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No-Brainers Made Complicated: Now It's the 'Norm
I'm sorry, but did the National Bureau of Economic Research just inform me and myriad dear readers, that indeed the United States of America's economy is in a (daresay) recession?
I beg your pardon, but did our Dear Leader, in an interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, admit his own incompetency by saying "I think I was unprepared for war"?
As if the mass exodus of once-successful business owners to the overcrowded unemployment line in my Southside Chicago neighborhood wasn't reason enough to believe. As if the tense gazes of disgust from world leaders and record low approval rating during Bush II wasn't enough reason to believe. Well, folks, believe it; and believe that the spindoctors are just going to keep getting more and more convoluted as they assume we US Americans are as dumb as they are obvious.
Because apparently, the new status quo put forth by those in power has regressed to that of an unnecessary complication of issues that should otherwise be clear as day.
This has never been more true as we go into the third year of Mark McGwire Hall of Fame eligibility, where once again, I predict the baseball writers will find it in themselves to be a group of holier-than-thou judgmental jack^sses who consistently confuse clarity with integrity.
Did McGwire use performance enhancing drugs? Maybe. Probably. We don't know for sure and we never will.
Did McGwire's awkward Capitol Hill exchange further damage his image and cause us to question his character? Yes. Definitely.
Should it matter when considering him for the Hall of Fame?
Hell no.
Hands down, Mark McGwire should have been a first-time ballot Hall of Famer. His numbers, his performance, his legacy and the positive impact he had on the game alone should have put him in on the first try.
While I dare not minimize the damaging stain PEDs have left on the game of baseball as well as the youth of our nation, I still believe in the democratic principle of one being "innocent until proven guilty" and until someone proves that McGwire broke the rules, he deserves to be remembered as a Hall of Famer.
Jim Rice, Bert Blyleven, Andre Dawson… sure, waffle on those guys. They deserve to be waffled on a bit because they're not stand-out no-brainer players. But McGwire? Give me a break. Give him a break.
And beware, for Barry Bonds will soon be in line for the same retrospection. Look, as much as I dislike the man as a human being, I cannot conceive a Hall of Fame without Barry Bonds' plaque. Baseball writers, your job is not to teach lessons to suspected bad boys. Your job is to reward players for having Hall of Fame careers despite their antics — whatever and as displeasing as they may be. Remember, Ty Cobb, arguably one of the most disgustingly erratic, singly detrimental members of the entire human race, is rightfully in the Hall of Fame.
Get over yourselves, writers. You're not judges. You're not the police. You're not God(s).
Do the right thing and put Mark McGwire in the Hall of Fame. And while you're doing that, prepare for the barrage of suspect PED users, headlined by one Barry Bonds, who will soon be eligible for HOF consideration.
The world will be watching and I will be quick to slander.
So yeah, go ahead and hate me; I only ask that you don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Mark, our fearless leader, talks about casting his vote for McGwire on MLBlogosphere, so you've got at least one ally!
Boy these are tough choices. Barry Bonds to me is clear cut. He used PED and it appears that his record has been tainted. I'm not sure I could agree with voting him into the Hall of Fame. McGwire is another case. Did he use PED? I think perhaps he did. Are some of his records the resullt of using drugs? I think some are and probably some aren't. I don't think you should be elected to the HOF just because you did a lot to have an impact on the game. I thought you got elected for your skills and abilities. And like it or not, we have to address the PED issue. What if Bonds is convicted before he becomes eligible? Should he still go in? Those are questions that will have to be addressed and I'm glad I'm not the one who has to make that call.
Jane — I saw that article. I was impressed by our "fearless leader"'s candidness in sharing what that ballot looks like. I just wonder if it's simplicity could lead to another hanging chad fiasco. I'm just sayin'…
Julia — While I understand your position and sympathize in wanting to keep the HOF clean of poor character, it seems improbable that a superstar such as Bonds — who rewrote the history books — could be left out. Remember, his career before his alleged use already warranted HOF status. Like you, I am glad I'm not the one who has to make that call.
The contradiction in Newman's argument is that, on the one hand, he says you have to just kind of "know" whether someone's a HOFer or not, and then admits complete bafflement (and disinterest) as to the most visible and troubling circumstances surrounding McGwire's lofty numerical accomplishments. IOW, he doesnt "know" the first thing about McGwire!
My vote against McGwire hinges on a gnawing practical concern, or doubt, as to how good a hitter he really was. There's no moralistic component whatsoever. Unlike Barry Bonds, who was a 3 time MVP, lock HOFer prior to any PED suspicions (1998-1999), I have serious doubts as to whether Mark's (or Sosa's) HOF level numbers were at all independent from competitive and pharmaceutical fraud.
That's an admittedly imperfect but reasonably empirical thought process (like most others) that hopefully results in an amoral judgement. The immoral position, in my view, is for those entrusted with an enduring part of the game's history to blithely pretend that PEDs havent complicated the process of evaluating comparative statistical legacies. PEDs are baseball's burden and any BBWAA voter unwilling to grapple with that, beyond superficially declaring PEDs' irrelevant, does the game a disservice.
Even though McGwire's BA of .263 doesn't scream out at you as being the best possible, he was an absolute threat every time he stepped in the box. And save for injuries, McGwire was about as consistent as one can be when it came to putting up big HR, BB, OBP and SLG numbers. Again, innocent before proven guilty. How can we punish someone for something we THINK he did but can't prove? That's simply… un-American. Are we just going to throw everyone's name out who played during the 'roid era because there's a chance they were doing things they shouldn't? Remember too, if it weren't for Sosa and McGwire and that magical (albeit in hindsight possibly tainted) summer of '98, baseball perhaps wouldn't have found its audience again. Those two brought the game back. The front offices and execs looked the other way for the sake of the game and the writers did too. I don't like double-standards in any arena. I feel that the BBWAA is demonstrating their arrogance and pretentiousness now that the power has shifted into their hands. Keep Bonds out of the Hall? If they did that — again, as much as I dislike Bonds — I'd seriously rethink my love for MLB and perhaps start watching the Mexican or Venezuelan leagues. We have plenty of racists, drunks and jerkwads in the Hall of Fame because they were outstanding baseball players. Bonds was that. McGwire was that. PEDs or not.
I agree everyone looked the other way, and it'd be hypocritical to start banishing players for transgressions with which the Commissioner was complicit. But I'm not trying to ban, or categorically dismiss, anyone; just trying to incorporate info to arrive at historically "fair" evaluations of player performance. As far as inncocent until proven guilty, Mark's not going to jail here 🙂 Just trying to figure out if Mac's more worthy of baseball's highest honor than Don Mattingly, Dick Allen, or possibly Fred McGriff.
I have no animosity towards McGwire, and actually inhabit a minority who admired him at the infamous hearings – refusing to finger-pointedly deny (aka lie about) his usage, while also refusing to implicate fans' invested illusions about him (and the game) by coming clean. An almost unbearably awkward, but honorable position. As a practical (not a legal) matter, though, wouldnt McGwire simply state his innocence, if he was? My problem with Mark isnt a legal or ethical one; it's practically evaluating the almost certain influence of PEDs on his statistical greatness, much the same way one might account for park effects or the dead ball era.
An important difference with Bonds is that Barry established impeccable HOF credentials in a decade free from any reasonable (or otherwise) PED suspicions. It's a debatable point, but my take on the observational & anecdotal evidence is that McGwire and Sosa haven't done that. Sosa was a middling player before he got big, and I've failed to isolate any meaningful part of Mark's career from almost certain use. Again, nobody's going to jail, and I'd be delighted to learn that PEDs were, in fact, incidental to McGwire's greatness. Hopefully, someday we'll learn that and he can get in – without the wink and the nod🙂
Dont hate me cuz I"m right-eous😉
Well put, Matt. Well put. I think I see your point more clearly now. And yes, you are a right-eous dude!


