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By Erica Wayne 07/21/2011
There are some days when I really adore this gig. Instead of analyzing an overly complex vinaigrette, attempting to find something to love on a clichéd menu or spending big bucks for a pedestrian meal that I'd really rather forget than dissect for our readers, I get to indulge my inner child on a treat that's generally off limits unless it needs to be written about.
Pizza roundups, fried chicken contests and chocolate salons are great. But this week's task (and I use the word lightly since I could hardly wait to do it) was even better: ice cream. And not just any old ice cream, but arguably the very best ice cream in Pasadena, in Los Angeles and maybe, just maybe, in the whole country. One place (Bulgarini) just got singled out in a Wall Street Journal article on gelato as one of only four places nationwide to get the real deal. The other (Carmela), if its fame isn't quite as widespread, has admirers all over Southern California and won Los Angeles Magazine's Best of LA award in 2009.
Has adulation gone to their heads? Not judging from their locations. Bulgarini's storefront sits at the rear of an unprepossessing strip mall at the northwest intersection of Lake Avenue and Altadena Drive. It's invisible from the street and, once you've found it, underwhelming in what I loosely term décor. But, I didn't make the uphill trek to Altadena for ambiance –– I came to see if the WSJ knew what it was talking about. And, sure enough, it did.
Bulgarini bases its stock on ingredients available. So, sadly for me, my favorite flavor (nocciola – hazelnut) wasn't available the day I came. Instead, the gentleman behind the counter pointed me toward mandorla (almond) and pistachio. He offered tastes on little plastic spoons, and I was sold. Then he handed me unrequested samples of peach, cantaloupe, plum, apple sorbetto and zabaglione, strawberry, peach, chocolate-orange and lime gelato. In a couple of minutes, I found myself with a handful of spoons and the near impossible job of picking three ($6), four ($8) or five ($10) to put in a cup.
Eventually, I divvied my order into three separate cups: apple/pistachio, almond/chocolate, and chocolate-orange/zabaglione and raced them out to my car, where I'd prepared a cooler so I could get them home and, if I had enough self-discipline, share them with my husband to spread the guilt around. Then I headed eastward down the hill on Altadena Drive to Washington Boulevard, made a right turn and pulled up at Carmela.
Like Bulgarini, Carmela is no Baskin-Robbins or even Cherry-on-Top. Places to sit are limited and, although the interior is cheery, it's mostly a working kitchen turning out not only ice creams and sorbets but also fruit, chocolate and caramel sauces for sundaes ($1.25), hand-baked cookies for ice cream sandwiches ($1), and the most delicate waffle cones imaginable ($1). The daily flavors were on a board. Ice creams: salted caramel, brown sugar vanilla bean, lavender honey, fresh mint with cacao nibs, strawberry buttermilk and dark chocolate (also with nibs).
Sorbets: lemon basil, spiced strawberry, cucumber, chocolate and raspberry rose.
Carmela is very "green" so the tasting spoons are washable metal and the cups recycled paper pulp. Containers are closed, so to take a look at the flavors, you need to request a viewing/sample. I tried lavender, caramel, strawberry (both sorbet and ice cream) cucumber and chocolate sorbets before finalizing my choices. Eventually, I asked for a three-scoop cup ($5.50) of strawberry buttermilk, spiced strawberry sorbet and chocolate sorbet. A pint of mint ($5) also went with me to the cooler.
Well, needless to say, hubby and I had a real treat after supper. The pint container of Carmela's mint had a sticker listing just four ingredients: organic milk, organic cream, cane sugar and egg yolk. The mint is obviously natural; there wasn't a trace of artificial color or flavor. Like the others, it's subtle, the rich custard predominant.
Buttermilk adds just a touch of piquancy to the fragrant strawberry it's paired with; lavender is a whispered scent and honey a gentle, barely perceived grace-note. On the other hand, the spices (black pepper and balsamic vinegar) in Carmela's strawberry sorbet make their presence known immediately, and the chocolate sorbet is strong and dark.
Bulgarini's chocolate gelato is even stronger and definitely not as sweet. The bitter bite of pure cocoa is perfect for people (like me) who make frostings, fondues and mousses with baker's chocolate and barely a hint of sugar or cream. And this same bitter chocolate blended with orange brought tears of joy to my eyes. I confess that, ever since I tasted Baskin-Robbins' mandarin-chocolate sherbet (the best flavor they ever created) as a kid, I've been hooked. Every once in a while I check their Web site to see if they've brought it back. Ground pistachios and almonds add texture as well as intense flavor, and the not-overly-sweetened fruit purees are heavenly, their perfume natural and heady.
The stories behind Bulgarini and Carmela are fascinating. Rather than reiterating them, I refer you to their Web sites (bulgarinigelato.com and carmelaicecream.com) to find out more. Meanwhile, since we managed to finish every speck of gelato, ice cream and sorbet in one sitting, I'm heading back to stock up on Bulgarini's cioccolato all'arancia, mandorla and pistacchio gelati, along with Carmela's spiced strawberry, chocolate and cucumber sorbets for the weekend. They're not cheap, but they're wonderful and a helluva lot cheaper than a trip to Italy!
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A unique wetland north of Charles City is helping to filter out upland sediment and other chemicals from ag runoff flowing into the Little Cedar River, and fulfilling a family's goals by preserving the land and providing a wildlife haven on their farm.
Landowner Carol Savage, who lives in the Kansas City suburb of Stilwell, Kan., has owned the 200-acre northeast Iowa property for about 30 years. The land, however, was in her family long before that – her parents moved there in the 1940s.
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Savage is the oldest of seven Hughes siblings who grew up there. "It was very important to me and all my siblings that the farm stayed in our family in good condition," said Savage. "WRP is a wonderful program."
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Savage recently sold the farmhouse and acreage that sit adjacent to the easement to her nephew, Mike Jung, who grew up spending his high school and college summers with his grandparents on the farm. "He wanted to live there since the day after he was born," Savage said of Jung. "That's where his heart is."
