dates and the three-digit security codes located on the backs of cards.
The data breach did not affect online purchases, the company said.
The stolen information included Target store brand cards and major card brands such as Visa and MasterCard.
The Minneapolis company, which has 1,797 stores in the U.S. and 124 in Canada, said it immediately told authorities and financial institutions once it became aware of the breach on Dec. 15. The company is teaming with a third-party forensics firm to investigate and prevent future breaches.
The breach is the latest in a series of technology crises for Target. The company faced tough criticism in late 2011 after it drummed up hype around its offerings from Italian designer Missoni only to see its website crash. The site was down most of the day the designers collection launched. The company angered customers further with numerous online delays for products and even order cancellations.
But the credit card breach poses an even more serious problem for Target and threatens to scare away shoppers who worry about the safety of their personal data.
A data breach is of itself a huge reputational issue, said Jeremy Robinson-Leon, a principle at Group Gordon, a corporate and crisis public relations firm. He noted that Target needs to send the message that its rectifying the problem and working with customers to answer questions. He believes Target should have acknowledged the problem on Wednesday rather than waiting until early Thursday.
This is close to the worst time to have it happen, Robinson-Leon said. If I am a Target customer, I think I would be much more likely to go to a competitor over the next few days, rather than risk the potential to have my information be compromised.
Target advised customers on Thursday to check their statements carefully. Those who see suspicious charges on the cards should report it to their credit card companies and call Target at 866-852-8680. Cases of identity theft can also be reported to law enforcement or the Federal Trade Commission.
Targets first priority is preserving the trust of our guests and we have moved swiftly to address this issue, so guests can shop with confidence. We regret any inconvenience this may cause, Chairman, President and CEO Gregg Steinhafel said in a statement Thursday.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 8am PST. This giveaway is now OVER. Sorry for the delay in picking a winner. Crazy busy here!!! The winner has been randomly chosen and contacted via email. Congratulations Megan!
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Mmmmmm. Cake.
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Ok, now. I HAVE to show you this!
Chocolate Coffee Marble Cheesecake!
That cheesecake will be the FIRST dessert I'm making from this book!
Followed closely by these recipes:
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Tower
- Caramel Cashew Cheesecake
- Hazelnut Rum Cake
- Rum Balls (yes. I like rum. )
- Pumpkin Pie Squares (Maybe for Thanksgiving?)
- Cinnamon Brunch Cake (For Christmas Morning?)
I'm really thrilled to be able to share a recipe from this great cookbook with you!
Chocolate Candy Cane Cake
This holiday cake is simple to make but very festive.
1 Package (18.5 oz/515g) Devil's Food Cake Mix
3 eggs
1-1/3 cups milk
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 container (15 oz/450 g) ready-to-serve butter cream frosting
1/4 cup crushed candy canes
Whole small candy canes to decorate
* Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C)
* 13 by 9-inch (3L) cake pan, greased
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July 17, 2013 —
LORDVILLE, NY — On Saturday, July 27 at 10:30 a.m. a park ranger from the Upper Delaware National Park Service will lead a hike of the Bouchoux Trail, known locally as Jensen's Ledges.
This difficult two-mile round-trip hike leads to a panoramic view of the Upper Delaware River Valley at the summit of Jensen's Ledges. Quarrying of bluestone was once a large industry in the area, as evidenced by the large bluestone piles that are still visible today.
Meet at the Bouchoux Trail head. To get to the trail, turn onto Bouchoux Road. Travel 2.8 miles to the end of the road. The trail head is on the left side at the end of the cul-de-sac. Wear sturdy shoes or hiking boots. Water, snacks, bug spray, a walking stick and your camera are recommended; the view from the summit is remarkable.
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Budget cuts are coming to Fort Drum. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has asked military installations to cut spending - calling it a precautionary measure in case Congress fails to reach a budget deal:
Do more with less! Fort Drum has already trained adequate numbers to support the war effort. That is where the cuts should be the deepest!
Close it. It's not required. They are busing kids from the village in order to keep the numbers up in the school.
The only thing we have seen come out of Albany regarding this issue is a little lip service. All of your "bipartisan" bantering is what is keeping this bill from becoming a needed law.