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Great article. I hope Lin doesn't demand $5 mil and sees the big picture. Also, if the NBPA is successful in getting bird rights applied to waived players this could be a HUGE WIN for the team.
The Knicks' summer spending
By Jared Zwerling | ESPNNewYork.com
If you thought dissecting the collective bargaining agreement and a team's spending cans and cannots were tricky, you're definitely not the only one. In fact, as one veteran NBA journalist put it, "It's a minefield. Even GMs call the league and say, 'Can I do this?'"
Now that the Knicks' season is in the books, what are their options when the free-agency period starts July 1? ESPN New York's Jared Zwerling consulted with NBA salary cap expert Larry Coon to get the answers you need and more.
For starters, the Knicks are currently $5.6 million above the league-mandated $58.044 million salary cap. (On July 1, if the cap stays the same, which it likely will, they will be $5.65 million over.) Currently, the main players under contract for next season include: Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Iman Shumpert and Toney Douglas. In addition, J.R. Smith has a player option of $2.443 million, Josh Harrellson has a team option of $762,195, Jerome Jordan has a non-guaranteed salary of $762,195 and while Renaldo Balkman cleared waivers this past season, he's still owed some salary that counts against the cap. The team's restricted free agents are Jeremy Lin and Landry Fields, and the unrestricted pool includes: Steve Novak, Baron Davis, Jared Jeffries, Mike Bibby, Bill Walker and Dan Gadzuric.
Looking ahead to the offseason, the key moves for the team include Smith's opt in or out, potentially re-signing Fields, using their mid-level exception of about $3 million (taxpayer) or of about $5 million (non-taxpayer), potentially using their bi-annual exception of $1.98 million and then spending a couple of veteran's minimums of $1.4 million each. Their biggest hurdle will be deciding which amount of their mid-level exception to give to Lin.
Here's the full breakdown:
Smith has a player option of $2.443 million for next season, which he can opt out of. The Knicks will know by July 1 if he's going to do so. If he does, that means the team will still be above the cap ($3.157 million), and they won't gain anything. That $2.443 million is not extra money that actually exists in order for the team to sign someone else.
Even if Smith opts out, the Knicks could re-sign him for a 20 percent raise based on his $2.382 million salary from this past season. That's enabled by the Non-Bird Exception, which would put him at $3.097 million for 2012-13. A source told ESPN New York that Smith's father, Earl, is going to make a strong case for his son to stay in New York, but "it's very clear that the money is the biggest factor with him."
In fact, when Smith chose the Knicks over the Clippers in mid-February after coming back from China, a source said the Knicks' higher offer ($2.443 million to the Clippers' $1.4 million veteran's minimum) was the deciding factor because he was financially broke. Therefore, Smith will likely opt out and ask for the 20 percent raise. At that point, the ball will be in the Knicks' court to re-sign Smith, who's already said publicly that he wants to return next season.
During the lockout negotiations, the league wanted additional spending restrictions to be placed on all tax-paying teams. But the players' union managed to wrest one concession in the final labor settlement: those restrictions wouldn't be triggered once a team is above the tax line. As a result, the owners gave teams a little extra breathing room. They defined a point $4 million above the tax line, which they call the "apron," where those restrictions kicked in. With an anticipated $70 million tax level, the apron will come in around $74 million this summer.
One of the restrictions placed on teams above the apron was the smaller mid-level exception of about $3 million, while teams under the apron could have the larger mid-level exception of about $5 million. Since a team above the apron can't offer more than $3 million in a mid-level contract, the converse is also true: a team that offers more than $3 million in a mid-level contract can't subsequently exceed the apron.
The consequences are potentially devastating for teams with payrolls below the apron. If a team spends more than $3 million of its mid-level exception, then the apron becomes a hard cap for the remainder of the season. If you're a General Manager trying to assemble a winning roster, "hard cap" is an ugly, ugly phrase.
Keeping that in mind, the Knicks are in a unique situation regarding their mid-level exception -- and it's all because of Lin, a restricted free agent. While the Knicks can sign him to the non-taxpayer mid-level exception of about $3 million or below, anything above that would create a hard cap. Lin is likely going to demand his maximum of about $5 million for two main reasons: 1.) While he may not have that much basketball value right now, teams will be drawn to bringing Linsanity to their city; and 2.) Because other teams are going to know that the Knicks will be hard-capped if Lin re-signs for $3 million or more, they'll press them to match at about $5 million.
If the Knicks do, they'll still be able to re-sign him because he's a restricted free agent. In fact, because he has that status, the Knicks and Lin could agree to an offer sheet even before other teams bid for his services. And the Knicks can match any number because of the Gilbert Arenas provision, which prevents other teams from offering too much.
Currently, the Knicks are below the apron, so they'll be hoping and praying that Lin signs an offer sheet for $3 million or less. If the Knicks keep Lin at that amount (and they dont use their bi-annual exception), they won't be capped at $74 million, and they can later go above the apron. Therefore, they could make trades that take on lots of additional salary, but they will still have to pay tax if their team salary is above the tax line (no transactions exempt a team from potentially paying tax).
While Lin's agent, Roger Montgomery, will have a fiduciary responsibility to his client to get him the best deal possible, he'll know the eventual suitor will be the Knicks. Therefore, Montgomery could ask Lin to do the Knicks a favor and take $2 million less and sign for about $3 million, in order to give the team salary-cap flexibility. By staying in New York, Lin would be make up the difference off the court by being a hot name in the No. 1 media market. What Montgomery will have to watch out for is the Knicks saying, "Sign with us for $3 million and we'll promise to take care of you later." It's that promise to take care of a player later that gets teams into trouble.
Now, keep this in mind: While the Knicks need to use their mid-level exception to re-sign Lin, they don't have to use it on Lin. They can spend it on anyone. For example, they could let him walk in order to sign unrestricted free agent Steve Nash, who's reportedly going to demand $3 to $5 million per year, or Goran Dragic, who will likely be in the same ballpark.
But, again, anything more than $3 million will set a hard cap on the Knicks. If that happens, they won't have any flexibility to make any offseason or in-season moves (signs, trades, replacing an injured player, etc.) that leaves them above the $74 million threshold. For example, lets say they have a team salary of $68 million after signing Lin, or about $6 million below the hard cap. They could make a trade (provided all other trade rules are satisfied) that adds up to $6 million to their payroll. But they couldnt make a trade that adds $7 million.
Whatever the case, all signs point to Lin being a Knick. As one source familiar with his situation put it, "He's going to be in New York next year regardless, unless they decide they're not going to match him because Nash is going to come in at $5 million or something like that. But Nash is a pipe dream. I think that they keep Lin, just because of his popularity."
As for the length of Lin's contract, the Knicks have the option of making it one to four years. (It could actually be three years with a player option on the fourth.) Teams tend to lock up players who are fairly cheap, but are still a big part of their future and have the potential to progress quickly in only half of that four-year window.
If the Knicks re-sign Lin to the full mid-level exception of about $5 million, that means they'll be hard-capped and only have about $9 million left to spend, which begs the question: Do they want to spend $5 million of that remaining amount on Fields? Even if another team matches the Knicks' offer sheet, they have Early Bird Rights on him, which sets the $5 million ceiling. (In comparison, Lin has Non-Bird Rights rights, which is why the Knicks need to use the mid-level exception to keep him.)
However, if Lin and Fields re-sign for $3 and $5 million, respectively, the Knicks won't be constrained by the hard cap (based on the lower mid-level exception). They can re-sign Fields, secure veteran free agents and make trades to bring in someone who's more expensive. In other words, they can go above the apron.