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The Year of the Woman in politics is thrilling and appalling in one fell swoop
By Ellen Snortland 06/24/2010
Yes, I'm excited that many women won their election bids on June 8. However, if I hear one more pronouncement, "Oh, it's the year of the woman!" I'll hurl. I'm with the ever straight-shooting Democratic US Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, who — in days gone by, in yet another "year" of the woman — said, "Calling 1992 the Year of the Woman makes it sound like the Year of the Caribou or the Year of the Asparagus. We're not a fad, a fancy, or a year."
Women I don't like have won primaries; women I back have also won primaries. Hmmm. It sounds suspiciously like human beings! Just like "real" people, er, men, there are women I agree and disagree with. If I sound cranky, yes, it's true. I'm so tired of pointing out we have yet to attain equality, domestically and internationally, that I come by my crabbiness honestly. Let me point you toward a terrific Web site that has scads of statistics to show just how far we have to go in politics as a group. Here it is: onlinewomeninpolitics.org/statistics.htm.
So yes, I'm thrilled and appalled in one fell swoop. Here we are in 2010 and the percentage of women in Congress is still pathetically low; stuck at a high of 15 percent. Our statistics are worse than Bangladesh and Kazakhstan. Are you aware that Rwanda has a better rate of female legislators? As of 2003, nearly 50 percent of their parliament members were women. Rwandan women are not fads. They are citizens participating in their own governance.
Do I do think women are better than men? No! Possibly less corrupt, but certainly as potentially corruptible as men. Do I think we should have equal — not just better — representation because we're superior? NO! Do I like that there are so many men in power, making decisions that impact my life on a daily basis? NO! I think we should be represented equally because we are citizens; no more, no less.
Early women's rights champion and mother of the women's vote Susan B. Anthony said, "Men: their rights and nothing more; women: their rights and nothing less."
Does it bug me that a bunch of conservative women are closing in on positions of power? YES! Does it also mean we have made progress toward a true democracy when people of my gender with whom I don't agree get involved with government? Yes! Are there women I would NEVER vote for? Yes! This is the conundrum of a full citizen. Did I really think that when I committed myself to my own liberation and the full equality of women and girls, that the conservative side would be excluded? NO!
Oh, and the "catty" comments? Please! Do people really think the fighting cat analogy only works for women? Do you really think that two men picking at each other aren't "catty?" If we're going to call people catty, let's include the men too, OK? Sure, Carly Fiorina is catty, but so is Rush Limbaugh. (And some other words I can't mention here.) And hair issues? Excuse me? You may recall that former Congressman Jim Rogan looked like he had roadkill duct-taped to his head. So, if you're going to be snarky about hair, don't forget the pates of the men in the races.
Since when do we call a male sweep of power "The Year of the Man?" Male dominance of almost ALL fields, not just politics, is the water we swim in … it needs no name. And for people to kind of sloppily think that the US is soooo great for women makes me nutty. Don't get me wrong — I love my country. I have great advantages because I live here, but NOT because I'm a woman, because I'm a citizen.
So, back to that conundrum. I know full well that when women worked so hard to attain the vote it was a first step. We also knew we'd be giving the vote to stupid women, just as stupid men were allowed to vote. Similarly, idiots are going to be elected. Women have the right to be boneheads, just like their brothers. And I've always said that Americans would go for conservative women far faster than liberal women. Once again, I hate being right.
So, here's to women moving out of "novelty" and into an era of "So what?" It's progress to see ideologically opposed women competing with each other for seats. And as Susan B. Anthony also said, "There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws." No tokens, no fads, just citizens.
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Long (ball) night for Wellemeyer
Dodgers 10, Giants 8
LP: Todd Wellemeyer
Giant HR: Pablo Sandoval (2), Eugenio Velez (2)
Record: 7-3, first in NL West 2 games ahead of Arizona and Los Angeles
More Splash Hits didn't get a chance to see Friday's games — too many family commitments. And it's just as well. Looks like it would have been a waste of a good Friday night.
Somebody forgot to tell the Giants that Vicente Padilla is NOT a strikeout pitcher. And somebody forgot to tell Todd Wellemeyer that he IS supposed to be a groundball pitcher.
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Hopefully, pitching won't be the problem Saturday with Tim Lincecum on the mound. But the Giants are facing a young knuckleballer in Charlie Haeger. Let's hope the Giant hitters can show some patiences and see a lot of pitches. That's how you win against a knuckleballer. It is not the Giants' hitting M.O. however.
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Knuckleballers can cause issues for the best teams. I know that Wakefield dominated us for years. Then the last two years the Rays figured him out. The difference is that this Haeger kid gets ALOT of strikeouts. Alas, not tonight. I was surprised at seeing how easily your guys handled him. Well done. I have your Giants winning your division this year, and Lincecum and nights like tonight are the reason.


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As a teen in the mid-1950s I began to develop the vague notion there may be more to life than hotrods and Friday nights at the drive-in. The revelation was, as we said back then, a real drag, daddy-o.
So what to do with one's life? Since high school essay writing was always fun, and since I am nosey by nature, a newspaper career path made some sense.
There was this, too. I came of age with the outstanding Los Angeles Times where I discovered Jim Murray, the late Pulitzer Prize winning sports columnist.
I wasn't a sports nut then or now, but I was drawn to Murray's writing style. He was the first to teach me you can tell a story or drive home a point with irreverence and humor.
One day I opened the Times to read his nail-it-to-the-wall summary of Indy 500 Memorial Day racing. "Gentlemen," he wrote, "start your coffins."
It was at that moment I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up.
It led to a life of newspapering, mostly in New Mexico, and a lifetime of column writing, mostly weekly, but more recently every two weeks. I'm no Murray but I have had some success with the theory that news can be a heavy and serious business and that weary readers — some, not all — occasionally like a little sweetener in their morning coffee.
Each deadline has produced some offbeat idea, occasionally well-received, some borderline, some duds. This week though, nothing. This week, funny doesn't feel good. So I turn this over now to Max Lucado, an almost New Mexican.
Max grew up just across the border in Andrews, Texas. We call Max a local boy.
He preaches at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio and, in my opinion, is as good a Christian writer as you will find. Lucado spoon feeds spirituality and the reader leaves his table knowing he has had a full meal.
He writes books faster than I write columns.
Here, then, a poignant Lucado take on the madness clouding and confusing our minds.
"Dear Jesus,
"It's a good thing you were born at night. This world sure seems dark. I have a good eye for silver linings. But they seem dimmer lately.