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#76307 - 07/21/02 10:43 PM Re: noun for socially destructive person
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Good shot there, TEd. I'm sure I have heard a Yiddish word for what we're looking for, but it isn't coming to me. Need to consult some Yiddish dictionaries or phrase-books. The only English words that come to mind are 'party pooper', 'spoilsport' and 'marfeast', none of which is really it.
In my youth, someone who was always stirring up trouble just for the fun of it was called an 'agitator', but this implies some degree of maleficence, although some agitators I have known did it as a sort of practical joke, like a lot of practical jokesters who have no common sense and really hurt people.
#76308 - 07/22/02 04:08 AM good effort, gold star
Registered: 10/11/00
Posts: 1346
Loc: Sussex, England
I bin all thru that damn Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, and Literary Allusions, with no success
Well, Bravo for trying, MG - and commiserations..
Maybe we're all imagining there is a term, just because there so clearly should be?
#76309 - 07/22/02 09:05 AM Re: good effort, gold star
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#76310 - 07/22/02 09:31 AM Re: noun for socially destructive person
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I'm sure I have heard a Yiddish word for what we're looking for...
"Nebbish" sprang instantly to mind, but I looked it up and it means "a timid or ineffectual person."
Back to the drawing board....
Any Yiddish speakers here able to help out? seems a likely source for such a word! (rich language an' all) I keep thinking, though, that it may well be a classical or literary allusion (probably not Biblical). Maybe I should have another go through that dictionary (shudder!).
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#76311 - 07/23/02 08:38 AM Giving up?
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Well, our friend who started the thread hasn't made any further comments so either he is completely unhappy with the results - or ... well in fact, that's probably it, isn't it.
Let me say that a lot of contenders I looked at for this word - which clearly should exist - are colloquial. As such, they can be interpreted in many ways, and dont have the distinct meaning that was seemingly desired. One example of this is a booby. This word certainly fits the meaning but might be thought to mean a myriad of other things too.
Finally, let me say the German hasnt failed me on this one, with the not entirely unambiguous, but none the less very useful word der Tölpel it beats English hands down. What do dictionaries (our Holy Grail yeah right!) offer for this in English? Youre not going to like this its one of those there is no word for this really, so well include a lot of them kind of things. Here is a list of *my over all favourite candidates in an attempt to wrap things up:
If you cant find one in there you like and want to use then wed better get started on a neologism. PONS an authority on the German language, has a competition every year to find new words for things and concepts that dont exist. Surely there something is similar for our poor impecunious English language floating about.
#76312 - 07/23/02 09:14 AM Re: noun for socially destructive person
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Posts: 679
Loc: Somewhere outside New York
> Can you help me with a word? This a noun for someone who
> innocently joins a group, comes to a party, sits at a
> meeting--whatever--and within minutes has everyone at each other's
> throats. It may be based on a mythical beast or malevolent force.
> The effect is pernicious, malefic, and usually completely innocent on
> the part of the individual who usually sees him- or herself as only
> trying to be 'helpful' and frequently comes out of the situation
> feeling hurt or unappreciated.
A Frank Spencer?
#76313 - 07/23/02 09:45 AM Re: noun for socially destructive person
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Gosh, zingo, bellyoungone! Chawbacon was worth reading this whole thread again even though I don't reckon a chawbacon is the socially destructive person sought. That chawbacon just sits on a stump in my brain, chawin' bacon with his mouth open, gazin' at the risin' sun, thinkin' deep thoughts like, "This here's dam good bacon" over and over to the rhythm of his jaws.
Life is good and sweet for chawbacons. You git up, you chaw your bacon, you sit on stumps, think deep bacon-flavored thoughts, you shoot a possum, you drink moonshine, and you pass out cold till the next morning.
Thanks for that little bite of simplicity, bellyouth.
Bacon regards,
#76314 - 07/23/02 02:40 PM Re: Giving up?
Registered: 01/05/01
Posts: 1773
a competition every year to find new words for things and concepts that dont exist
[innocent e]
Why would you want to make up words for nonexistent things and concepts? How many different terms does one need?
#76315 - 07/24/02 10:40 AM Some mothers do 'ave 'em!
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Registered: 12/20/00
Posts: 1055
Loc: Berlin
> Why would you want to make up words for nonexistent things and concepts? How many different terms does one need?
There's always one, isn't there!?