But, again, it all comes back to that $5 million for Fields, and some insiders just don't see the value there. One source familiar with Fields' situation said, "I doubt Landry's worth $5 million, but you never know. When teams try to sign restricted free agents, they sometimes have to over-pay just in order to make the other team let him go. So I could see Landry getting a bigger deal because of that -- not so much because he's worth that much right now as a basketball player, but because he can walk."
As for the length of Fields' contract, it could be the same as Lin's. Also like Lin, because Fields is a restricted free agent, he and the Knicks could agree to an offer sheet even before other teams bid for his services. In addition, the Knicks can match any salary number because of the Gilbert Arenas provision.
By the way, if you're wondering if the $5 million maximum for Fields can be used for anyone else (like Nash), it can't because of the Early Bird Rights provision. So, again, only the mid-level exception can be used for Lin, Nash or Dragic -- the three most popular picks at starting point guard heading into the summer.
If Shumpert was going to be out until June 30 of next year (based on a doctor's certification), the Knicks could apply for a disabled player exception, which would mean they could sign someone to replace the rookie at his salary. But Shumpert will likely be back on the court in December or January. Keep in mind, however, that if the Knicks were hard-capped (based on the apron), they couldn't use that kind of exception.
The Knicks have a bi-annual exception of $1.98 million, which could be used for Novak, who's an unrestricted free agent. (However, he'll likely demand more because he emerged as the league's best 3-point shooter.) Even if the team re-signs Lin to $3 million or higher, and the $74 million apron becomes a hard cap for them, they'd still have the bi-annual exception. But then they definitely can't go above the apron. Keep in mind that if they spend their bi-annual exception first, they would be capped at the apron -- just like they would if they spent $3 million or more with their mid-level exception.
Currently, the Knicks are about $6 million above the salary cap, which means they're about $9 million under the apron. If Smith opts out and the Knicks don't re-sign him, they'll be about $11.5 million under the apron. If they re-sign Lin for about $5 million, they'll be about $7.5 million under the apron, which would then create the hard cap.
Then, if Fields re-signs for about $5 million as well, the team will only have about $3 million under the apron to spend on three players. Think about that. About $3 million, three players. Veteran minimum's deals could suck that right up.
That mid-level exception is more critical than you ever thought. From the season to the offseason, Lin still remains right at the top of the Knicks' discussion. If you're a fan of the team, you should be rooting for him to sign for $3 million or less.
Great article. I hope Lin doesn't demand $5 mil and sees the big picture. Also, if the NBPA is successful in getting bird rights applied to waived players this could be a HUGE WIN for the team.
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Compensation in sports is not based on what a player deserve. It is based on how much he can negotiate. You're not going to convince me Amare is worth $100 million. In the same way, Lin should get as much as he can and he is way more marketable than Melo and Amare combined. We might as well ask everyone in the team to get lower contracts for the team. Yea, not gonna happen so don't ask for players to get lower monies.
Lin doesn't deserve, ins't worth, hasn't earned and should be able to negotiate big money, FACT, Melo and STAT earned their contracts and have yet to live up to expectations doesn't mean they aren't worth their deals.
why should Lin and 8 week wonder ruin our chances of adding depth to make a push to the finals, if he takes the full 5mil I'd be pissed
I agree that the time to judge, as you said, is upon STAT and Melo just yet, BTW. Next season the guillotine gets raised.
Anyway... The LIN situation is quit interesting, on many levels. It's like poker baby (which frightens me b/c our owner -- Dolan -- proved in the 'Melo trade negotiations that he isn't the best bluffer). AND, if the LIN decision boils down to what Jeremy brings in the capacity of MARKETING & SELLABILITY, instead of what he brings on-the-court, in an applied basketball sense... Then I really will puke.
How we handle the PG position this July will determine the fate of thie NYK team... the next 3 years & careers of 'Melo, TC & Amar'e... And how our digestive system (and loved one) will cope from this Sept until 2015.
From LIN's perspective, nobody will blame him for trying to get his. It's not like 'Melo sacrificing GALLO b/c he wants 19 mil a year instead of 16 mil a year. The difference between 2.5 mil over 5 years & the full MLE is 12.5 mil. It's HALF his potential payday. This could/might be his lone payday... why not seek it.
On the other hand, the kid went to harvard so he knows what's up. Not like he'll be hardpressed to make cash after his BBALL career. On top of that, it's not like 12 mil is chump change... It's still like winning the lottery. Not like he'll be turning down 20-40 mil either. AND, playing in NY will mean commercials and all-that offcourt opps that will make up the difference. And LIN will help his case to make cash off the court if he wins, so taking less money is actually investing in himself. Spend money to make money. The bettter the Knicks are, the better for him financially. AND, if he wants to win, he knows helping the Knicks is worth taking less.
The Knicks have the D'anotni factor working in their favor. Nash, Duhon, Felton, Lin al had their speedball bumps b/c of the SSOL style. SO, teams will feel his potential is inflated b/c of the system. Perhaps if woodsen stays, even NYK feel that way. I understand teams wanting to drive up price to force the Knicks into a bad spot... But the Knicks can counter that by chasing Nash or Dragic.
YES, LIN will not have leverage when free agency begins. If we chase Nash & Dragic we force LIN to decide. Sign for half the MLE or go find something someplace else. I personally think it's safer to give the full MLE to Nash. We're not worried about the future, we should focus on the here and now. 2012-2015. NASH is the safe play.
The moment NASH signs somewhere, LIN then has the Knicks over his knee.
Best thing for all parties... LIN & NYK agree quicly to half the MLE. This allows NY to chase Nash still... along with others (Crawford).
The Raptors, Mavericks, Trail Blazers, Warriors and Nets are interested in signing Jeremy Lin, sources tell Hoopsworld's Alex Kennedy.
Because Lin is a restricted free agent and his salary is controlled under the "Arenas Provision" in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, it's going to be very difficult to pry Lin out of New York. Regardless, expect several teams to "express interest" in Lin as free agency gets closer.
Also not for nothing the Knicks should trade Amare because if they move him for the 150% salary trade room the 5-6 million saved from his salary annually would give the knicks the proper depth Stern was aiming for when he stuffed this current CBA down the leagues throat. Don't forget Stern even made comments about how this CBA would cause teams to suffer if they didn't maximize their cap space. The CBA is based on deals like Melo gets Max, Tyson gets the 15 mil and the rest of the team taking between $8 - $3 million dollar deals.

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Good afternoon.
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Home List of Titles Basic nickel carbonate part II: microstructure evolution during industrial nickel production from basic nickel carbonate
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- Title
- Basic nickel carbonate part II: microstructure evolution during industrial nickel production from basic nickel carbonate
- Author(s)
- Rhamdhani, Muhammad A.; Jak, Evgueni; Hayes, Peter C.
- Abstract
- A systematic investigation has been carried out to determine the effects of temperature, reduction/oxidation time, and partial pressure of hydrogen on the extent of the oxygen and sulfur removal during basic nickel carbonate (BNC) processing under laboratory conditions. It has been shown that increasing the temperature and reduction time increases the extent of oxygen and sulfur removal. Decreasing the hydrogen partial pressure tenfold lowers the extent of oxygen removal and results in the formation of residual NiO (incomplete reduction). The microstructure characteristics of industrial plant samples are correlated with the results obtained from the laboratory studies to identify the underlying elementary reactions and phenomena occurring and to understand the mechanisms of formation of the residual NiO in the final nickel product during industrial processing. As a result of these studies, it is recommended that the actual process is carried out at temperatures below 600 °C to avoid the formation of this residual NiO.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
- Source
- Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B: Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, Vol. 39, no. 2 (Apr 2008), p. 234-245
- Publication year
- 2008
- Keyword(s)
- Basic nickel carbonate processing; BNC processing; Desulfurisation; Hydrogen partial pressure; Microstructure; Nickel carbonate; Oxidation time; Oxygen removal; Partial pressure; Reduction; Thermal effects
- Publisher
- Springer
- 1073-5615
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and ASM International.