"These killings, Lord. These children, Lord. Innocence violated. Raw evil demonstrated.
"The whole world seems on edge. Trigger-happy. Ticked off. We hear threats of chemical weapons and nuclear bombs. Are we one button-push away from annihilation?
"Your world seems a bit darker this Christmas. But you were born in the dark, right? You came at night. The shepherds were nightshift workers. The Wise Men followed a star. Your first cries were heard in the shadows. To see your face, Mary and Joseph needed a candle flame. It was dark. Dark with Herod's jealousy. Dark with Roman oppression. Dark with poverty. Dark with violence.
"Herod went on a rampage, killing babies. Joseph took you and your mom into Egypt. You were an immigrant before you were a Nazarene.
"Oh, Lord Jesus, you entered the dark world of your day. Won't you enter ours? We are weary of bloodshed. We, like the wise men, are looking for a star. We, like the shepherds, are kneeling at a manger.
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"Your Children"
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The teams: The Green Bay Packers (2-2) vs. the Baltimore Ravens (3-2).
The time: Noon CDT Sunday.
The place: M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland.
The TV coverage: FOX – WITI (Ch. 6 in Milwaukee), WMSN (Ch. 47in Madison) and WLUK (Ch. 11 in Green Bay).
The announcers: Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston in the booth and Tony Siragusa on the sideline.
The coaches: Green Bay's Mike McCarthy is 82-44 (including 6-4 in the postseason) in his eighth season as the Packers' coach and as an NFL head coach. The Ravens' John Harbaugh is 66-32 (including 9-4 in the postseason) as coach of the Ravens and as an NFL head coach.
The series: The Packers lead the all-time regular-season series, 3-1, including the last meeting, a 27-14 victory at Lambeau Field on Dec. 7, 2009. The Ravens won the lone meeting in Baltimore in 2005, when star quarterback Aaron Rodgers was a rookie backup.
The rankings: The Packers' third-ranked offense is No. 5 in rushing and No. 4 in passing. Their 19th-ranked defense is No. 5 against the run and No. 26 against the pass. The Ravens' 21st-ranked offense is No. 27 in rushing and No. 14 in passing. Their 14th-ranked defense is No. 6 against the run and No. 16 against the pass.
The line: The Packers are favored by 2.5 points.
The injury report:
Packers – Out: LB Brad Jones (hamstring), LB Clay Matthews (thumb), RB James Starks (knee), CB Casey Hayward (hamstring), G Greg Van Roten (foot). Questionable: CB Jarrett Bush (hamstring). Probable: DT Ryan Pickett (hand), LB Andy Mulumba (ankle), LB Sam Barrington (hip).
Ravens – Doubtful: DT Terrence Cody (knee). Questionable: LB Albert McClellan (shoulder), DT Haloti Ngata (hip), C Ryan Jensen (foot), CB Chykie Brown (thigh), WR Marlon Brown (thigh), WR Jacoby Jones (knee), G Kelechi Osemele (back), RB Bernard Pierce (thigh), DT Marcus Spears (knee), WR Brandon Stokley (thigh).
Red zone blues: What's troubling about the Packers' offense, despite gaudy statistics that has them in the top 10 in both rushing and passing and No. 3 overall in total yards (and third in the league in points per game at 29.5) is that the group still doesn't seem to be clicking – a scary thing for the Ravens and other upcoming opponents if the Packers can put their collective finger on what's ailing them.
One reason for that feeling: Limited production inside the red zone, opponents' 20-yard lines. No team has been better than the Packers in the red area since 2008, when Aaron Rodgers took over as the Packers' starting quarterback, and the standard is so high that even a mild dip is cause for discussion.
While it's unrealistic to think the Packers can hit Rodgers' target success rate – "It's 100 percent," he joked at his locker Wednesday – certainly the group believes it should be doing better than its 56.3 touchdown conversion rate this season, which ranks the Packers 13th in the 32-team league.
"It's been disappointing. It's actually something we talked about over the bye week," McCarthy said. "To me, it's football. I don't think it's anything we're doing that we need to change. Sometimes you're extremely effective down there, which we've been. The good thing is that we're getting down there. I don't know where we rank in the league because some teams have one more game, but I would think we're pretty high in the red zone as far as getting down there. As long as we keep getting our attempts, I'm very confident we'll score touchdowns."
Last season, the Packers were No. 3 in the league at a 68.1 percent conversion rate. With Rodgers at quarterback and McCarthy calling the plays, the Packers are an NFL-best 61.3 percent on touchdowns since the start of the 2008 season. They even started this year like gangbusters, going 4 for 4 on red-zone touchdown conversions in the regular-season opener at San Francisco.
But on their first drive against Washington in Week 2, the Packers had first-and-goal at the Redskins' 9-yard line and promptly got Rodgers sacked on back-to-back plays, forcing them to settle for a Mason Crosby field goal.
That was the theme last week, too, as the Packers were 0 for 2 on red-zone trips and settled for five Crosby field goals. Crosby is a perfect 9 for 9 on the season, but while that's good news for a kicker who struggled last season, it's indicative of the Packers' red-zone shortcomings. Another concern: Four of Rodgers' 11 sacks through four games have been in the red zone, including three inside an opponent's 10-yard line.
"(We) definitely have to improve in that area, especially when you're playing real good football teams, you have to get seven points and make it easier on your defense and really change the momentum of games by getting into the end zone there," Rodgers said. "It's a tough opponent for us this week, a tough challenge and we need to make sure we help our defense out."
Feat of Clay: Speaking of that defense, unless you've been participating in some sort of news media/social media blackout, you are well aware that Matthews, the Packers' four-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker, will miss at least three to four weeks with a broken thumb he suffered last Sunday against Detroit. What you don't know is whether or not the Packers' starting outside linebackers in his stead – converted defensive end Mike Neal and 2012 first-round pick Nick Perry – can get the job done while he's sidelined. You don't know, because the Packers don't know, either. But, there were at least encouraging signs against the Lions, as Neal had a sack and six tackles (including three at or behind the line of scrimmage) and Perry had a pair of sacks and five overall tackles.