Let me restate that:
"PONS has a competition every year to find words for things and concepts that have not yet been labelled."
Happy now?
Rubrick, a "Frank Spencer" is exactly the kind of bloke I was trying to think of but couldn't.
I'm sure that if you said, 'He is a real Frank Spencer!', to pretty much anyone over 20 in England, Oz and NZ then they would know straight away what you're talking about. He's the theatrical epitome of the kind of person we've been discussing, no doubt. Well done my son! You've got my vote for that eponym!
#76316 - 07/24/02 10:42 AM Frank Spencer
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Income tax debate returns to MontpelierBy Peter Hirschfeld
Vermont Press Bureau | October 31,2013MONTPELIER Legislative leaders are set to renew the debate over an income-tax reform that could shift burdens off the middle class and onto the rich.
But its unclear yet whether House Speaker Shap Smith and Senate President Pro Tem John Campbell are willing to flout their Democratic governor by bringing to the floor a proposal to which Peter Shumlin appears inalterably opposed.
The 2013 legislative session came to a dramatic close in May when Smith and Campbell, under veto threats from Shumlin, withdrew a proposal that would have capped the itemized deductions now used by mostly wealthier residents to lower their state income tax bills.
The issue will soon resurface as key lawmakers convene a series of legislative hearings the first comes Friday in Montpelier in which the proposal will get another airing.
But while Smith and Campbell both indicated in May they would pursue the policy change when lawmakers returned in 2014, neither is saying now whether theyll bring the legislation to a vote on the House or Senate floor.
I think that if were going to do income tax changes, they need to be significant enough so that Vermonters are going to notice, Smith said.
He said that means that the reductions in middle-class tax bills would need to be large enough to catch the notice of the average taxpayer when she opens next years bill. He said last years proposal, which capped itemized deductions at $30,000 there is currently no limit might be tweaked by the tax committees.
He said hell withhold judgment on the proposal until he sees the final version, which will be hammered out this fall and early winter by select members of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance.
Ill look forward to getting a report from Ways and Means to see where I think were at with regard to that threshold question of whether the changes are significant enough, Smith said.
Lawmakers say the plan offers a revenue-neutral mechanism to deliver middle-class tax relief without violating Shumlins pledge not to raise broad-based taxes.
According to projections by the Legislatures Joint Fiscal Office, the existing proposal would have the effect of adding $5.4 million in tax liability to people reporting income of more than $200,000 a year. Lawmakers would use the revenue to lower tax burdens on people making between $50,000 and $125,000.
The changes would be drastic for people earning more than $1 million, about 100 of whom based on tax data from 2010 according to the JFO would see their annual tax bills jump on average by nearly $25,000. Benefits to lower- and middle-income filers are more modest: people earning between $75,000 and $100,000 would see their annual tax bills drop on average by about $80.
Shumlin has made numerous cases against the plan, saying Vermont risks tax flight if it increases burdens on the rich, and also that lawmakers couldnt guarantee revenue neutrality. Based on 2007 tax data, Shumlin said, the proposal would actually result in a $10 million tax increase on the whole.
More recently, the Shumlin administration argued that with the massive undertaking of single-payer financing waiting in the wings in 2015, it makes sense to save major tax reforms until then.
Smith said he doesnt find that last rationale persuasive.
If income tax reform made sense in 2014 I think we would do it in 2014, Smith said. It wouldnt matter that we had potential financing for health care coming in 2015.
Campbell said he has yet to decide whether to make a stand on the issue of income tax reform. He said the path ahead lies in part on the Legislatures ability to make a water-tight case for the accuracy of their projections.
Campbell said members of his chamber will need to prove to Vermonters that whatever plan they present to Vermonters wont have any unintended fiscal consequences.
Rep. Janet Ancel and Sen. Tim Ashe, heads of the House Committee on Ways and Means and Senate Committee on Finance, respectively, are working on getting solid numbers. Complicating that effort is the Legislatures inability to secure from the Shumlin administration the tax data that would provide the foundation for that analysis.
At a meeting of the Committee on Ways and Means Friday, Ancel will ask Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding to help her retrieve that data. She said shell also talk with committee members about next steps for the tax proposal, though she said its failure or success is probably more of a political than a policy call.