- Peer reviewed


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Dodger fans at Fenway Park
We got swept at Fenway Park. The team failed to show up but we Dodger fans represented!
Here are pictures of Dodger fans.
The hats say "Viva Los Dodgers"
These guys that sat in back of us had us laughing for all three games.
I ran into Arlene who also sits in the Top Deck section 3.
Oldbrooklynfan and Truebluewill who post in the ITD blog made the trip from New York. So I've seen you guys at Dodger Stadium and Fenway! Maybe next year it will City Field!
Dodger fans at the Fenway Park tour. At the end I asked the tour guy why no tour of the Press Box and the dugout like we get at Dodger Stadium. He said our group was too big. Also he failed to tell us that .30 minutes later they were letting fans on the field for Father's Day. Not cool.
Here is one of the pictures from the ESPN game that was being sent to cell-phones while we were watching the game. I was next to this Red Sox couple who had gone to Dodger Stadium so they were on the mailing list. When the opportunity of this trip came up , they signed up. They are from Washington DC. .
When the chant "Beat LA" started this Dodger fan had a sign that said "CANT BEAT LA LAKER PARADE TOMORROW"
and he also had this sign that reads
and this sign that says LAKERS WIN BOSTON SOXS.
With the exception of a couple of racist Red Sox fans we encountered we had a good time. There was a lady in the group that was asked "Why are you a Dodger fan? You are no Mexican" The Dodger beat writer for the LA Times, Dylan Hernandez was complemented on speaking English. He thought it was funny that he was asked that. Dylan actually speaks three languages. Lorena had someone else made a racist remarks to her also.
I have lots of more pictures from the Fenway Park tour and also the historical places we visited.
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Thanks for posting more pictures from the weekend. Especially the one of you, Joe, and myself. It was a special weekend. All the loyal Dodger fans showed up. To bad the Dodgers didn't. I'm going to hold you to going to a game next year at Citi Field.
Hey True! You saw my post! I have another pic that I did not post but that I will send both of you. I am trying to get out of work so I'll do it from home.
Emma, what wonderful pictures! Makes me wish I could have been there. Thanks for being so kind to share with all of us – you are very appreciated!
thanks! We lost but it was wonderful seeing so many Dodger fans there! Thank you much for your comment Sparkle!
Looks like there were tons of Dodger fans at Fenway! Thanks for posting the pics. Sorry your bums didn't win though. See you on Saturday!
Attaway to represent, Emma! Good job!
See you Saturday? Emailed me when you are there! I want to see you! And you are so welcome to the info. If you have any questions, let me know.
I forgot to say that Red Sox fans kept taking pictures of us. My friend Elisa said "Is like we are a rare breed" LOL.
Thanks for posting that great stadium info on my blog, Emma. I'll be there early on Sat!
awesome trip. glad a whole group got to come to beantown from LA. there are always a couple bad apples in a city especially when you are a fan of the opposing team. ive encountered the worst in baltimore when they were playing the pirates. so cool you were able to kind of rub it in their faces with the lakers c=victory over the celtics
Yes, I know there are always a few apples and we just happen to encounter them.
I have to admit that I loved rubbing the Lakers in their faces and some admit to comeback to that! I wore my old style Laker jersey around town.
Glad you all got in some jabs about the Lakers, at least! Loved the Laker parade sign, also I noticed the colors on that sign Dodger Fans Appreciate Manny. I wonder if those racists picked up on it!
Hey Linda,
That guy had some clever signs. One fan and I think it was a Red Sox fan said he would buy one of the signs.
One Red Sox fan asked me if he could take a picture of me. Thought it was funny.
Emma I wish the outcome of the games would of been better but I hope that you still had a fun visit in Boston. It sucks about the comments made by some of the Boston fans. Some people :0( Proud of the number of Dodger fans that "Represented" in Boston. We finally won last night…exciting game… LIGHTS OUT and all… Hey just like in concerts right before the last songs they always turn of the light and have smoke effects for the grand finally. Yup and I think we had smoke effects & some lights out FOR THE DODGER GRAND FINALLY..LOL GO DODGERS!
Are you following your team around everywhere this year? That's pretty cool. Great pictures, that is one massive sea of blue!
Hey Rosie!
We still had fun. Met a Dodger fan at the Cheesecake factory that is from LA and a Dodger fan. Nice kid, his brother is a boxer in LA. He asked us if we like boxing. I told Lorena that I've seen one boxing match in person a long time ago . I would definetly like to go to another one and root for Nicolas brother.
No, not everywhere but we schedule a couple of road trips a year. It has been two years since my friends and I have gone to San Francisco so yes, we'll make a trip there. We represented well in Boston and you know we Dodger fans represent well in SF too.
Just got caught up here, Emma. Love the pics! Looks you all had a great time at Fenway. I've been there in 1993 pinned right at the Big Green Monster – a breathtaking experience being in that park!
I'm also glad that they were able to seat you all together. Which makes for massive fun.
Did you see Jane this weekend during the Yanks series at Dodger Stadium?


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BLACKWATER DRAW — At times Saturday, it looked like Angelo State could have named its score.
Picked for sixth place — two slots ahead of Eastern New Mexico University — in the nine-team Lone Star Conference this season, the Rams scored on an 89-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Blake Hamblln to senior wide-out C.J. Akins on their first play from scrimmage and cruised to a 49-19 win in ENMU's Homecoming game at Greyhound Stadium.
"Our kids played well," ASU coach Will Wagner said. "They could've come out flat off a big win (over then-nationally-ranked Abilene Christian last week), but they came out ready."
How dominant was Angelo? The Rams outgained ENMU 527-216, averaging 8.6 yards per play, and went 9-for-11 on third-down conversions — converting one of those when backup quarterback Kyle Washington stretched over the goal for a 1-yard TD on fourth down in the final period.
They scored on their first three possessions, then went up 28-3 when linebacker Rush Seaver returned an interception of quarterback Wes Wood's pass 25 yards for a touchdown.
Ironically, that was Wood's first INT of the season and only the third turnover for ENMU, which lost two fumbles in a season-opening loss at New Mexico Highlands.
Simply put, the Hounds were outmanned — and they didn't play well on top of that.
"We got two blown (pass) coverages early, and that put us down 14-3," ENMU coach Josh Lynn said. "We've got to be able to establish drives and keep our defense off the field."
Angelo appears to be nothing if not deep — the Rams played four quarterbacks, while 10 players had at least one rushing attempt and eight caught at least one pass. Seven players accounted for one touchdown apiece.
It was too many weapons for the Hounds.
"We knew we could get (ENMU) on one-on-one situations," Wagner said. "If starts with our offensive line giving Blake enough time to get back and throw."
Hamblin threw only 10 passes, completing seven, before coming out at halftime after getting dinged slightly. Wagner said he could have played if needed in the second half.
Calhoun, who did not start, led the Rams with 62 rushing yards on 10 attempts, while Akins finished with four catches for 160 yards.
"They did a good job of taking us out of our game early," Lynn said. "They made us play catch-up the whole game.
"We're going through some growing pains. We've got to be able to mature on the fly."


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301 Vote
Posted 14 December 2012 - 10:17 AM
I don't see why anyone would want to win that bad considering the only prize is picking a sample. Such a puzzling chain of events.
One thing is for certain: He who holds the most votes will not win my respect on this battlefield, nor anyone elses. Only he who crafts the illest beat.