"We're going to miss Clay," Neal acknowledged. "Clay brings a lot of stuff to the table. But I think that people get so caught up in Clay's ability to make plays (that they forget) everybody else has got to play their game. We're not going to be able to mimic what Clay does, but we can control what we do, and as long as we do that, we'll be fine.
"For me, honestly, I get a joy out of playing with Clay even when I was inside, we were able to make things happen when we were out there. He helps me out a lot, but I know the things that Clay will tell me when I'm out there and I'll just be able to carry that onto the field on Sunday, and I'll be fine."


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CCCAS minister pleads, walks with fine & probation
Reverend Ali'ioaiga Filioali'i, of the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa, walked away from the High Court yesterday with a $1,000 fine, two years probation and six months suspension of his driver's license after being initially charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a car accident which led to the death of a 12-year old girl on September 19, 2010.
The reverend did not wish to address the court, noting through his lawyer that he rests with what he said during the pre-sentence report prepared by the Probation Office. (The pre-sentence report is a confidential document that only the court, lawyers involved and the defendant can view, it is not available to the public.)
Before handing down the sentence, Chief Justice Michael Kruse moved to accept the plea agreement in which the defendant pled no contest to the amended count of reckless driving causing bodily injury, a misdemeanor which carries a jail term of up to one year in jail, a fine of up to $1,000 or both.
Kruse said the explanation from the government for the plea deal to the defendant was that it would be hard for the government to take this case to trial.
Kruse said that some suggestions have it the victim walked onto the oncoming vehicle while other witnesses state the defendant was driving over the speed limit.
According to the plea agreement, upon the defendant's plea of no contest to the misdemeanor charge, he admits that on or about September 19, 2010 he operated a vehicle which struck a pedestrian who sustained injuries that led to her death.
The Chief Justice noted that the defendant's plea of no contest is treated as a guilty plea during sentencing.
Defense attorney Fiti Sunia Sunia pleaded with the court to fine his client $1,000. "My client is a responsible person who clearly understands the seriousness of the situation," said Sunia.
Sunia added that a jail term for deterrence is not necessary for Reverend Filioali'i, given the life he lives as a church minister. Sunia told the court that a traditional ifoga was carried out and was accepted by the young girl's family. Sunia said Reverend Filioali'i has served the community for a very long time.
The prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Cable Poag, asked the court to place the defendant on probation for two years, suspend his driving privileges and have him do community service.
According to the government's case Reverend Filioali'i was the driver of an F-150 pick-up truck that struck the victim who was on the sidewalk with her friend, walking along the Faleniu public highway on September 19, 2010.
According to court filings, the truck was traveling at a high rate of speed, and the victim was rushed to LBJ, where she slipped into a coma and died 11 days later.
The court sentenced CCCAS Faleniu Reverend Filioali'i to one year in jail and a fine of $1,000 with execution of sentencing suspended. Instead, the reverend was placed on probation for two years under the conditions he remain a law abiding citizen, his driver's license is suspended for six months and he must pay the $10 law enforcement fee.
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Packers feel urgency
All the Green Bay Packers were missing Wednesday was 1980s rock band Foreigner blaring from the locker room loudspeakers.
Magnetic signs around the facility reminded players about Urgency. (Mentioning such signs is generally verboten by team rules, but coach Mike McCarthy brought the signs up himself.) And when a reporter asked a question about whether the team's sense of urgency was high this week in advance of Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field, McCarthy was so anxious to answer the question that he didn't even let the guy finish.
"Hell yeah," McCarthy replied. (And with that, longtime Wisconsin State Journal columnist Tom Oates got just what he was looking for). "It's all over the locker room. You guys see the signs. Against this group that we're playing [Sunday], there's always a sense of urgency. They're next door, there's a lot that goes into this game. We know exactly where we are on the season. I'm not big into playoff picture. I think it's a waste of time. You really have to stay focused on what you're doing. That's really a message to our football team. We have more to give and we all need to give it."
The message about urgency is getting through. The message about not thinking about the playoff picture? Maybe not so much.
At 5-5 and having lost three straight since quarterback Aaron Rodgers was knocked out of the team's Nov. 4 game against the Chicago Bears, the Packers' once-promising season is in peril. After winning four straight with Rodgers to get to 5-2, and with a seemingly soft schedule ahead, they appeared to be on the verge of a long winning streak that might net them not only the NFC North division title but a top-2 seed in the NFC and a first-round bye.
Now, another loss and they would have to win out just to get to 10-6 and have a reasonable chance at a playoff berth
"It's a playoff-type atmosphere right now. We're 5-5. We can't afford to give any more away," veteran guard Josh Sitton said. "You say that you don't think about the playoffs and blah, blah, blah, but you do. You're 5-5. You give one more away, especially in the NFC, you might not be in. Urgency's up, for sure.
"We know the situation we're in. We're 5-5 and we need to win. This is as close to must-win as possible. There's a higher sense of urgency this week for sure."
With Rodgers out, former third-stringer Scott Tolzien is set to make his second straight start. In the locker room, Tolzien has his teammates believing they can win with him at quarterback despite losing to the Philadelphia Eagles when Tolzien took over for an injured Seneca Wallace after one series and losing to the New York Giants on Sunday, in Tolzien's first NFL start.
"I do, I honestly do," wide receiver Jordy Nelson replied when asked if he thought the Packers could make the playoffs without Rodgers. "I think it's hurt that we've lost three in a row in games that we could have won if we would have played better, but it's a situation we've put ourselves in. We need to get this one, and I think if we go out and play well that will happen."
As he did on Monday during a television appearance on Packers Live with Larry McCarren, and as he did on Tuesday on his weekly radio show on 540 ESPN and ESPNWisconsin.com, Rodgers declined to give a timeline for when he expects to return. But if there's anyone feeling urgency right now, it's the quarterback.
"There's been urgency since I was in the locker room trying to get my pads back on to go back out against Chicago," Rodgers said at his locker Wednesday. "It's a tough injury to deal with because it's not like you can tough through this or gut it out which I've done with various other injuries throughout my career. It is difficult, but you just have to trust the process and hope it heals quicker than some people think."
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Weld's top institution, ranked by percentage of deposits within the market, remained the same compared to 2011. Wells Fargo claimed the top spot for the third year in a row, with 15.8 percent of the market, down slightly from 16.1 percent in 2011.