Ancel and Ashe have said the plan makes sense from both a policy and political perspective. They say the existing system offers tax breaks to people for things like mortgage interest on second homes in other states, and other expenditures with no practical benefits to Vermont.
I havent changed my view that it would be a good change to make, Ancel said.
Like most major proposed changes to tax policy, however, Ancel said the direct financial impacts on a diverse set of interests make it an uphill battle politically.
There are always a lot of other issues that make changing tax policy very difficult, and Im not unaware of those, Ancel said. There will be many people who will weigh in on what the path forward should be, and I dont know what it will be at moment.
Ashe said a general fund shortfall of as much as $70 million could change the contours of the income-tax reform debate, particularly if a large enough coalition of lawmakers wants to retool the proposal into a mechanism to help fill that gap.
Ashe will hold a series of five informal meetings, likely in December, at sites across the state to discuss the income tax reforms and other issues. He said hell invite the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility, and other groups to join the discussion.
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This week's reviews: Rivalry revs 'Rush' up
One can see the excitement in racecar driving simply by turning on a race on the television. And by picking up a tabloid, it becomes evident that attractive ladies flock to drivers.
One of the biggest limitations to selling open-wheel racing to American fans, though, has been the lack of a great rivalry.
Rush puts pretty people, exciting crashes and an explosive rivalry together into one blockbuster package. The Ron Howard movie, starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl as heated rivals in the 1970s Formula One circuit, also adds extra punch by introducing the audience to an unfamiliar story.
Racing fans and newbies alike should find much to like in the exquisitely shot sports film, according to critic Frank Gabrenya. However, Rush is dropped a peg by an imperfectly crafted script that relays the same message over and over.
"In fact, if (writer Peter) Morgan's thorough script can be faulted, it is for spelling out the contrasts between (Austrian driver Niki) Lauda and (British racer James) Hunt over and over," Gabrenya said in his review.
Even if they won't admit it in public, the pervasiveness of pornography on the internet indicates that people like to view adult clips while online. Don Jon is almost internet porn embedded in a movie.
Directed by and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a Jersey Shore type addicted to web pornography, Don Jon pairs its star with Scarlett Johansson. Johansson's outlook is shaped by romantic comedies in a similar fashion that the life of "Don" Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt) is controlled by porn.
While the movie will definitely provide discussion fodder to its viewers, critic Melissa Starker found that Don Jon might have benefited from a slightly more tender touch.
"Despite his long acting career and previous work in short films, Gordon-Levitt can still use a few lessons in subtlety," Starker said in her review.
She rated Don Jon two-and-one-half stars.
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Watch this 1990s Columbus promo video...
The great city of Columbus is featured in the latest video post from Everything Is Terrible, a found-footage site founded by Ohio University alumni in 2007.Continue Reading
Everything Is Terrible unearths old commercials, movies and fitness videos and recuts them — or sometimes posts them in full — and, despite most of the videos' initial, earnest efforts to be entertaining or informative, Everything Is Terrible helps all of them crumble into anachronistic hilarity.Posted by Susannah Elliott on September 27, 2013 02:05 PM
September 20, 2013
Film becomes a prisoner of its own making
Prisoners is a movie that seems to have it all: marquee actors, an exciting plot, and twists and turns that leave audience members guessing. Unfortunately, the explosive thriller runs off the rails with an expository finale that undoes all the excellent work done up to that point.
Starring Hugh Jackman, Maria Bello and Jake Gyllenhaal, Prisoners tells the tale of the investigation into the kidnapping of two girls. Police identify a suspect, but are then unable to make a case against him. Jackman then takes matters into his own hands.
Even with the strong beginning and performances, the movie comes unwound as it drags on, according to critic Roger Moore.
"Despite the occasional chase or chilling moment during surveillance, Prisoners loses urgency as it drags on," Moore said in his review. "The dread and weight of The Lovely Bones and The Vanishing hang over it. But (Director Denis) Villeneuve loses himself in that and the 'They're all prisoners' thread in a third act that goes on far too long and explains far too much."
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Sidebar podcast | Galaxy Lips
In this episode of Sidebar, The Columbus Dispatch's podcast on Columbus-focused events, movies, music, dining and more...
Dispatch staffers Susannah Elliott, Kevin Joy and Mary Nguyen discuss Columbus' new sculpture, ("Flowing Kiss"), who goes to evening events Downtown, and upcoming events in central Ohio.