- Speekless likes this
Posted 14 December 2012 - 11:41 AM
ruff, apology accepted. back to the beats
Posted 14 December 2012 - 12:07 PM
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Posted 14 December 2012 - 02:34 PM
Shuffle Jack
Ogi feel the beat
Saint Rock
Posted 14 December 2012 - 03:09 PM
Jeesus Christ... I don't want to bring up bad memories, but I think the whole getting your friends to vote for you should be addressed in the BB policies... The way I see it... it should be up to members of this group to decide who should win, which is very hard to do due to the anonymity of the web... You should not win because your friends voted for you on the basis that you are their friend. They most likely didn't listen or care to listen to the other submissions. I look at the Stones Throw Beat Battle Board as a somewhat elitist, masonic, beat making cult exclusive to those who actually take the time to produce/ or listen to other members' art. I'm high as shit and may not make much sense right now, but that's my input of the situation before us.. AND I'm not just doing this because I never get voted for (lawls)
- Robot Orchestra and James Frank. like this
Posted 14 December 2012 - 03:21 PM
A few favorites in no specific order:
Kommerzklaus, Ymsé, Ruff Snippits, BenBadaBoom, Zexual, Tepaphone, 4theworld, DJSapien,Ogi,illhack,ClaytonG.
I am voting for,
Thanks for the comments and the love on my tune!
Posted 14 December 2012 - 04:55 PM
My gosh, the Beak sample this week was so hard, probably would've flipped something with a little more time but I guess sometimes you can't So impressed with everyone who submitted though! Mega props to...
Illhack (wicked use of the Beak sample man)
DJ Sapien (lol @ your "Drum Workout" genre...)
joey Maculate
Through the beat (and an additional props for introducing me to STBB, I found this page through your soundcloud profile!)
Shuffle Jack
...and my top choice for this week:
Ogi Feel the Beat
Listened to your track so many times this week dude, just awesome! Maybe not as much integration of the Beak sample as other peeps, but it was just so super solid I couldn't help but vote for it!!
- Ogi feel the Beat likes this
Posted 14 December 2012 - 04:56 PM
synth game killinnnnn
beatinyo! jazzy bap joint got stuck in my head a bit , sapien, u crazy my g this shit is dope, alphanote both flips killed it, shuffle Jack just a dope track fun to listen to, dinobeats, tepaphone, ruff snippets, ben badaboom
Posted 14 December 2012 - 05:22 PM
Posted 15 December 2012 - 02:30 AM
The time you lot are all arguing, there was a mass shooting on primary school kid's in Connecticut, seems a bit pathetic to me that votes, soundcloud plays, rules, politics, are at the forefront of discussion,
The plays do not matter
The Winner is irrelevant
The Votes do not matter
Hiphop is meant to be a hip happening movement, see Hip also means up to date, aware, evolving. Hop is the movement, that is meant to be us. The two words all ready existed waiting for the birth of what we all love to hear and connect with. We are definitely not meant to pat each other down like volunteer police with accusations. I think there is a broad age range of beat makers on here I would guess from 16 - 35, and sometimes it shows, I can totally understand the younger ones wanting to win and getting their mates to vote, and seem cool, does it matter really in the grand scheme of things. It's all quite simple really, change the bloody rules!!!! Only count the votes from the beatmakers . Thats it!! so in ending how the hell can we help others if we can't organise ourselves. If at some point this is read, and you feel like " I didn't know the shooting happened, think what you were doing at that time and was it a waste of energy, if so how much do you waste on a daily basis.
ODK's Saturday school is finished.
Now whoever wins this please, please, please spice the rules up!!!!!, meditate get out of your body talk to some aliens and get some ideas if you must, but please add some fire!!
Posted 15 December 2012 - 04:06 AM
Ok I think that's reasonably short and sweet. Zexual, no beef, just looking forward to hearing next weeks shit.
ODK, props to you. RIP the Connecticut kids...
Posted 15 December 2012 - 04:48 AM
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Posted 15 December 2012 - 06:04 AM
Glad ppl were feelin my track ill get started on the next round
Posted 15 December 2012 - 06:09 AM
tepaphone had the best intro ever...
ras dude had that nasty, lovely, used spaceship vibe... i dig that shit
saint rock made me pull an exorcist and now my walls are coverd in throw up
Posted 15 December 2012 - 06:17 AM
Shuffle Jack 1
J0ndis 111 .5
Ruff Snippits 1111
J0ndis 1
dj sapiens
Messav X Nico
Zexual 11
KommerzClaus 11
Shuffle Jack
Ogi Feel The Beat 1 .5
Saint Rock 1
Posted 16 December 2012 - 05:20 AM
I Was to wasted to vote..so sorry! these was my favs..ill go with BEATINYO
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Craft vendors will line Main Street on both days, and the many superhero-themed scarecrows that merchants have made will be on display. Old-fashioned hayrides will be offered downtown, for a small fee, from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Railroad exhibits will be on display at the Wayne County Historical Society Museum. The newly expanded and renovated Historical Society museum also offers many other exhibits and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday.
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Like the plotline of the award-winning novel, Sheriff NolandŌĆÖs was ambushed a gunned down on a remote mountain pass while chasing down men who deserted or evaded the war effort.
Although the true story of HaywoodŌĆÖs only sheriff killed in the line of duty harkens back to 1862, the long-since forgotten tale isnŌĆÖt rekindled until the early 1980s with Sheriff NolandŌĆÖs descendant Lynn Noland, a retired Waynesville attorney.
For years, Lynn Noland had been investigating his family tree and history because ŌĆ£nobody else was doing it,ŌĆØ he said. And as happenstance would have it, he stumbled upon a little known story of involving one of his ancestors.
One day out of the blue, a friend and fellow attorney Frank Ferguson began relaying the story of Sheriff NolandŌĆÖs murder, asking if Noland had ever heard of the man.
ŌĆ£I said, ŌĆśNever heard of him. Never heard of the story,ŌĆÖŌĆØ Lynn Noland said.
But soon, the life of Sheriff Noland became a decades long obsession for his descendent.
The account went like this: during the Civil War, Sheriff John Noland was charged with enforcing conscription laws, which required all able-bodied men to fight for the Confederate army. Sheriff NolandŌĆÖs job was to find deserters hiding in the dark recesses of the mountains.
Two brothers, Bud and Harrison Robinson, were hidden out in RogerŌĆÖs Cove above present-day Lake Junaluska ŌĆö but Bud got caught before the pair could flee west away from the war. To get revenge on the sheriff, who had arrested his brother, Harrison devised a plan.
On Sept. 22, 1862, JoAnn Robinson rode into Waynesville to visit her jailed husband, Bud, before returning to the place where Harrison was waiting. Sheriff Noland, hoping to find criminals who had thus far evaded him, following JoAnn ŌĆö not realizing he was following her to his death.
It was a setup: Harrison had sent JoAnn to town, knowing the sheriff would tail her, and as JoAnn approached, presumably with the sheriff on her tail, she would give the prearranged signal to Harrison and possibly other ambushers hiding in the woods. A heavy lead ball struck Sheriff Noland in the throat, killing him in a spot now called ŌĆ£Noland Gap.ŌĆØ
More than a century later, the tale of conspiracy, outlaws and murder enthralled the sheriffŌĆÖs descendent Lynn Noland. But uncovering the details to piece together the chain of events proved difficult.
To find more information, Ferguson directed him to a lady living in Hazelwood. The woman not only knew the tale but also had among her possessions the outfit Sheriff Noland had worn the day he was shot ŌĆö a black coat, black pants and a white shirt stained with blood.
ŌĆ£It looked like somebody poured chocolate syrup all over the shirt,ŌĆØ Noland said.
During the years, Noland continued to research Sheriff NolandŌĆÖs life. And, one day in 2004, Noland found something that he didnŌĆÖt know still existed ŌĆö the cloth crimson rosette worn by Sheriff Noland on the day of his death.