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Bank of Colorado took over Bank of Choice's No. 2 spot in Weld County, claiming 10.3 percent of the deposit market. Last year, Bank of Colorado was in the third-place spot with 9.4 percent.
First National Bank of Omaha moved up one spot to No. 3, holding 10.2 percent of the market. That left National Bank Holdings in the No. 4 spot with just 7.4 percent.
Prior to its sale, Bank of Choice held nearly 10.3 percent of the Weld County market.
Total deposit dollar volume increased from 2011 from $2.93 billion to $2.98 billion. The number of institutions in the market increased by one with the addition of FMS Bank, which entered the Northern Colorado market in summer 2011.
In Larimer County, the top three institutions remained the same as last year. First National Bank of Omaha topped the list, with 20.2 percent, followed by Wells Fargo with 17.4 percent and Home State Bank with 10.2 percent.
Deposit dollar volume in Larimer County jumped from $4.8 billion in 2011 to $5.3 billion. First National Bank topped $1 billion in deposits for the second consecutive year.
The data was collected from June 30, 2011 through June 30 of this year.
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The reason: the county is growing, and with that comes crime.
In 2012, the number of crimes reported to deputies that would require additional investigation was 844. In 2013, that number climbed to 969. This year, the number is projected to reach 1,200, according to information recently to commissioners during their budget hearing.
The number of emergency calls in 2012 was 11,495, while this year, that number is projected to reach 14,800.
It is this increase in crime, and no increase in staff for the past several years, that prompted law enforcement to plead with commissioners for help.
Part of that is the addition of two more deputies, a sergeant, a dispatcher and an investigator.
Lt. Ronnie Jones, with the sheriff's office, said, "Calls and everything are increasing. The Eagle Ford—this is the downside of it."
This meeting last week is just one of many meetings with law enforcement and the other departments within the county that commissioners will have before they adopt their budget for next year.
County Judge David Silva said, "I know the needs. I see the needs."
He added that he understands that officers are underpaid compared to neighboring counties.
According to information provided, deputies in Bee County are paid less than those in San Patricio, Live Oak and Karnes counties.
"It is hard to be around counties that are paying much more because they can afford it," Silva said.
"We will do what we can. We will do what we can afford."
Commissioner Dennis DeWitt said, "With everything I am seeing and hearing in the county, they are shorthanded."
Lt. John Davis, also with the sheriff's office, reminded that the state average number of officers per 1,000 residents is about 2.4.
Taking into account the growth of the county recently, Bee would need to increase the number of officers to 48—just over three times what they have now.
"That is 60 percent of the state average," Davis said. "That Eagle Ford Shale has been a positive economic boost to our community; however, there are negatives associated with it which have caused growing pains."
Those growing pains are coming not only on the highways where more wrecks are occurring but also in homes and businesses where people are becoming victims of drug-related crimes.
"We also have had a large increase, unfortunately, in methamphetamine use which trickles down to you, you and you," Davis said, looking at each of the county leaders. "The oil field lower class laborers that are not your DOT type workers that have to take drug screening, such as your pipeliners, brought this methamphetamine in.
"The oil fielders can walk away, but the methamphetamine is here. It is established."
Tied with drug use is theft.
"If it is not tied down, they are going to steal it," Davis said. "If it is tied down, they are going to cut it with a torch and steal it."
Davis said that with the personnel they have now, not all of the crimes can be investigated properly.
"As it stands right now, we cannot investigate every crime as well as it should be," he said.
"We are doing the best we can.
"We don't cry. We just put our heads down and go."
Of course, with an increase in personnel comes the increase in equipping them. Jones was asking that along with the traditional gear deputies carry, that tasers be added to the list.
Davis said, "The studies have shown it reduces offender injuries as well as officer injuries. Your worker compensation claims go down. Your hospital bills for offenders go down."
Just how these devices can help is no better illustrated than the events that occurred just a few weeks back.
"Recently, we had a kid with a gun," Davis said. "I was there moments after it happened.
"Sgt. Kevin Behr came very close to having to shoot that kid.
"He was wanting us to shoot."
Fortunately, a highway patrol officer was there—equipped with a taser.
"Things are getting wilder out there," Davis said.
Jones said this isn't an isolated incident.
"Within the last two months I have personally been involved in three separate incidents," Jones said. "Fortunately, there was a police officer standing behind me."
Those officers had tasers.
"The suspect did not get as (badly) injured as he would have," Jones said.
Whether the county budget will support the law enforcement request is not known yet.
That will not come until later this year as the budget is cut and tweaked to fit the expected revenue.
Jason Collins is the editor at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 343-5221, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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HONESDALE, PA — Members of the Honesdale senior center, seen here, and members of the Hawley center recently adopted a family through the Wayne County Children's Christmas Bureau (WCCCB). This year, 651 children were able to receive gifts for Christmas through the generosity of many groups, individuals and businesses. The WCCCB runs solely on donations.
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24 April 2012
Union is merely one of many faces in a generous ensemble cast made up of all sorts of good, great, or downright excellent actors, including Taraji P. Henson, Romany Malco, Jenifer Lewis, Michael Ealy, Regina Hall, Meagan Good, Kevin Hart, and Terrence J. There are even a couple of token white guys, Jerry Ferrara and Gary Owen. I have not provided their names, partially because it was really hard to keep track of them all, and partially because names are sort of unimportant: they are stock types, and Think Like a Man is the kind of movie that does not merely traffic in stock types but loudly and enthusiastically announces that it is trafficking in stock types, perhaps as a means of inoculating itself against further criticism Scream-style, perhaps to make sure that we don't get our hopes up too terribly high. More to the point, this leaves the film with a certain self-aware hokiness that make the most contrived bends the plot takes in the back half - and they are some excruciatingly contrived bends - a bit more palatable, since the movie doesn't appear to take them any more seriously than we do, while leaving the sassy, fluffy appeal of the characters firmly intact.