Sidebar is also available on iTunes and Stitcher.
Want to add to the conversation? Tweet with the hashtag #614sidebar or tweet this week's podcasters: @kevjoy and @XanaE.Continue ReadingPosted by Susannah Elliott on September 13, 2013 04:03 PM
September 13, 2013
Cosa Nostra comedy might not be your thing
If you want to see veteran actors reprise old roles in a formulaic comedy, The Family should be right up your alley. Imagine a travel story on the French coast punctuated by mafia violence, and you have the movie's basic framework.
Robert De Niro creates a sort of halfway point between his roles in Casino and Analyze This. Michelle Pfeiffer puts a lighter spin on her part in Married to the Mob. Tommy Lee Jones plays the part he plays, in various forms, in No Country for Old Men, The Fugitive and even the Men in Black series - a serious cog in the law enforcement machine.
Despite the talented cast, director Luc Besson fumbles the ball in terms of creating a great comedy. His skills are better applied to action flicks, according to critic Roger Moore.
"The backhanded slaps at French snootiness, softness and cuisine, and his idea of mob folk — adept at violence and quick to use it — aren't particularly funny," Moore said in his review.
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September 12, 0013
10 times Columbus visitors couldn't believe where they were
It's no surprise our city's slogan was once "Surprise: It's Columbus."
Incredulity is the general reaction from what seems to be every national news story written about Ohio's capital and its tasty food, hip neighborhoods and fun attractions.
Dispatch columnist Joe Blundo once suggested that perhaps Columbus is image-proof.
"We're like a black hole from which no waves of boosterism and bragging can escape," he wrote in 2011.
A Sports Illustrated story posted this week about Columbus' identity as the "unofficial home of U.S. Soccer" is the cherry on top of a long list of reports in which no one can believe anything notable is here.
Here are just 10 of them:
1. "Columbus emerges as unlikely fashion hub"
USA Today
"You probably never thought you'd read a story about Columbus, Ohio, being a mecca for fashionistas..."
2. "Columbus, Ohio, a new destination for food lovers"
The Washington Post
"Two-and-a-half hours away, though, is Columbus, an Ohio city I'd not considered a culinary destination. Shows what I know."
3. "Columbus, Ohio, Food"
From Michael Ruhlman, who once called Columbus "Applebees' country" on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations
"I'm willing to say now that Columbus exceeds Cleveland as a worthy food destination. And what that means is that Ohio itself has become an awesome food state."
4. "Hello, Columbus"
The New York Times' T Magazine
"His tatty-cool neighborhood isn't Bushwick or the Tenderloin; it's Kenmore Park in northeast Columbus, Ohio, in, as he put it to me on a recent visit, 'a very good pocket in the middle of the ghetto.'"
5. "Hello, Columbus" [yes, again]
The New York Times
"If not for the occasional red Buckeyes football jersey in the crowd, you might never guess that this is Ohio. But Ohio it is — Columbus, to be precise."
6. "Columbus demands exploration"
Chicago Tribune
"Trivia question: In which Midwestern state capital did Fidel Castro's mother and sister hide out during the Cuban Revolution? Surprise! It's Columbus, Ohio, a city once so exceedingly average that product manufacturers routinely used it as a test market. And, obviously, Senora and Senorita Castro thought it was so blandly ordinary that no one would look for them there." [Ouch?]
7. "Columbus Cool"
The New York Times' T Magazine
"Most travelers don't give much thought to Ohio. But in the last few years, Columbus has undergone a transformation."
8. "Yak burgers to Korean hodduk: Columbus' surprising food scene"
USA Today
"Columbus? As in Ohio? As in HQ of White Castle, Max and Erma's and Bob Evans? Yes, that Columbus."
9. "5 Incredible Tacos in Columbus, Ohio"
Serious Eats
"Who the heck woulda thunk that Columbus, Ohio, is home to some of the greatest tacos I've had anywhere?" [This one makes the list just for saying "Who the heck woulda thunk."]
10. "How did Columbus become the unofficial home of U.S. Soccer?"
Sports Illustrated's Planet Futbol
"When the chips are down ... the U.S. relies on Columbus, the unexpected – and now unquestioned – home of the national team's most high-profile game."