A distant relative from Washington had the rosette, which was used as a sign of office during the Civil War. Since he had no heirs, the man requested that the piece of history be presented to the Haywood County SheriffŌĆÖs Office.
And finally last week, Noland presented the crimson rosette to Haywood County Sheriff Bobby Suttles at a short ceremony held at the sight of Sheriff NolandŌĆÖs murder 150 years later.
ŌĆ£Today marked the culmination of a long task that should have been completed a long time ago,ŌĆØ Noland said.
The rosette, which is encased in a shadow box, is on display in the atrium of the Haywood County SheriffŌĆÖs Office.
ŌĆ£This is the first IŌĆÖve ever heard of a sheriff being killed in Haywood County,ŌĆØ Suttles said. ŌĆ£I was really amazed by (the story).ŌĆØ
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Shell is telling the federal government that it's ready to return to Alaska and drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea in 2014, even though the company is still recovering from the beating dished out by the Arctic during the company's first attempt in 2012.
Update: Wednesday, Nov.
Americans noticed the harmful effects of the recent government shutdown on their national parks and public lands—and
House Republicans are fast-tracking so-called "salvage logging" in thousands of acres of wild California forest, part of a disastrous piece of legislation that threatens the health of the area for generations to come.
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail or simply the A.T., is a marked hiking trail in the eastern U.S. extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine.
Story update: Since we first published this story in October, Congress has pulled Yosemite National Park from a logging bill that would have opened vast swaths of forest to logging companies.
In winter, dr
When was the last time you really could see for miles on a clear day, undisturbed by smog-like pollution? If it's been a while, you might want to visit a wilderness area.
The Western Arctic's caribou herds migrated from the north about a
There's nothing quite like venturing into a breathtaking winter wonderland - and then feeling your feet sink into drifts of snow that are knee to waist deep. This is one of the reasons why snowshoes are an outdoor recreationist's best friend.
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He was only off by a factor of 10.
In the next 46 years, Everett — a musician, and Sue, a science teacher, would influence countless students and their children, and made so many friendships that Everett agrees it's easier to list those who don't know them than those who do.
This Monday, the couple are leaving Beeville to move to Paris.
Not France, but Texas.
When they came to Beeville they were in their mid-30s. Now, Everett is 81; Sue is 80.
"My son, Doug, lives in Paris, he explains. "About five years ago, he bought us a house."
Also, Sue is having to cope with declining mobility and eyesight. "It's just time for us to be closer."
They sold their home on East Huntington Street in three weeks.
Everett is pretty certain he has a job waiting for him in Paris.
At a time when people his age are hired to work in grocery or department stores, Everett is looking at another musician job.
"I've been talking with the First Christian Church there," he says. "They have an opening for an organist."
That he still will be working in his profession is an extension of a lifetime spent in music, playing in the Army Band and teaching in Lamesa, Eagle Pass, Kerrville, Kingsville and Beeville.
He earned a bachelor of music and master of education degree from Sul Ross University in Alpine and took additional graduate work from the University of Texas, University of Virginia and Southern Methodist University.
Also on his resume, he notes that he was a dishwasher at Big Bend National Park and a local tennis instructor.
"I helped open up Bee County College (now Coastal Bend College)," he recalls. "I was the fine arts director and the music director."
Sue taught seventh-grade science at various schools here for 30 years. Both agree that it's the people of Beeville they will miss the most.
Tomorrow, they are the guests of honor at a reception at First Presbyterian Church where Everett has been the organist for more than 30 years.
Earlier, aware that one of life's chief pleasures for Sue to attend every movie that hits the screens, the choir gave her a packet of movie tickets.
"She's set up," Everett smiles.
From his perspective of having taken school choirs on tours to Mexico City, Puebla and Guanajuato, directing countless bands and choirs, producing two musicals that sold out, and holding memberships in nine professional music organizations, he doesn't like what he sees is happening in the school systems today.
"Music programs are being abolished, fine arts programs are being abolished.
"The thing is, kids love music. You look at first, second and third-graders. They love it. It's an expression a lot of kids miss."
His concern is not limited to the elementary level.
In the early 2000s, Coastal Bend College, he says, got rid of its collection of theatrical costumes.
"They could have given them to the high school, Instead, they just threw them away. Today, their enrollment keeps dropping," he shakes his head. "I'm not sure CBC is going to survive."
Today, he laments, the schools pay too much attention to sports. "They have," he says, "gone overboard."
In communities as in choirs, music is derived from the strength of individual voices.
After Monday, the tunes will continue, but those who have known and sang and laughed and lived with the McAulays know the crescendos will be a little weaker, the melodies a little quieter.
Bill Clough is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 122, or at email@example.com.


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Couple arrested in connection with Addison County break-insAugust 01,2013Staff Reports
ADDISON - An Addison couple was arrested this week as part an ongoing police investigation on 103 reports of burglary in Addison County, police said.
Raymond Ritchie, 37, and his girlfriend Nicole Burgos, 29, were taken into custody Wednesday after police seized numerous items that were believed to be stolen at Ritchie's home on Algonquin Drive in Addison.
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#115609 - 11/11/03 09:11 AM Re: McProtest
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I heard that the other day! Meant to post about it, and, typically, the thought went right out of my head. This is an excellent ex. of how words make it into a dictionary. I'll bet M-W leaves it in.
#115610 - 11/11/03 10:03 AM Re: McProtest
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Exactly! While it's true that McDonald's encourages the career track (and even has a Hamburger Univ), it has no control over what the term McJob has come to mean and and saying it ain't so don't make it not so.
#115611 - 11/11/03 01:31 PM Re: McProtest
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I can remember when McJobs were hard to get.
#115612 - 11/11/03 02:31 PM Re: McJobs
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Just this past summer, for one.
#115613 - 11/11/03 05:47 PM Re: McJobs
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This is amazing (from Bingley's link):
The definition "is not only an inaccurate description of restaurant employment, it's also a slap in the face to the 12 million men and women who work hard every day in America's 900,000 restaurants," Cantalupo said.
Think about that! 12 mil employees at McD's in the US. There are approximately 300 mil people in the US. So, this means that about one in every 25 people you meet works at McD's over here! This is truly amazing. This means that one student in every high school classroom will work at McD's--perhaps even more if you consider the fact that people probably don't make life careers at McD's. McMazing!
#115614 - 11/11/03 05:49 PM Re: McJobs
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you want fries with that?
totally inconsequential tidbit: this is my 1962nd post, and I was born in 1962..._________________________
formerly known as etaoin...
#115615 - 11/11/03 06:02 PM Re: McWho?
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continuing your line of thought, Windy, as there are maybe 50 regular posters here at present, that means that at least two of us have worked at Mac&Don's. c'mon, you two, 'fess up.
#115616 - 11/11/03 06:38 PM Re: McWho?
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I knew someone who had a brother who worked at McD's.
This brother, who is now deceased, God rest his soul, scrubbed floors at McD's. He used to complain about the teenagers who would come in late on Friday and Saturday nights. For fun, they would throw open packets of catsup up to the ceiling and see how long the catsup packets would stay tomato-glued up there. Keep in mind: These are the creative efforts of the youth of America, whom I am proud to teach.
#115617 - 11/11/03 06:43 PM Re: McMath?
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More than 1,000 people who own McDonald's restaurants got their training serving customers behind the counter, he said,
The math's all screwy. In the report Bingley posted, there are 12,000,000 employees. Right. Then there are 1,000 people who own restaurants. That would mean each owner would employ 12,000 people. I ain't buyin' that.
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This B list mostly television actor on a new hit show and has an A list actress girlfriend looked great yesterday for an interview considering he had been doing lines an hour earlier at an all night party.