The point being, we're introduced to the characters via both narration and onscreen text; the narration coming from short, wildly sexist Cedric (Hart), who acerbically runs through a pleasant little History of Gender Roles in the form of a Korean animated sequence detailing cavemen fighting mammoths because that's how men prove their manliness; then he gets on to describing himself and his five basketball buddies as belonging to the American male archetypes - the Player, the Mama's Boy, the Happily Married Man, and that kind of thing. Within the next 15 minutes, the film has already repeated this information using onscreen tags to inform us not just which of the stock men we're watching as they are positioned into a stock plot, but also which stock female they're being paired with - hence a starry-eyed dreamer with a bile-spewing career woman (Ealy and Henson), a manchild and his live in girlfriend who wants to make their house look something less like a dorm room (Ferrara and Union), and to a certain degree it almost feels like writers Keith Merryman & David A. Newman, and director Tim Story are poking fun at the material as much as they're presenting it, what with the super-serious Courier New titles and a metronomic switching between subplots that stresses the artifice of it all rather than buries it.
The film is adapted from comedian and television personality Steve Harvey's undoubtedly well-concered, sober-minded, and not at all condescending relationship guide Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, and for long stretches the movie feels something like an infomercial: the women in the cast gush and coo over how brilliant and insightful the text is, and the men, when they learn of it, act with terror and alarm that would have been slightly overwrought if it were nuclear arming codes during the Cold War and not a flippant collection of "men are boys, haha silly boys, deny them sex" anecdotes. This would be more troubling if the bar for movies adapted from non-fiction advice books wasn't so low (how I wish I could here write "Coming soon: What to Expect When You're Expecting: The Movie", and be joking), and as it stands, the worst parts of the movie are consistently those where we're actively exposed to Harvey's actual prose; for this, too, draws attention to exactly how much what's going on is a cliché and makes suspension of disbelief harder, if not outright impossible.
But, you know, clichés aren't inherently bad, when they're being used as tools rather than crutches, and Think Like a Man isn't trying to rise above its genre rather than simply work as a particularly appealing example of it. And that is mostly done through the acting, which is superlative right down the line (Terrence J is much the weakest member of the main cast; it's a lot harder to say who's strongest, though I'm mostly torn between Ealy and Union), with the actors never talking down to the material (maybe Henson, once or twice), and instead staking out whatever the most reasonable, human being-ish position they can find relative to the script; and helped out too by some punchy dialogue that will win absolutely no awards for being clever, but at least flows naturally and when it is obvious, does not pretend to impress us by being better than it is. And it's also a fine return to form for Tim Story, who ten years ago made a relaxed, charming hang-out movie in Barbershop before wandering into the thickets of the dense Fantastic Four and the ludicrous Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and has happily returned to the infinitely lower-key and more satisfying pleasure of watching people that are fun and appealing interact in fun and appealing ways. That all of this comes wrapped in a package that eagerly and urgently stresses every cloying gender stereotype of the worst kind of shticky humor is dismaying; that the whole thing clocks in north of two hours is nearly unforgivable. But it's all so frivolous and light in touch that it still manages to be fun, if more in the "what a neat way to waste time!" register than the "what a smart, insightful comedy of manners!" register. But even that, for a contemporary romcom, is a real achievement, and I cannot deny that leaving Think Like a Man, I was in a far better mood than when I went in.
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- Christopher Neeson said...
Just thought that you should be aware of what quality advice Harvey dispensed while he was out promoting the book, Tim:
"You sitting up there talking to a dude and he tells you he's an atheist, you need to pack it up and go home. You talking to a person who don't believe in God . . . what's his moral barometer? Where's it at? It's nowhere."
Not saying that has any bearing on the film's quality...But the book it's based on sounds fairly ludicrous.
- Chris said...
Tim, I've noticed that you rarely seem to adhere to what you said in your Scream review. I'm paraphrasing a little bit, but you essentially said something to the effect of "The argument that movies can acknowledge their weaknesses and even pretend that this acknowledgement turns their weaknesses into strengths gets zero traction with me." Yet in this review, you say, "...this leaves the film with a certain self-aware hokiness that make the most contrived bends the plot takes in the back half - and they are some excruciatingly contrived bends - a bit more palatable, since the movie doesn't appear to take them any more seriously than we do..."
I'll admit that I haven't seen the fill, but it sounds like you're saying that the film has contrivances, but because the film acknowledges that they are contrivances that somehow makes it ok. What's the difference between this film's self-awareness and Scream's?
- MrRoivas said...
Cthulhu help me, I've actually read the book this is based on.
Part of is "brilliant" advice is:
1.) Deny him sex until he commits, charmingly referring to sex as "the cookie."
2.) When you go scuba diving, understand that I am an anxious controlling prick who starts panicking at the thought of you doing something without me, demanding that I be given some scuba gear that I don't know how to use to make sure you're safe from something that you've been trained to do while I haven't, and then come up from the water and reassure me because you know what a big paranoid baby I am and never try to scuba dive again because you know it makes my penis feel small.
- jjjonatron said...
Yeah, Steve Harvey makes me seethe with rage. The fact that all these great actors were in this piece of crap [looking thing], while no surprise, made me incredibly sad. Because of Steve Harvey.
- Tim said...
My apologies to Chris, who had two comments get stuck in my spam filter, and because of the weirdness of the new Blogger layout, I only found out by accident just now. Allow me to make it up by responding, many weeks late:
The difference, for me, is one of tone: Think Like a Man is not smart, and knows it; Scream is not smart, and thinks that by saying "Look at how stupid I am!" it gets to pretend that it's therefore smart. And given that I generally like the movies Scream is mocking, or at least find them culturally fascinating, I'm not moved by its conviction that they are irredeemably terrible.


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The Phillies' short two-game win streak came to an end on Thursday with a 6-4 loss to the Dodgers in the opener of their four game set. Phenom Yasiel Puig burned them in the seventh with a two run single off Justin De Fratus just a half inning after they had taken their first lead of the game.
Jonathan Pettibone provided a quality start after struggling early, but to no avail as the Phillies fall even at 2-2 on their road trip.
Bullpen comes back to Earth
Yesterday the Phillies' pen gave them seven innings of scoreless relief. Today they did not get as good an effort. De Fratus came on in relief of Pettibone in the seventh, and allowed two runs to cross on Puig's single after he had allowed a hit and walked two ( one intentionally).De Fratus lasted only two thirds of an inning.
Antonio Bastardo followed him with an inning of work, but he too allowed a run as the Dodgers gained insurance and never looked back.