Here's to hoping that someday more of our city's positive qualities shift from unexpected to unquestioned!Continue ReadingPosted by Susannah Elliott on September 12, 0013 04:40 PM
September 06, 2013
Sidebar podcast | When in doubt, throw it out...
In this episode of Sidebar, The Columbus Dispatch's podcast on Columbus-focused events, movies, music, dining and more...
Dispatch staffers Susannah Elliott, Kevin Joy and Mary Nguyen discuss the festival events that happen in central Ohio every year, urban foraging, cooking in your dishwasher and how to win a stupid pet tricks contest in Columbus (it's apparently through bribery).
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- The "It happens every year" festival guide
- NPR | Dishwasher Cooking: Make Your Dinner While Cleaning The Plates
- Manifold Destiny, the book that explains how to cook on your car engine
- Slate | How to Cook With Your Dishwasher (video)
- Dispatch | Worthington councilman promotes edible plants in city parks
- Columbus foraging map
- Dispatch | Improv Everywhere's MP3 Experiment in Upper Arlington
- Home & Garden Show and Holiday Fest
- Kevin's Dispatch story | Casinos book musical acts to lure customers -- but does revenue follow?
- Because I Said I Would
- Dispatch | Stand-up paddleboarding growing in popularity
- Elemental Veterinary Center's Stupid Pet Tricks Contest (Mary says: "I don't think you'll get turned away if you don't register, but you should show up early for scheduling purposes just to be safe.")
September 06, 2013
Movie full of Vin Diesel's acting prowess
Riddick, the latest Vin Diesel vehicle, is stuffed with all of the pathos and emotion that the action star is capable of - in other words, it's a languid trainwreck. The third installment of the sci-fi series finds Diesel dropped on a desert planet, fighting for survival.
Diesel's filmography isn't exactly chock full of deep plot or emotion, and Riddick is set up so he can do what he does best: shoot things and sport cool sunglasses. Though these launching pads form the foundation of the story, writer-director David Twohy fails to provide enough backstory or interesting developments to keep all but the most dedicated fan interested.
"But the slow, unexciting thriller lacks the edge-of-the-seat suspense of Pitch Black," Roger Moore said in his review. "The story arc — convict redeems himself by killing monsters and saving people — is the same but lacks snap."
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14 diaries from the crew of Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition 1910-12 have now been made available. These diaries have never been published before.
The diaries of the following crew members are now available in Norwegian:
Kristian Prestrud, Hjalmar Fredrik Gjertsen, Hjalmar Johansen, Olav Bjaaland, Sverre Hassel, Helmer Hanssen, Oscar Wisting, Jørgen Stubberud, Thorvald Nilsen, Kristian Martin Ronne, Ludvig Hansen, Alexander Kutschin, Adolf Schroer and Christian Doxrud.
The books can be purchased in our museum shop.
English translations will be available shortly, and we expect that these will be in the museum shop in spring 2012.
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#211298 - 06/05/13 12:19 AM Name the writer or the book.
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Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
The Bedouin owed no taxes, paid no landlord, recognized no borders. The Arabian peninsula from which he sprang, had remained remote and beyond the grasp of the conquests of Egypt and Rome. In the punishing desert a cruel culture evolved that matched the brutal dictates of nature. While the world of progress passed him by, the Bedouins survived largely by plundering the vulnerable. Strong sheiks with no more compassion than the blistering sun showed little mercy to the weak. The Bedouin was thief, assassin, and raider, and hard labor was immoral.
#211301 - 06/05/13 07:05 AM Re: Name the writer or the book. [Re: jenny jenny]
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"I against my brother, my brothers and I against my cousins, then my cousins and I against strangers"
Or, as the Berbers say, "Tomorrow there will be apricots."
#211302 - 06/05/13 09:40 AM Re: Name the writer or the book. [Re: Faldage]
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Is the answer simply to exclude both Uris and Keegstra from freedom of expressions protection? Keegstra makes racist claims that play on the fears and prejudices of some members of the community. Uriss narrative builds on ethnic and religious stereotypes, which may be assimilated by the reader without conscious, or at least careful, consideration. The line-drawing problem, however, is not resolved by redrawing the line in another place. The problem is much deeper than the unclear distinction between what Keegstra says and what Uris writes. Madame Justice McLachlin has not simply chosen a bad example with The Haj. Racial and other stereotypes are so deeply entrenched in our culture, our language, and our thinking that it is impossible to isolate clearly the offensive claims of Keegstra and the offensive stereotyping of Uris from ordinary public discourse. A wide range of expression, both extreme and ordinary, conveys racist attitudes and contributes to the spread or reinforcement of racist opinion in the community. This is the real line-drawing problem. It is much deeper than Madame Justice McLachlin supposes.