Joe manganellhoReplyCancel
Theroux. The sober one friend of Terry the pedophileReplyCancel
Princess got itReplyCancel
That is one fine specimenReplyCancel
Why wouldn't he look good after only doing a few lines? It's not like he was on a 3 day bender.ReplyCancel
Leftovers is the drizzling shits.ReplyCancel
Justin Theroux is extraordinarily handsome. Plus that back tattoo..Jen upgraded.ReplyCancel
Make-up, the modern man's best friend.ReplyCancel
@rajacat: 2 episodes is plenty of time to care or not. Leftovers just seems like the kind of show that tries to rope you in w/ a bunch of questions that never get answered. I'm over it.
P.S. If 2% of the world's population disappeared, I wouldn't miss a beat. That aint even enough to create many job opportunities.ReplyCancel
I'll give it another episode. But the main feeling is undercutting violence (JT shooting all the dogs? Liv Tyler with the axe) and there's enough of that in the real world so unless I get hooked the next episode I'll pass.
I thought justin was supposed to be clean, otherwise what shocker Actor parties for his new show,s premier.
I hate that he's friends with TR and I'm not into makep on men (I don't wear any). But he does simmer and ooze sex.ReplyCancel
Nook..my Theroux…I just wrote yesterday I couldn't wait to see him on kelly & michael….he is so soft spoken. He was talking about their chicken farm and giving eggs to friends as gifts…….how that work?
Hey jimmy Fallon, Terry R..give me some more coke and I'll have a basket of eggs at your door by 7am??
I though Jason was a recovering addict? Someone on here had said that.ReplyCancel
@ Reno he isReplyCancel
Phillip Seymour was his best friend…maybe his death incited a slip off the wagon.lls ad if it shim….I really dig him, his work, his whole thangReplyCancel
We're enjoying The Leftovers, but I'm not sure two episodes can make it a hit just yet.
HBO has ended three of our favorite series this year, so we needed something to fill the void.
Justin did a layout in Esquire or GQ a few years ago, where he portraying scenes from Serpico. Super hot.ReplyCancel
I don't mind shows that start out with a bunch of questions but Justin does seem a bit like lead actor lite and unlike Extant, which grabbed me instantly, I am not sure I care where they are going but I'll give The Leftovers a chance, only thing on Sunday night anyway.ReplyCancel
I just checked Theroux's career. Amazing how little he has worked the last several years. I guess being Aniston's boyfriend keeps him busy.ReplyCancel
I probably keep watching Leftovers but I really don't want to get caught up in another 'lost' type series where random shit keeps happening and we keep guessing about what happened to the point where any answer is a letdown.ReplyCancel
Justin Theroux is so hot
There was a few episodes on Six Feet Under when he was totally naked – his body is bangin
But whenever I see him I can only think about how he couldn't get it up for Carrie on Sex in the City
I can't really see him doing lines of blowReplyCancel
Theroux is not a B list mostly television actor. Sounds more like ManJello, if we want to consider Vergara his actual girlfriend.ReplyCancel
Manganiello is not in a new hit show. Not him. Don't know if Leftovers should be considered a new hit show but Theroux fits better.ReplyCancel
Theroux might do some TV here and there, but he is more of a screenwriter, director and film actor. Ent might be trying to disguise him by calling him a B list mostly TV actor, but I don't think so.ReplyCancel
I've watched both episodes of The Leftovers, and honestly during ep2 I fell asleep halfway in. So boring.
But I'll keep trying. I don't know why, but I feel like it's gong to be a slow burn to a big hit eventually.ReplyCancel


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Residence Life and
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Below you will find the frequently asked questions regarding room assignments and roommates. Please take the time to check out this section prior to placing a call to our office! We're sure you'll find the answers you're looking for
When am I getting my room assignment?
What do I do if I want to room with someone who is already an on campus resident?
Why did I get assigned to a 24-hour quiet environment?
Can I do a room change if I don't like my roommate?
Room assignments are processed during July. Room assignment and roommate information will be e-mailed to students' WCU e-mail account in late July. Later applicants will be notified of their assignment on a rolling basis as space becomes available.
We gladly honor roommate requests provided the requests are reciprocal, meaning each person needs to request the other person in writing. Both students must send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com to request each other as a roommate. Requests must be received no later than June 30, 2016.
Each year we have more requests for standard quiet hours housing than we have standard quiet hours spots. We try to accommodate as many requests for standard quiet hours as possible, but do find that we must assign some students to 24-hour quiet housing.
Students may make room changes during a designated period (the second week) in the beginning of each semester, as well as between semesters, depending on the availability of space in the residence halls and apartments. Some emergency exceptions to this rule are made with the permission of your Resident Director or Graduate Hall Director. If you feel that your situation is an emergency, you must make an appointment to see your RD/GHD to discuss your concerns.
Under normal circumstances you will be expected to wait until this designated period to make a room change. Special procedures for room and hall changes will be explained to you by Residence Life and Housing Services staff. Look for posters in your building explaining the room change procedure.
Room changes without RD/GHD approval are NOT permitted. All room changes need to follow proper procedure and must be conducted during the room change period at the beginning of each semester or between semesters. Any student who changes rooms or apartments without first obtaining the written approval of the Resident Director/Graduate Hall Director will immediately be moved back into the originally assigned room or apartment and may be subject to disciplinary action.


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The Negev Desert is alive – with locusts. Huge swarms of the newly hatched critters have begun marching across the land, devouring everything in their path. By NBC News' Dave Copeland.
TEL AVIV — Israel's Negev Desert is alive – with locusts.
Huge swarms of the newly hatched critters have begun marching across the sand, devouring everything in their path.
With the help of high-tech irrigation methods, much of Israel's desert has been transformed into lush farmland that supplies supermarkets across the country with fresh produce. But the swarm of locusts, which locals say is the worst infestation in decades, is threatening crops and farms.
Israel's Agriculture Ministry has deployed pickup trucks, planes and helicopters to spray pesticides on the locusts before they can inflict more damage.
"They are easy targets now, but in two or three days when their wings develop, it will be a disaster," said Lior Katari, one of the Agriculture Ministry's coordinators.
Experts estimate that a swarm of 30 million locusts in Egypt will cause severe crop damage. The correlation to the plague of locusts in the Bible has the Internet buzzing.
Adult locusts arrived in the area in March. Scientists say they likely originated in Sudan and crossed from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula into Israel. Then they mated and laid billions of eggs in the sand which are now hatching.
Teams of exterminators are working from sunrise to sunset, spraying the millions of young locusts as they move across the ground.
NBC News spent a few hours with a team of sprayers equipped with a large tank of insecticide in a 4 x 4 pickup truck on Sunday. They received constant updates from observers in helicopters and colleagues on the ground telling them where to go.
"Quickly, we need to go to Revavim! It's full of them," said Yigal Maria, a specialist exterminator drafted from northern Israel to help out, referring to a small community near the border with Egypt.
His assistant, Yuval Bashari, leaned out of the window with a spray gun, dousing the locusts with pesticides.
"Look over there, you see all that green? It's locusts! Can you believe it?" Bashari shouted.
The ground was covered with what looked like a slow-moving green carpet. Millions of locusts, all moving in the same direction, made a loud rustling sound as they devoured everything in their path.
The spray team started to circle the swarm, moving slowly from the outer edge inwards. The locusts panicked, trying to leap out of the way of the vehicle and the milky white spray. Many perished under the wheels of the vehicle. It took about 30 minutes to finish them off.
"Let's go, we are finished here," Maria shouted. "We need to eat something before they call us again."
Dave Copeland / NBC News
Golan Cohen, owner of an organic herb farm, supervises volunteer workers covering his vines on Sunday.
The insecticides worked – but that doesn't help organic farmers who can't use pesticides.