Two homers for two guys heating up
Chase Utley whacked a solo homer in the seventh to give the Phils the lead, his ninth of the season and second of the road trip.
Utley has hit safely in the last six games and six of his seven games since coming off the disabled list. He also added an RBI single in the game.
Domonic Brown also went deep with a solo shot in the ballgame, which was also his second homer of the road trip. The slugger has 21 home runs so far this season, which is tied for the league lead with Carlos Gonzalez.
Up next…
Game two of the series will feature a couple of lefties on the hill. John Lannan (0-2, 5.84) will make the start for the Phils while Chris Capuano (2-4, 4.09 ERA) will take the baseball for the Dodgers. First pitch is set for 10:10 ET.
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If only Howard would have a little patients and smarts to watch a pitch when he's at 3-0 in the count. With one out and men on 1st & 2cd why not? If he had any kind of idea what it means for the bases loaded and one of our most productive hitters on deck. But noooo he has to swing at a possible ball 4 !
To make matters worse he falls down covering that bunt! Yea I know things happen but for as many decent plays he does make, he makes as many bad ones. That's totally unacceptable in my eyes. It's no wonder they are below .500 with the team mindset they have. I've never seen in my lifetime a team that will do anything to NOT take a walk. They have maybe 3 -4 players who will actually work the count. How many times have you seen both Youngs go down swinging on three swing an misses on ball thrown to the outside bordering on not being a strike or Howard and Rollins swinging over that pitch that breaks down to their feet. You would think they'd be able to recognize the pitch by now. Sometimes they actually do. On Howards at bat I was referring to the pitcher threw 3 balls in a row that broke down to Howards ankles and he let them go. The other teams know he's a sucker for that pitch. They know his capabilities so instead of throwing a strike to him they throw it off the plate and in his stupidity he swings at it instead of taking and it's doubleplay time. Totally disgusting this team. It's time for a change of managers and philosophy too.
I agree time for a new manager and philosophy..
That Howard at-bat was putrid. If I remember correctly a few of LA's runs started with a walk. This team is an enigma so far. I'm so frustrated watching these guys and yet I keep watching and hoping.
That lack of patience at the plate really bothers me its been going on for years as the Phillies hitters seem to make life easier for the other teams pitchers. The Ryan Howard mess from last night was only the most recent (and most glaring). At least make the pitcher work a little more; instead he swings at a 3-0 pitch and grounds out into a inning-ending double play!
Howard should be good for 3 more Ks tonight against another lefty. I'm glad these are west coast games so I'm not tempted to watch this dreck.
We (P's fans) maybe wouldn't have to watch three more K's from our first baseman if Ruf was up and playing in his place. But the GM has got the offensive problems solved they signed Minimart senior John Mcdonald.
Mike im the opposite actually prefer (in most cases) these late night games. Im a night owl..
Anyone who believes this team, is a contender is delusional. New manager? I've only been hoping for about 2 years.
"And on the 3-0 pitch — I have to make a better swing."
That's Ryan Howard's quote. He also said he felt like he cost the team the game due to his play on the field and at the plate. I believe that he truly feels bad when he fails to make plays, but the way I read that quote is this-
Taking that pitch wasn't even an option to him.
In his career he has put the ball in play only 34 times on a 3-0 count, and has hit .441 with a .794 slugging percentage. Last night was the 3rd time he hit into a DP out of those 34.
He has good numbers but I think given that situation in the game he should have taken at least one pitch.. in that cooking it would take three pitches to strike him out that would give him two chances to get a hit or walk if he would have taken that pitch… of course if he hits a three run bomb there we're not even discussing this
That's interesting info Schmenkman, but I was referring only to last night my friend. His quote last night wasn't about his career and/or his success in 3-0 counts, it about last night's game. I never said anything about Howard making poor decisions in throughout his career on 3-0 counts or anything else about his career.
And again, I appreciate that he is so conscientious. But based on that quote I believe that last night he had no intention of taking on that pitch. And I think that was the wrong approach, last night. I can think of only one other time in his career that I felt this way.
I read that quote differently. In my opinion, he swung 3-0 because with a decent swing he felt he would have clobbered it. As he himself said, "I have to make a better swing."
Many time, despite what some people think, that 3-0 pitch is one you WOULD want to swing at. No pitcher would want to load the bases for another power bat (in this case, Brown) so that 3-0 pitch is probably going to be one that gets a decent piece of the plate.
I'm not saying that pitch to Howard was all that fat, but I also don't think it was a bad decision to swing, it was just a bad swing. Bad swings have been taken by every batter in history.
Lefty, you must be referring to the 3-0 pitch from Carpenter.
In any case, I know he was only talking about that one at bat and not about his career. I was trying to show why he might consider it a good approach to go after the 3-0 ptich, when a) the team is trailing, b) there are runners on base, c) the team relies on him to get those runners home, and d) he's had very good success when he puts the 3-0 pitch in play (my impression of his line of thinking).
Now, as I said somewhere (game thread?), I wish he had taken there and put more trust in Brown to get the runners home, and if Brown continues to hit I hope Howard comes around to that approach, and in fact I think he did that several times when Brown was on his tear.
fyi, at 3/18 (17%), that % of times that he swings 3-0 is below his career rate of 20%. Some years were much higher: 2008 (28%), 2009 (33%), and 2011 (28%).
George I can see what you're point. I'm the one of the few here that does believe in the aggressive approach. I think you and I had a conversation once about how pitch number one is usually a very good pitch to swing at despite conventional wisdom, and it's the same with 3-0.
I just think there is a time and a place where you think about looking at one pitch. With Dom Brown behind you, in that situation, I believe you look at one. If it's fat and you stand there, the next one is just as likely to be a strike too.
Schmenkman, that was too easy. My one and only problem with the Carpenter pitch was that he was the leadoff batter in that inning. A home run would only tie the score, not win it, in a game where we were clearly having trouble producing offense. I'm fine with them green- lighting him most of the time, just not every time.
Lefty, what you say about the pitch after the fat 3-0 one isn't true a lot of the time. Sometimes the fact that it hasn't been whacked will give the pitcher more confidence in his command. That next pitch may very well be a strike, but it might be a very good one. Too many times I've seen a big fat K after a 3-0 count.