-Richard Moon
#211308 - 06/05/13 06:31 PM Re: Name the writer or the book. [Re: tsuwm]
old hand
Registered: 12/18/06
Posts: 956
Loc: Auckland, New Zealand
Good point.
Never let the facts get in the way of a good story eh!
#211310 - 06/05/13 09:29 PM Name the writer or the book. [Re: olly]
Registered: 06/05/10
Posts: 1554
Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
"It was late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man
who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the
electric light. In the daytime the street was dusty, but at
night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit
late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he
felt the difference. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that
the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good
client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave
without paying, so they kept watch on him."
Hmm. I thought this would be a easy one. Notice the effortless cluster of "d" words in this the opening paragraph. Like him or not the man was an artist.
Edited by jenny jenny (06/07/13 12:38 AM)
Edit Reason: to give a hint
#211325 - 06/07/13 06:08 PM you won'f recognize this, but you can easily find [Re: jenny jenny]
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To live long enough to be in the right place at the right time to make one's fortune. Yes, yes, hard work and talent make up the difference. They are crucial, and you know I'd never argue different. But the foundation of all lives is luck. Good or bad. Luck is life and life is luck. And it's leaking from the moment it lands in your hand.
edit: oh yeah, the previous was obviously Papa.. and so?
Edited by tsuwm (06/07/13 06:11 PM)
#211326 - 06/07/13 06:52 PM Re: you won'f recognize this, but you can easily find [Re: tsuwm]
Registered: 06/05/10
Posts: 1554
Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
The idea, tsuwm, was to post a paragraph or two by writers who could be identified by their distinctive style or unique content. What would be the fun in googling them up?
I googled your excerpt up. The writer was Dennis Lehane. I didn't have fun.
#211327 - 06/07/13 07:03 PM Re: you won'f recognize this, but you can easily find [Re: jenny jenny]
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it wasn't meant to be fun, it was meant to introduce something different.
#211328 - 06/07/13 08:54 PM Re: you won'f recognize this, but you can easily find [Re: tsuwm]
Registered: 06/05/10
Posts: 1554
Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi
Oh! Now I see.
You are right tsuwm, as I re-read his paragraph I too find Lehane's thoughts somewhat worthwhile and different.
Ok, who wrote this... (a translation)
By contrast, today, when the herd animal in Europe is the only one who attains and distributes honours, when equality of rights all too easily can get turned around into equality of wrongs what I mean is into a common war against everything rare, strange, privileged, the higher men, the higher souls, the higher duty, the higher responsibility, the creative fullness of power and masterythese days the sense of being noble, of willing to be for oneself, of being able to be different, of standing alone and of having to live by ones own initiativethese are part of the idea greatness, and the philosopher will reveal something of his own ideal if he proposes The man who is to be great is the one who can be the most solitary, the most hidden, the most deviant, the man beyond good and evil, lord of his virtues, a man lavishly endowed with willthis is precisely what greatness is to be called: it is able to be as much a totality as something multi-faceted, as wide as it is full. And to ask the question again: todayis greatness possible?
Edited by jenny jenny (06/07/13 09:20 PM)
Edit Reason: to add new excerpt
#211330 - 06/08/13 12:55 AM Re: you won'f recognize this, but you can easily find [Re: jenny jenny]
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Loc: this too shall pass
"the man beyond good and evil" is kind of a give-away for this one.
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Capsules for the top 20 drivers in the Sprint Cup standings, plus five additional drivers of note.
By Jerry Bonkowski and Bob Moore
88 DALE EARNHARDT JR., Chevrolet
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
WHERE HE STANDS: Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the Sprint Cup Series standings for the second straight week after Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway. Earnhardt leads second-ranked Brad Keselowski by six points and third-ranked Jeff Gordon by 10 points.