"They were eating the weeds at first, they were small, so we ignored them," said Golan Cohen, the owner of an organic farm that grows desert herbs used in the United States for medical research.
But when things got bad, they resorted to non-invasive, but also less effective, means to ward off the menace.
"At first we just made noise, banging pots and shouting – and it worked," said Dror Cohen-Chen, a worker on Cohen's farm near the Egyptian border. But that technique didn't last long.
"The next day we came back and they had destroyed everything," said Cohen.
As he spoke, a busload of volunteers turned up to help.
"It's really warming the heart to see [the volunteers]. It's strengthening us, because we had a very hard week of struggling with the locusts."
Eli Hanev, a sunburned and dust-covered local, had been up since dawn spraying pesticides in another area. He sauntered up to the organic farm, a 9mm pistol on his hip.
"Three thousand years ago God sent the Egyptians a plague of locusts, now we are getting them back…." he said, the rest of his sentence drowned out by a helicopter swooping low overhead.
- PhotoBlog: Farmers fight back against swarming locusts
- UN urges: Eat more insects! (Seriously)
- Full Israel coverage from NBC News
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I have a 26 month old who nurses before nap and bedtime and first thing in the morning.
We have successfully cut the bedtime nursing just by saying no and letting him cry and comforting him with backrubs and hugs. This is day 3, so it could be premature, but this is what we're doing going forward.
I want to wean slowly so I'm still going to allow him to nurse before naptime and early morning.
How soon can I stop nursing him before naptime and not suffer engorgement? For now, even without nursing him at night, I suffer no engorgement at all. Convinces me that it's time (no more milk?) to wean.
And as long as we're there to comfort him, is it okay to say NO to nursing?
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Posted on March 22, 2013
A group of alumni and students competed in a Wii bowling tournament with senior citizens, one of many Community Outreach Week events planned by the Alumni Association and the Community Service Learning Center.
The tournament was held March 21 at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes, a retirement community on Lake Michigan Drive.
It was the third straight year the mother and daughter team of Wilma and Julie Vanderzwaag have attended the event. They said they enjoy interacting with the senior citizens.
"This is a great outreach week," said Wilma Vanderzwaag, who graduated from Grand Valley in 1969. "A lot more people will know about Grand Valley through the volunteers."
More than 600 volunteers planned to participate in COW; events were held locally, in the Detroit area, and as far away as Thailand.
Events conclude on Saturday, March 23. Visit www.gvsu.edu/cow to learn more.


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text: Saturn's rings as seen by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, as it passed within 103,000 km (64,000 miles) of the outermost ring, the F ring ( bottom). Above the F ring is a gap caused by the orbit of a small satellite. Following are three sections of the ring system visible from Earth[emdash]the A ring, Cassini division, and B ring. In the background is the fainter C ring.


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By Dave Wagner: Freedom Newspapers
Jordan Walker has some pretty big shoes to fill this season for the Eastern New Mexico University football team.
The freshman from North Richland, Texas, near Fort Worth, is being asked to replace four-year place-kicker Lee Price, who converted 34-of-59 field goals and missed on only six of 120 extra point attempts in four seasons.
Walker made an impression on ENMU coach Mark Ribaudo at the end of Friday's morning practice, kicking four consecutive field goals at the end of the session, the last from more than 40 yards.
"We just threw him in there today with no preparation, and he made four in a row," Ribaudo said. "That's pretty good for a green kid."
ENMU has an intrasquad scrimmage, open to the public, on tap for 9:30 a.m. today at Greyhound Stadium.
For Walker, stepping into a program as a freshman is nothing new. He did it at Birdville High School, helping his team to two Class 4A playoff appearances.
He has a relatively laid-back approach.
"It's 50 percent mental and 50 percent how you strike the ball," the 5-9, 160-pound Walker said. "You can have all the mental stability around, but if you can't get it through the uprights it's not going to work."
Walker said expectations may be a little higher following Price, but he's not concerned.
"There's a little pressure," he said. "But if you miss (a kick), you just come back and do it the next time."
As a youngster, Walker played soccer. He tried football when that squad was looking for a kicker, and never had a desire to play another position.
"I let (his teammates) play (those positions)," he said. "Kicking is what I do. If that's what gets me here, I'll stick to that."
The Hounds, who were in pads for the second time this week on Friday morning, have looked good so far, Ribaudo said. He admitted, though, that he's concerned about some early injuries, notably a knee injury suffered on Friday by starting free safety Mark Patterson.
Ribaudo said he wasn't sure how long Patterson would be out.
That said, he noted that competition for positions has been fierce early on.
"All I can do is compare it to last year," he said. "There's more competition. One side (of the ball) is not dominating the other side."
He said he expects the Hounds to improve on last year's 3-7 record as long as they can stay healthy.
"I just think our overall talent level is better," he said. "We have a lot of seniors (on offense) at key spots like running back and quarterback, and we have a lot of talented youngsters in the line.
"Defensively, we've got a lot of kids moving around and hitting. Today we had a better day than yesterday."


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- 15, 2016 – EPA announces the second annual Safer Choice Partner and Stakeholder Summit in November 2016. Learn more and register for the Summit.
- – EPA congratulates all of the 2016 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Winners. Learn more about the winners.
- December 16, 2015 – welcomed attendees to the first annual Safer Choice Partner and Stakeholder Summit in November 2015.
Learn more about the Summit and download presentation materials.
- 8, 2015 – EPA announces final alternatives assessments for flame retardants used in flexible polyurethane foam and printed circuit boards.
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And I could care less But I just wanted to make sure that is normal. DS turned 6 mo. the first of this month. Tried apple sauce with my milk and banana too, just doesn't like it. It just gets annoying how everyone pressures it
And I could care less But I just wanted to make sure that is normal. DS turned 6 mo. the first of this month. Tried apple sauce with my milk and banana too, just doesn't like it. It just gets annoying how everyone pressures it
Married to James 1/3/09
SAHM to Aiden Joseph 5/31/09
PG with #2 EDD 10/3/10
Totally normal. Just try again in a few weeks, or sooner if he seems super interested and grabbing at your food.
LO are all ready for solids at different times.
We started OFFERING DS1 solids soon after he turned 6 mo. He was interested in exploring food but really didn't EAT much until he was around 8.5 mo.
We just kept offering in a very low key way (we did baby led solids) and one day baby started eating.
DS1: bf 7/2006 -> 4/2009; multiple food allergies
DS2: bf 9/2009 -> ???; multiple food allergies
Breastmilk Donor - http://hmbana.org/index/donatemilk
Click HERE to learn about baby led solids (BLS) / baby led weaning (BLW)
Mine too. He's just not into it and it constipated him so we tabled it for a few weeks, although yesterday he started trying to get at our food and was making humming noises so we may try again tonight or tomorrow. I think we are on for BLS too. I want to see if his interest will be differant with BLS. I suspect he didn't like the spoon idea either.
And MOMMAL, I just noticed your new quote! Love it!
I'm Colleen
Mama to
Silas born May 2009 ~ Nursed 18 mos, weaned during pregnancy, unweaned at 24 months, still nursing when he feels like it
Lola born March 2011 ~ The Mary Lou Retton of toddler nursing
Married to Brandon
Using cloth on both bums
We hibernate together
She thinks bananas are disgusting. Makes the funniest yuck face when she touches them and tries to eat the peel instead.
Mommy to
Lilah 10/08 nursed 25 months
Beatrix 01/11 nursed 30 months
My dd didn't really eat much until about 10 months or later. She's 15 months old now and still doesn't eat a lot of solid food but is perfectly healthy. She just likes to feed herself and does not eat after she is full. I think it's great she is developing good eating habits.
~ Theresa
wife to Mike and mommy to Clara (9-5-08) 2 years and going strong!!