I think this entire 3-0 thing could be debated until doomsday. So much of it is a player's judgement. It's quite possible that a good swing would have made the issue moot, but Howard, by his own admission, did not make that good swing. We'll never know what might have been either way. If he'd taken, and even taken ball four, there's always a chance that Brown would have hit into that DP, or two outs would have followed without a run crossing.
You guys are crazy if you think the Phillies should fire Charlie Manuel!!!!
I agree w not renewing his contract after this season, but u DO NOT fire him.
Typical 2013 American Society- something doesn't go exactly right we complain. Bc we want instant gratification. Team sucks bad. Isn't Manuel's fault. Team game- and it starts at the top and down to that 38yr old dude we just signed. (And for a P2BNL- who??- why).
Why is it crazy to fire a guy whose baseball philosophy is hit a three run homer and we'll be ok… it's time to get a new voice in here, focus more on fielding, hustle, and pitching… pitching and defense wins ball games, it's time to get a new philosophy and maybe we can salvage this season, they have a hitting coach for a reason, they don't need Charlie telling them how to hit too… if something doesn't change this season will be lost just like last season
You guys are crazy if you think the Phillies should fire Charlie Manuel!!!!
I agree w not renewing his contract after this season, but u DO NOT fire him.
Typical 2013 American Society- something doesn't go exactly right we complain. Bc we want instant gratification. Team stinks bad. Isn't Manuel's fault. Team game- and it starts at the top and down to that 38yr old dude we just signed. (And for a P2BNL- who??- why).
Usually I agree with swinging on 3-0 when the pitch is in a certain zone. But a border line ball on the outside of the plate you do not swing. If it a pitch he can drive then OK he flies out I'm ok with that. I think he was pressing and going to swing at any pitch which is frustrating to watch. Hope tonight they turn it around. The plus is Pettibone pitched well after the first and did give the pen a rest after the 13 inning game the night before
The philosophy and the be the hero attitude is why this team has 1 WS title and not 2 or 3.
I will goto my grave thinking that if the 2005-2013 Phillies had Pete Rose at 1B they win another title possibly 2 more titles.
The Carpenter swing away still burns me as did last nights.
Thankfully Howard is a good guy and he does feel bad. If he had the Rollins persona Id truly deeply dislike Howard.
You can goto opening day of 2011 and see my post. I said the Line up wasn't good enough to win a title. Because of its core.
Even though the division was locked down because it was a historicaly great pitching staff. So it does amuse me that a team with Rollins hitting 3rd and Howard 4th stinks in 2013?
Besides a few kool aid drinkers are people really surprised?
If Mike Schmidt came back. And as a .150 hitter Charlie would hit him 4th though.
Cause hes a clean up hitter???
Ive been saying for a long time you cannot win a title with this line up and philosophy. Not even to mention the other teams pitching around the Phillies line up to get to the clean up hitter and they put in a left hander and its over.
No as a point of amusement. The Phillies are facing a left hander tonight and tomorrow.
I a moron on a blog am sitting Howard out of my fantasy line up.
My team the real life Phillies will not only play him but hit him 4th. A guy with a .173 batting average and a .516 OPS.
OK yea I want to win and sometimes I question if the Phillies do.
And yes contending will not be happening at any time in the near future. As long as Ruben and Charlie are running the show.
Both have openly said they don't like walks. And encourage those 3-0 weak ground outs.
just BTW Howard is hitting 1 for 8 with a .125 average on 3-0 counts in 2013
2012 he was 0 for for 4 in 3-0 counts for .000
so one single in his last 12 swings at 3-0s
The career stats of a once great player are kind of moot.
Which is again I ask why play him and leave him in vs lefties?
We will probably see Delmon Young in the lineup as well. He really is not much better this season against Lefties. He is hitting .200 against Lefties. He is however hitting .303 away, compared to .175 at the Bank. I would probably want to start Mayberry seeing how he is hitting .304 (with a few more at bats as well) against lefties. He is also hitting better on the road then at the bank.
It's possible that we'll see Mayberry and Young against a lefty, with Mayberry in center in place of Revere. Manuel has done that before. Revere has been hitting lately, though, so who knows.
AFW, I don't know what you're looking at — in 2013 he's 1 for 2 in 3-0 counts after last night.
Also, the 2011 offense was the most potent in the NL for the 2/3 of the season after Utley returned and replaced the Valdez/Orr/Martinez Interim Trio.
Obviously fantasy GM's have no clue when it comes to filling out a lineup..
Andrew, just for fantasy purposes- If you have Dom Brown, don't sit him against lefties! His 2013 splits have him hitting better in BA, OBP, and SLG against same sided pitching.


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when the nine tails attacked why didnt they just have an uchiha put kurama under genjutsu at that time the uchihia clan still existed and the 3rd and many others said all u need is a sharingan or hashiramas powers
Not everyone can control Kurama... Only Obito and Madara have shown this feat.
Itachi was only a kid back then. If it happened a few years later, Itachi would have soloed the Kurama
Lol. But yeah, at that time... no Uchiha were capable of doing such a feat, except for Obito and Madara !
it takes a MS level genjutsu to control kurama.
Sasuke itachi en sishui where to young for such feats
because kurama already was under genjutsu by obito..
and only ms-ems users can cast a genjutsu on a tailed beast.
Originally Posted by Rikudoou naruto
because kurama already was under genjutsu by obito..
and only ms-ems users can cast a genjutsu on a tailed beast.
Didn't 3 tomoe Sasuke use it on Kuruma he was able to see him and everything
Originally Posted by FemmeFatale
Didn't 3 tomoe Sasuke use it on Kuruma he was able to see him and everything
Sasuke never controlled Kurama. He just supressed some of the chakra that was leaking.
Bro start reading from the start not from the mid manga ...
When naruto is a prankster
Ur understanding of genjutsu shows u reading from mid story
ive read the whole storyy more then once i understand everything and 3 tomoe sharingan if ur an uchiha shiuld be enough to put kirama undergenjutsu
nooo linato took kurama from obitos possesion by putting the seal on obito
ur avi is cool af young sage and juubi that shit is tight
uchiha clan was made of fodders.
Uchiha were too weak back then
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