LAS VEGAS RECORD: 14 career starts, 0 wins, 2 top-5s, 7 top-10s, 0 poles. Best career finish: Second in 2003 and 2008. Finished seventh in this race last year and was 10th in the 2012 race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Earnhardt comes into Las Vegas off to the best start of his 15-year Sprint Cup career. He won in the season-opening Daytona 500 and finished runner-up Sunday at Phoenix. Here's his thoughts about Sunday's race: "Vegas has a lot of bumps going into Turn 1. They are something else. I'm impressed each time I go there how much rougher it is. That really challenges you to set the car up to be able to get through the bumps. Your performance at Vegas can set the tone for the other intermediate tracks. Confidence is everything and when you go to Vegas. If you run well, you expect to go to the next mile-and-a-half and run well."
LOOKING BACK: Earnhardt continued to have the best start of any driver in the Sprint Cup Series, finishing second at Phoenix to winner Kevin Harvick.
ETC.: Earnhardt has completed 91.0 percent (3,312) of the 3,640 total laps contested in 14 career starts at Las Vegas. His average start there is 21.1 and his average finish is 15.6. He has two DNFs there.
2 BRAD KESELOWSKI, Ford
Team: Penske Racing
WHERE HE STANDS: Brad Keselowski moved up one spot, from third to second, after Sunday's race at Phoenix. He trails points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. by just six points and leads third-ranked Jeff Gordon by four points.
LAS VEGAS RECORD: 5 career starts, 0 wins, 1 top-5s, 1 top-10s, 1 poles. Best career finish: Third in 2013 (after starting from the pole). Finished third in this race last year and 32nd in the 2012 race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Keselowski has been consistent in the first two races, finishing third each time. He's off to a good start and looking to avenge last year's disappointing season, where he failed to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup, let alone defend his 2012 Cup championship. Here's his thoughts about Sunday's race in Las Vegas: "Our No. 2 Miller Lite Ford team has come out strong in the first couple of races and I am proud of the effort. Now we just have to get that last little bit in order to win races. We will continue working with winning in mind in order to ensure we position ourselves to be in the new championship playoff format. It's nice to be sitting second in the points early in the season. The best part is that we're just getting started."
LOOKING BACK: Keselowski had the strongest Ford at Phoenix and challenged Kevin Harvick all the way to the checkered flag. If there had been another lap or two, the outcome may have been different.
ETC.: Keselowski has completed 94.4 percent (1,277) of the 1,353 total laps contested in five career starts at Las Vegas. His average start there is 14.0 and his average finish is 25.0. He has zero DNFs there. Up until last year's third-place finish, he had never finished higher than 26th in his prior four starts at Las Vegas.
24 JEFF GORDON, Chevrolet
Team: Hendrick Motorsports
WHERE HE STANDS: Jeff Gordon moved up one spot, from fourth to third in the Sprint Cup standings, after Phoenix. He trails points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. by 10 points, is four points behind second-ranked Brad Keselowski and leads fourth-ranked Kevin Harvick by one point.
LAS VEGAS RECORD: 16 career starts, 1 wins, 6 top-5s, 7 top-10s, 0 poles. Best career finish: First in 2001. Finished 25th in this race last year and was 12th in the 2012 race there.
LOOKING AHEAD: Gordon is off to a good start, exactly what he needs to do if he hopes to win a fifth Sprint Cup championship this year (and if he does so, he's already said he'll retire then). Here's Gordon's thoughts on Sunday's race at Las Vegas: "The challenges we will face at Vegas are the same challenges we have faced in the past. We're up against the loads (of the car) in general at speed but also trying to get over these bumps, and that's very, very challenging. You can run up high (to avoid bumps in Turn 1), but even then usually your left-side tires are on them."
LOOKING BACK: After helping teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. to a win in the season-opening Daytona 500, Gordon again helped push Earnhardt to a runner-up finish Sunday in Phoenix. Gordon had a good run himself, finishing fifth in the race.
ETC.: Gordon has completed 96.3 percent (4,018) of the 4,174 total laps contested in 16 career starts at Las Vegas. His average start there is 13.6 and his average finish is 15.4. He has three DNFs there.
4 KEVIN HARVICK, Chevrolet
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Be such a shame but we will lose either Yu Na or Mao, who ever is second or third I think they will stay on to 2014, but will they have it their own way??


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